• History of the nurse anesthesiology profession
• Professional development of the nurse anesthetist
• Graduate school academic and application preparation

Chemistry topics covered on the National Certification Exam (NCE):

• Matter and measurement
• Atomic structure and the periodic table
• Ionic and covalent compounds
• Molecular shape, intermolecular interactions, and energy
• Chemical reactions
• Solutions
• Acids and Bases
• Alkanes and functional groups
• Stereochemistry, alkenes, and lipids
• Properties and reactions of alkanes with oxygen, sulfur, or halogenated functional groups
• Carboxylic acids; amines; amino acids and peptides
• Carbohydrates, nucleic acids, protein synthesis, and metabolism

Go to smumn.edu/apply. Create an application portal login using your email address. Use a personal email address to avoid many employers’ filters or blocks.

Upon creating your application portal, you’ll receive an email to verify your address and create a password. Use this email address and password to access the portal or track acceptance progress.

Select the Continuing Education application in the Graduate and Doctoral area.

Three questions will appear. To locate the Continuing Education DNP course select the following:

• Graduate School of Health and Human Services
• Continuing Education (DNP800)
• Select Year and Semester

Complete the remaining application questionnaire, upload a current resume/CV summarizing your professional experience, review and sign.

Contact your past higher educational institutions and request official transcripts. You must (at minimum) submit the transcript of your bachelor’s degree. The transcript(s) must be sent directly to: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota’s Admission Office in Minneapolis (school code 6632, TCAdmission@smumn.edu).

• Please note: Saint Mary’s does not accept screenshots, forwarded eTranscripts, or paper transcripts that have been previously opened from their original sealed envelopes. You’ll be able to track the progress and receipt of the transcripts via the application portal login you created.