York CRNA Program - Information for Prospective Applicants


 


Information for Prospective Applicants

Prospective students must meet the following criteria in order to apply for entry into the program. Incomplete application packets will be returned via US mail.
Documents which are indicated by a + are those documents required in addition to those required by the standard Graduate Studies Admission Application.

 

  • Non-refundable $40 application fee; check payable to York College of Pennsylvania
  • A completed graduate studies application
  • Completion of a baccalaureate degree program with an NLNAC or CCNE accredited major in nursing from a regionally accredited institution or the equivalent as determined by the Department of Nursing faculty
  • Grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or higher. Students not meeting this grade point average requirement may be admitted to conditional status on the recommendation of the faculty
  • Transcripts from all previously attended institutions of higher education.
  • Current RN licensure in Pennsylvania
  • Successful completion of the following courses: a statistics course that covered descriptive and inferential statistics, a physical assessment course, and a nursing research course.
  • A personal statement indicating academic goals for graduate nursing education.
  • Current resume +
  • Three completed recommendation forms +, one of which must be from a CRNA with whom the applicant has spent time in the operating room observing surgery and anesthesia.
  • Applicants are required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in the verbal, quantitative sections, analytical writing sections, and include a copy of his or her scores in the application packet +
  • A minimum of one year of acute care experience in the role of a Registered Nurse, defined as experience in personally caring for patients with invasive monitoring devices (arterial line, central venous pressure line, and pulmonary artery occlusion catheters), vasoactive infusions, ECG interpretation, and caring for mechanically ventilated patients +
  • Current BLS, ACLS and PALS card +
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
       
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