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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) graduate program. Requires RN licensure and critical care experience before admission.
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Plan for prior college study before this professional pathway. Check the program’s degree, prerequisite, and experience requirements before applying.
These are areas to develop, not a required GPA or a judgment about your ability. Exact prerequisites and admission standards come from each program.
Duke’s nurse-anesthesia curriculum includes advanced physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology.
Duke includes chemistry and physics related to anesthesia. This is an example of graduate study, not a universal admission prerequisite.
Duke includes quantitative analysis for evaluating healthcare practice alongside clinical preparation.
Field of Study
Healthcare & Medicine
CIP Code
51.3804
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Dental Assisting
Supporting dentists in clinical settings - preparing patients and equipment for procedures, assisting chairside, taking dental radiographs and mouth impressions, and handling office administrative duties under the supervision of dentists and dental hygienists. Covers sterilization and equipment maintenance, pre- and post-operative patient care, scheduling, and medical record-keeping.
Suggested activity
After reviewing the RN and critical-care entry stages, compare doctoral curricula and ask admissions about science preparation. Use faculty advice to plan refreshers; do not infer eligibility from a course list alone.
A graduate entry pathway following prior college education, RN/APRN licensure, and critical-care RN experience.
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