Educational Requirements for CRNAs

A CRNA is a licensed Registered Nurse who has completed a post-graduate course in anesthesia and has successfully completed the certifying examination.

The post-graduate work includes 24 to 36 consecutive months of education and clinical experience. After successfully writing the national certifying exam to become a CRNA, ongoing continuing education is required to maintain certification.

Because CRNAs are licensed as certified registered anesthesia providers, they administer anesthesia services in cooperation with a physician -- be it a surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, anesthesiologist or other such qualified practioner. CRNAs are the oldest advanced practice nurse specialty in Missouri.

Nurse Anesthesia Schools in Missouri

Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing and
Allied Health at Washington University
Medical Center Nurse Anesthesia Program
MS: 90-30-625
306 S. Kingshighway Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110

Program Information
Date of Last Review: 05/2004
Next Review Date: 10/2007
Degree(s): Master of Science in Nursing with Concentration in Nurse Anesthesia
Program Length: 28 months
Starting Month(s): AUG

Contacts
Bernadette Henrichs, CRNA, PhD, CCRN, Program Director
ph: (314) 454-7055
tf: (800) 832-9009
fax: (314) 454-5239
email: pah6431@bjc.org

Webster University
MS in Nurse Anesthesia Program
470 E. Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119

Program Information
Date of Last Review: 05/2001
Next Review Date: 05/2011
Degree(s): MS in Nurse Anesthesia
Program Length: 30 months
Starting Month(s): AUG

Contacts
Julie A Stone, EdD, CRNA, Program Director
ph: (314) 968-5916
fax: (314) 968-7194
email: gadmit@webster.edu
web: http://www.webster.edu

Truman Medical Center
School of Nurse Anesthesia
2301 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64108

Program Information
Date of Last Review: 05/2005
Next Review Date: 05/2015
Degree(s): MA in Biology
Program Length: 36 months
Starting Month(s): JUN

Contacts
Mark Lipari, CRNA, MA, Educational Director
ph: (816) 404-1100
fax: (816) 404-1103
email: tmcanes@tmcmed.org
web: http://www.trumed.org/crna



Southwest Missouri School of Anesthesia
1235 E. Cherokee
Springfield, MO 65804

Program Information
Date of Last Review: 10/2002
Next Review Date: 10/2006
Degree(s): Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Program Length: 30 months
Starting Month(s): JAN AUG

Contacts
Bradley A Korman, CRNA, MS, Program Director
Jo Yassa, MD, Medical Director
ph: (417) 820-6890
fax: (417) 820-6895
email: smsa@sprg.mercy.net
web: http://www.smsu.edu/bms

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For additional information on nurse anesthesia schools, see the AANA's list of accredited nursing anesthesia programs. There currently are more than 89 nurse anesthesia programs in the United States, and 80 percent of these are at the master's degree level.

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