• Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Amery Hospital & Clinic, Amery, WI.
• Gunderson St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Wabasha, Minn.
• Aspirus St. Mary’s Hospital, Rhinelander, WI.
• Cambridge Medical Center, Cambridge, Minn.
• CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minn.
• CentraCare – Plaza Surgery Center, St. Cloud, Minn.
• Children’s Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby, Minn.
• Allina District One Hospital, Faribault, Minn.
• Essentia Health-Duluth (Miller-Dwan Building), Duluth, Minn.
• Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center (Duluth), Duluth, Minn.
• Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, Saint Paul, Minn.
• Glencoe Regional Health, Glencoe, Minn.
• Hayward Area Memorial Hospital, Hayward, WI.
• HealthPartners Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, Minn.
• HealthPartners Same Day Surgery Center, Saint Paul, Minn.
• Health Partners Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater, Minn.
• Lakewood Health System, Staples, Minn.
• Lakewalk Surgery Center Duluth, Minn.
• M Health Fairview East Bank, Minneapoois, Minn.
• Marshfield ASC Eau Claire Center, WI.
• Marshfield ASC Marshfield Center, WI.
• Marshfield ASC Minocqua Center, WI.
• Marshfield ASC Wausau Center, WI.
• Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield, Marshfield, WI.
• Marshfield Medical Center-Neillsville, Neillsville, WI.
• Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake, Rice Lake, WI.
• Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague, New Prague, Minn.
• Mercy Hospital (Mercy & Unity Campuses), Coon Rapids, Minn.
• Northfield Hospital, Northfield, Minn.
• Owatonna Hospital, Owatonna, Minn.
• Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia, Minn.
• River Falls Area Hospital, River Falls, WI.
• Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin, Minn.
• St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix Falls, WI.
• St Cloud Surgical Center, St. Cloud, Minn.
• St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth, Minn.
• Surgical Specialty Center of Minnesota, St. Louis Park, Minn.
• HSHS St. Vincent’s Hospital, Green Bay, WI.
• Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minn.

Applicants must submit a transcript for a college-level chemistry course completed with a letter grade of “B” or better in the last five years. The course should have some element of inorganic, organic, and/ or biochemistry. All prerequisite courses must be taken at an accredited college/ university. Classes may be taken at an accredited two-year college. In progress coursework will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and may affect application ranking.

Applicants must meet the chemistry requirement within five years of the applicant anticipating starting the program. For example, if a student is planning to apply for a fall 2025 start, they must demonstrate they have completed a Chemistry course that meets the stated requirements and ended in summer 2020 or after.

Yes, the course can be in-progress at the time of application, however, it may affect the applicant’s application ranking, meaning a candidate with a completed chemistry course may be selected over someone who has not completed the chemistry requirement for matriculation into the program.

Nurse Anesthesiology curriculum is very science dense. It is important for the program to evaluate the candidate’s recent science experiences as part of the application process. It is also important for students to take a recent science course to confirm they are ready for the rigor of a nurse anesthesiology program.

Yes, the course does meet the chemistry requirement for matriculation into the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Nurse Anesthesiology. The candidate must contact other nurse anesthesiology programs to determine if they will also accept the course as a chemistry pre-requisite. Please share the DNP800 course website if they have questions or concerns. The website is here: https://smumn.edu/doctor-of-nursing-practice-in-nurse-anesthesiology-dnp/dnp800-foundations-in-nurse-anesthesiology/

At this time Saint Mary’s does accept the Barry pre-anesthesia course (ANE 695) as a chemistry pre-requisite, in addition to our own pre-anesthesia course (DNP800). Otherwise, Saint Mary’s Nurse Anesthesiology program does require applicants to take a college-level chemistry course as described above. The best thing an applicant can do is KEEP THE COURSE SYLLABUS, just in case Saint Mary’s admissions department should have any questions.

The DNP application process is lengthy, as is the file review process. The deadline for applications each year is September 15. It then takes 5 weeks to ensure all documents are present and ready for the Nurse Anesthesiology department to review the files. All Essays are blinded and evaluated by CRNA instructors and faculty to ensure fairness. The complete file is then taken into consideration, and the most qualified individuals are offered an interview to determine if they are a good fit for Saint Mary’s, and, for the candidate to determine if Saint Mary’s is a good fit for them! Nurse Anesthesiology plans to conduct remote or in-person interviews in December through January. Acceptance letters are sent out in February for a fall start in the program.

Yes, Saint Mary’s does keep a very short wait list. It does not roll over from year to year. For example, if a student was on the waitlist to start the program in fall of 2022, and they did not matriculate into the program, then they must reapply and go through the process again for the fall of 2023 and so-on.