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Distinctions & Strengths
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| Graduate Student Emily Mattingly congratulated by AANA President Frank Maziarski for
winning the 2004 AANA Student Writing Contest. Awarded August 2004 in Seattle, Washington. |
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| Former Graduate Student Elizabeth Howell congratulated by General Gale Pollack,
Commander US Army Nurse Corp, for being on the winning team at the 2004 AANA Annual College Bowl in Seattle, Washington |
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Ranked as the Best Nurse Anesthesia Program in the United States by US News & World Report since 2003! |
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10-year accreditation awarded in Spring 2001 by the
Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. |
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Located in the School of Allied Health Professions. |
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Based in a large, urban Carnegie Research Intensive University with more
than 29,000 students. |
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Degrees awarded: Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia (MSNA), Doctor of
Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP). |
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Post-master’s clinical doctorate (DNAP)
focuses specifically on nurse anesthesia practice. |
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Post-master’s DNAP available on a full-time or part-time basis. |
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8 semester combined degree MSNA-DNAP program. |
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Master’s program offered at two locations (Richmond and southwestern Virginia). |
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Affiliated with more than 20 clinical sites including the VCU Health
System/MCV Hospitals and facilities in SW Virginia, NE Tennessee, & Eastern Kentucky. |
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Extensive regional anesthesia experience in MSNA. |
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Center for Research in Human Simulation
with 3 dedicated human patient simulators. |
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66% of university-appointed faculty (4/6) are doctoral-prepared. |
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More than 20 adjunct CRNA faculty teach in program. |
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Nationally recognized faculty. |
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Innovative distance education programs (MSNA & DNAP) and School of Allied
Health Profession's PhD in Health Related Sciences
(PhD in HRS). |
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Average class size for the MSNA is 25 in Richmond and 10 in SW Virginia. |
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Post-master's DNAP for CRNAs accepts 5 students a year. |
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PhD in HRS accepts 1-2 CRNAs a year. |
Faculty and Staff of Distinction
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| Ms. Marjorie Taylor Goodwin, Program Support Technician, VCU Department of Nurse
Anesthesia is presented with the Presidential Award for Community Multicultural Enrichment by VCU President, Dr. Eugene
Trani on April 27, 2004 |
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| Dr. Lemont (Monty) Kier, VCU Professor of Chemistry and Nurse Anesthesia was awarded
"Virginia's Life Achievement in Science Award for 2004" by Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner |
Graduate Students of Distinction
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| Graduate Student Sam Smith displays his research "Effects of Morphine and Congeners on
Opioid Receptors in the Rat Thalamus, findings at the 2005 Graduate Research Symposium in Richmond Virginia |
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| Former Graduate Student Derrick Glymph displays his research findings at the 2004
Graduate Research Symposium in Richmond Virginia |
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| Former Graduate Student Catherine Stalford (2003 Graduate) congratulated by Chairman
Fallacaro for winning the 2003 AANA Student Writing Contest. Awarded August 2003 in Boston, Mass. |
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| Former Graduate Student Ms. Jennifer Justice, Winner of AANA Foundation's Outstanding
Student Researcher Award 2001 |
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| Dr. Fallacaro (left) congratulates former graduate student Geraud Moyers winner of the
2000-2001 AANA National Student Writing Contest at the AANA Annual Meeting in San Francisco 8/01 |
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| Former Graduate Student Heidi Dix receives congratulations from the late Jan Stewart,
1999-00 AANA President at the 2000 World Congress of Nurse Anesthetists, Chicago Illinois |
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| Former Graduate Student Torey Hawley receives the Program Director's Outstanding
Student Researcher Award for 2000 here pictured with Dr. Chuck Biddle, Director of Research |
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