Doctor of Nursing Practice – Nurse Anesthesia

Northeastern’s Nurse Anesthesia program is housed in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, which encourages interdisciplinary collaboration with other healthcare disciplines. Whether in a planned procedure or an emergency, a small local hospital or a regional center, a rural or urban setting, and throughout the life cycle, the nurse anesthetist is a critical member of the health care team. In fact, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) administer more than thirty million anesthetics each year in the United States.

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It is the mission of Northeastern's Doctor of Nursing Practice–Nurse Anesthesia program to produce clinicians educated in the complexity of practice at the doctoral level and competent in the unique skills of anesthesia nursing.

• Completed NursingCAS application
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from a program accredited by the NLNAC, CCNE
• Official transcript(s) of ALL college-level study
• Undergraduate grade-point average of 3.000 (B)
• Statistics course with probability and hypothesis testing taken within five years of application
  • Must be completed prior to matriculation
• Official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of 300 or higher Quantitative and Verbal combined; Writing score 3.5 or higher
  • Must be submitted via Northeastern’s NursingCAS code 2734
• Three letters of recommendation
• Personal goal statement
• Current unrestricted license to practice nursing in the United States
• At least one year of current intensive care nursing experience (if Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Level 4 only)
• Shadow a CRNA
• CCRN
• Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Preferred Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• On-campus interview with faculty

Once your application is submitted, received, and processed, you will be able to access your Application Status Check. If you are required to provide further information regarding your proficiency in English, you will be able to complete the requirement in several ways, depending on your familiarity with English, and the frequency with which you use English each and every day:

• Non-native English-speaking applicants will be required to submit official and valid results from one of the following English Language Tests:
  • C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency (Cambridge English)
  • Duolingo English Test (DET)
  • IELTS Academic
  • PTE Academic
  • TOEFL Internt-based Test (CEEB Code: 3667) Northeastern will accept either the in-person version completed in a test center, or the TOEFL iBT Home Edition
• However, based on your academic environment and the primary instructional language in either your high school or university, you may be eligible for a waiver. All waivers must be submitted through your Application Status Check. For additional information and to determine whether or not you are eligible for a waiver, please read the section below on waiving the English proficiency requirement.

Please note: Northeastern’s Admissions Committee reserves the right to request proof of English language proficiency from any applicant, regardless of citizenship or first language, at any time during the evaluation process.

• 1.Create your application

  Submit your application through The Common Application or the Coalition Application (both are accepted). Once you have created your application, please select Northeastern University to directly submit your application to us. Application fee of $75 or need-based fee waiver* *Northeastern accepts need-based fee waivers from the Common Application, the Coalition Application, as well as organizations such as the College Board and ACT, or in a written request from a school official.

• 2.Submit all required materials

  Double check to make sure that you have submitted all required materials. Even if your application has been submitted, we cannot begin reviewing your file until all of your required materials have been received. For applicants applying for the 2022-2023 academic year, Northeastern University is test-optional and does not require standardized testing to complete an application for admission.

• 3.Check your application status

  Within seven days of applying, you should receive a confirmation email containing your Northeastern University ID number and instructions for setting up your Application Status Check account. To ensure all of the necessary documents have been submitted, and for updates or information about your application, visit your application status check.