Nurse Anesthesia Practice (D.N.A.P.)

The Nurse Anesthesia program is housed in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences building, located near the Detroit Medical Center and the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Being in such close proximity with the School of Medicine and a wide variety of teaching hospitals allows the program to partner with world-class researchers in order to collaborate on research ideas that will translate into clinical practice. We have exceptional faculty and clinical instructors dedicated to the profession of nurse anesthesia and the teaching of students using state-of-the-art teaching facility and anesthesia classrooms. We encourage you to peruse our website to learn about the field of anesthesia and ways in which you can pursue a career in Nurse Anesthesia practice. After navigating through our website, feel free to contact us if you have any questions.The program strives to produce highly skilled certified registered nurse anesthetists capable of providing excellent anesthesia care to diverse populations in all settings where anesthesia practice or knowledge is required. We aim to cultivate appropriate learning environments essential to academic excellence, necessary to incorporate advanced knowledge and prepare a diverse body of students to thrive and positively impact local and global communities. The program promotes research activities to enhance the knowledge and understanding of best practices important to a diverse patient population with a focus on quality patient outcomes. The program also focuses on developing mechanisms to build new and innovative partnerships across a variety of healthcare disciplines.