Whether you are applying to a highly competitive nursing program as a high school student, looking to access a nursing program as an internal transfer after you've started college, or are navigating the challenges of applying to DNP Nurse Anesthesia programs, Labyrinth has you covered.

 

Nursing consultants at Labyrinth have administered admissions processes for some of the top DNP-NA programs in the country and have overseen nursing undergraduate admissions at large research universities. Our consultants have even developed and taught in DNP-preparation programs. 

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Fast facts about Nurse Anesthesia:

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• Nurse Anesthesia Programs generally admit less than 20 percent of applicants, across all programs nationally (AACN, 2022).

• Highly selective programs have less than 10 percent admission rates for applicants (AACN, 2022).

• Nurse Anesthesia programs generally admit no more than 24 students (AACN, 2022).

• Nurse Anesthesia programs are usually more selective than Medical Schools.

• Nurse Anesthesia programs are now almost exclusively doctoral, and admissions processes will involve measuring emotional intelligence, demonstrated ethics as a practicing professional in a critical care or ER setting, ability to write competently, and examination of professional practice in a emergency simulation. 

• Continuation of academic preparation (i.e. understanding current research) and your knowledge of contemporary trends in the field will be closely scrutinized in admission.

• The average age of those who enter a DNP-NA program is 27.3 years old (AACN, 2023).

 

When you apply to a nursing program, whether at the graduate level or the undergraduate level, reviewers do not want to hear or see what you think they want to hear or see. Instead, they want to hear or see ideas and practices coming from your genuine self.

 

Labyrinth Education consultants have the experience to prepare you for what to expect in the admissions process and what to expect when entering a program.