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

Program Information
Date of Last Review: 10/2006
Next Review Date: 10/2016
Degree(s): Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia
Program Length: 30 months
Starting Month(s): JAN AUG

Contacts
Monika Feeney, CRNA, MS, Program Director
Charles T Halter, MD, Medical Director
ph: (417) 820-6890
fax: (417) 820-6895
email: smsa@mercy.net
web: http://www.stjohns.com/schoolofanesthes