The College of Health Sciences offers undergraduate degrees in nursing and other health professions and a graduate degree in nurse anesthesia, as well as certificate programs for ancillary health professions.

Nurse Anesthetists, Kansas Association of A nonprofit association whose purpose is to advance the profession of nurse anesthesia.

She graduated from Syracuse, and received a master's degree in nurse anesthesia from the State University of New York Downstate.

The first school of nurse anesthesia was formed in 1909 at St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon.

Historically, CRNAs in the United States received bachelor's degrees in nurse anesthesia, diploma or certificate.

The minimum curriculum incorporates studies in basic and advanced applied sciences as well as principles and professional aspects of nurse anesthesia.

What does the future hold for nurse anesthesia?

The impact on nurse anesthesia has been and will continue to be a gradual migration of CRNAs from the traditional hospital setting to outpatient settings such as ambulatory surgery centers and physicians' offices.

After appropriate preparation, they gain a masters degree in nurse anesthesia and must then pass a certification exam.

The university added graduate programs in education in the 1970s and in nurse anesthesia in the 1980s.