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Clinical setting

CRNA programs with published ER experience acceptance

Emergency nursing experience may be accepted outright, conditionally, or not at all. This page includes only an explicit affirmative statement in the available record.

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We require affirmative ER or emergency-department acceptance language in structured admissions notes. A combined ER/PICU/NICU boolean without setting-specific text is excluded.

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verified matches from 156 records

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ER acceptance noted

University of Texas at Houston

Houston, TX

Degree
DNP
Tuition
$224,121

Evidence note: App Opens: not specified on their website | Deadline: July 1st | Starts: May | Degree: DNP | ER/PICU/NICU: Accepts experience in these clinical areas: CVICU, SICU, CCU, MICU, NICU (Level IV only), PICU as well as trauma and burn intensive care units.

Record updated Aug 6, 2026

ER acceptance noted

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

Degree
DNP
Tuition
$70,000

Evidence note: App Opens: May 1st | Deadline: August 31st | Starts: Not indicated on the website | Degree: DNP | ER/PICU/NICU: They do accept pediatric and neonatal ICU experience ER does not satisfy the ICU requirement

Record updated Aug 6, 2026

ER acceptance noted

UPMC Hamot/Gannon University

Erie, PA

Degree
DNP
Tuition
$102,060

Evidence note: App Opens: Applications are open for submission at any time (with the annual closing date of October 1st of each year) | Deadline: October 1st | Starts: May | Degree: DNP | ER/PICU/NICU: Accepts PICU & NICU ER experience is considered only if obtained in a large trauma center

Record updated Aug 6, 2026

ER acceptance noted

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Degree
DNP
Tuition
$75,000

Evidence note: App Opens: March 1st | Deadline: May 15th | Starts: May | Degree: DNP | ER/PICU/NICU: Accepts PICU & NICU ER experience is not considered acceptable

Record updated Aug 9, 2026

ER acceptance noted

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC

Degree
DNP
Tuition
$129,049

Evidence note: App Opens: not specified on their website | Deadline: September 1st | Starts: August | Degree: DNP | ER/PICU/NICU: Accepts PICU & NICU

Record updated Aug 6, 2026

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Does ER acceptance guarantee that my experience qualifies?

No. Programs may apply acuity, role, recency, hour, or supplemental adult-critical-care conditions.

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No. The page requires an explicit affirmative statement in the available structured notes.

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