Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia Program Outcomes
Program Specific Competency Goals
Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Nurse Anesthesia degree, the graduate will be able to:
- Apply evolving evidence-based practice, clinical judgment, and leadership to obtain optimal health promotion and disease management outcomes for individual patients, systems, and populations. (Critical Thinking)**
- Demonstrate leadership through collaboration to inspire innovative ideas to improve health care outcomes while fostering self-reflection, ethical practice, and lifelong learning. (Professionalism)**
- Translate research into practice utilizing interprofessional collaboration, clinical judgment, and leadership skills to engage with diverse individuals and interprofessional teams to improve patient and population health outcomes. (Communication)**
- Utilize and evaluate health care information technology systems and processes for communication, decision-making, management, and interdisciplinary collaboration to improve the quality and safety of health care delivery. (Technology)**
- Analyze health care delivery models using scientific data to develop, implement, and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention strategies to address gaps in care for population health, advocate for social justice, and ensure equitable and inclusive care for diverse populations. (Diversity)**
Council on Accreditation (COA) Graduate Standards
Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, graduates will demonstrate the ability to:
- Support patient safety through vigilance and protection from complications. (Critical Thinking, Technology)**
- Demonstrate competence in the perianesthesia management of patients by delivering individualized, culturally competent care across the life span. (Diversity, Technology)**
- Demonstrate critical thinking, responsibility and accountability by applying evidenced-based concepts to decision making and problem solving when assessing, diagnosing, managing and evaluating perianesthesia care. (Critical Thinking, Technology)**
- Develop interpersonal communication skills promoting the effective exchange of information and collaboration while respecting patient privacy and maintaining confidentiality. (Communication, Technology)**
- Develop a leadership style integrating critical thinking and facilitating professional collaboration. (Professionalism, Critical Thinking)**
- Demonstrate professionalism, including a commitment to academic and personal integrity. (Professionalism)**
**Categories denoted in the parentheses represent relationship to Clarkson College’s student success skills, which are our institutional student learning outcomes, and include Communication, Technology, Critical Thinking, Diversity, and Professionalism
Performance Outcomes
| 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | |
| First Time Board Pass Rate* | 93%** (14/15) |
92.3%** (12/13) |
78.6%** (11/14) |
| Overall Board Pass Rate* | 100% (15/15) |
100% (13/13) |
100% (16/16) |
| National Average Board Pass Rate (first time)* | 84.1% | 84.0% | 84.9% |
| Graduation Rate*** | 100% (15/15) |
100% (13/13) |
100% (14/14) |
| Job Placement/Employment Rate**** | 100% (15/15) |
100% (13/13) |
100% (14/14) |
Attrition Rates
| 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | |
| Attrition Rates | 0% | 6.6% (1) |
11.7% (2) |
* Board pass rate is measured by the number of graduates that have successfully completed either their professional licensing examination or national certification examination. The national certification examination for this degree is the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists exam.
** Method 3 calculation
*** Graduation rates for this program are measured at GR 100. This refers to the percentage of a school’s eligible students who complete their degree/certificate program within 100% of the published time for the certificate/degree program (on-time).
**** Employment rates are taken from returned graduate surveys, alumni surveys, employer surveys, and individual graduate’s reports to the program.
The Clarkson College Nurse Anesthesia Program had their onsite accreditation visit in 2015 where they received a perfect score and a full 10-year accreditation renewal through 2026.