Expert: Jim Henderson, CRNA - 8/2/2006

Question
why do most crna course take 28months and also before the clinical portion begins, why dont they offer the prelimnary courses like advanced pharmacology, introduction to anesthesia etc online. Or maybe l am the one that dont know about such a school. l live in Ga and there is only one school that offers the CRNA prog ---Mercer. Do you know of another in Georgia

Answer
Dee,

The Medical College of Georgia also has a nurse anesthetist program.  You can find a list of all nurse anesthesia programs in the US at the following web site:
http://www.aana.com/

This course of study is far too rigorous to consider for on-line classes.  This is a Master's in Nursing curriculum, with real classes and real professors who are experts in their field.  

Hope this helps.  

All the best,

jim