Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030
Contact Information:
Phone:(713) 798-4951
Email: crna@bcm.edu
Url: website
JAMES R. WALKER
Program Summary:
The Baylor College of Medicine has a nurse anesthetist program that offers the DNP program for master’s-prepared Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists who want to obtain a doctoral degree. CRNAs that enter the anesthesia program will complete a 24 month curriculum that is designed to accommodate working professionals. The Baylor College of Medicine Graduate Program in Nurse Anesthesia creates professional nurse anesthetists who are leaders in clinical practice, along with healthcare research, education, and policy. Graduates of this nurse anesthesia school will have been exposed to innovation, technology, and evidence-based approaches to anesthesia and have a passion for lifelong learning. Are you curious about how to become a CRNA or need help to ace the anesthesia interview, take a moment and checkout our CRNA career guide called “CRNA School Admissions: The Cold Hard Facts.” You will be introduced to every major aspect of the application process. Let us help you to find CRNA programs and more importantly how to successfully get admission into anesthesia school. Our amazing ebook program contains all the important tips and strategies that will allow you to ace the anesthesia interview, and has been used by thousands of CRNA school applicants.
Program created: 1968 Ranking: 3.5 of 5.0 Class size: 15 Attrition Rate: 0% (2012) Tuition: approx. $89,000 National Certification Exam (NCE) In 2012 (only one student required a second attempt)
- License: BSN
- Work Experience: A minimum of one year (two years preferred) of experience in an area of intensive care nursing Accepted: MICU, SICU, CCU, Neuro ICU Not Accepted: ER, PACU, ICU step down units
- GPA: 3.0 or better
- GRE: Completion of the Graduate Record Examination (verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing sections) within the past four years.
- Certifications: ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) BLS (Basic Life Support) CCRN (recommended)
Prerequisites:
Completion of the following undergraduate courses achieving a grade of B or better: Organic chemistry Statistics.
Interview:The interview session lasts all day and includes an information session, individual interviews, a campus tour, and an optional social event. Applicants interview with five individuals: 3 CRNAs, 1 anesthesiologist, and 1 student. Interviews are scheduled throughout the day and applicants do have down time between appointments. There are some clinical questions asked in the interviews, but most questions are more general types of interview questions. They do not currently included a test as part of the interview session, but the Admissions Committee may decide to do so in the future.
CRNA Program Setup: Classes Start:January
Duration:24 months
Curriculum:Phase 1: Didactic phase (18 months) consists of coursework in the basic and clinical sciences, healthcare delivery and policy, translational research, leadership and management. Phase 2: Clinical phase (18 months) provides extensive clinical education in the provision of general, regional, and local anesthesia. Upon completion of the degree requirements, graduates are eligible to take the National Certification Examination administered by the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.
Clinical Sites:Ben Taub General Hospital DeBakey VA Medical Center The Methodist Hospital Texas Children’s Hospital St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
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