In Pasadena, CA…
 
Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop hosted at Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia.
 
Safe spaces for future marginalized CRNAs to learn and grow.
 
Access & early professional socialization by the Immersion Model for Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs
 
“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing” ~ Audre Lorde

DAY 3 - DIVERSITY CRNA 2025 Airway Simulation Lab Workshop at Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia
 
Sunday, April 6, 2025   Time: 8AM - 3:00 PM (PT)! Breakfast @ 7:15AM at the Hilton Pasadena Hotel!
 
Diverse ICU RNs with hands-on experience at the filled to capacity weekend event for the Diversity CRNA 2025 Info & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop hosted at Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia!
 
Changing the face & culture of Nurse Anesthesia!
 
Celebrating our 67th Diversity CRNA Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop!
 
Still I Rise…

Duke University School of Nursing grand main lobby with massive windows sharing natural light and a piano in a corner.
 
Jamaican American Roshane Grant, BSN, RN, CCRN sat down during lunch time at the Diversity CRNA 2024 Event during simulation lab in the lobby corner on the keyboard saluting change.
 
Sometimes, we all need to stop....and listen to music, walk in peace, preserve your mental health space and appreciate the arts in your professional and educational pursuits.
 
Do this daily....watch your trajectory and mindset change magnificently to bring out the best of us.

As per Jyai Bell, BSN, RN, CCRN:


CRNA Shadow Experience in Nigeria. It was an amazing experience and I learned so much!


Day #1 in University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu, Nigeria.


Each one teach one.

Keep going at your own pace in CRNA journey with intention to move forward…Changing profoundly the face & culture of Nurse Anesthesia. Full stop.
 
Marginalized RNs attended Diversity CRNA Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshops before applying to CRNA Programs across the country.
 
Safe spaces for future CRNAs to learn and grow.

And, just like that, another successful Diversity CRNA HBCU School of Nursing Tour at North Carolina A&T State University!
 
During this 2025 event, 67 BSN junior and 19 ABSN nursing students surrounded by CRNA mentors with immersive anesthesia simulation lab in Nurse Anesthesia trajectory.
 
Safe spaces for future CRNAs to learn and grow.
 
Access & early professional socialization Immersion Model for Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs.


When nursing students enter NCA&T School of Nursing building, on the wall it reads…
 
Teach & INSPIRE
Place & PURPOSE
Remember & IMAGINE
 
In March 2025, Diversity CRNA HBCU Tour at NCA&T purposely inspired the next generation of CRNAs imagining next steps in doctoral trajectory.
 
“You can’t be, what you can’t see” ~ Marian Wright Edleman

Diversity CRNA Effect!

List of Nurse Anesthesia Programs - No GREs

Just an FYI...

Critical care nurses interested in Nurse Anesthesia, this is a partial list of Nurse Anesthesia Programs that do not require the GRE Exam for admission consideration...

  • Allegheny Valley/ LaRoche University
  • Barnes Jewish College Goldfarb School of Anesthesia
  • Baylor University / Army Program
  • Bryan College of Health Sciences
  • Case Western Reserve University 
  • Cedar Crest College
  • Columbia University 
  • Duke University
  • Emory University 
  • Excela Health
  • Fairfield University 
  • Florida International University
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University 
  • Geisinger / Bloomsburg University
  • Gonzaga University 
  • Hofstra University
  • Johns Hopkins University 
  • LaRoche University
  • Loma Linda University 
  • Lourdes University 
  • Marquette University
  • Michigan State University 
  • Midwestern University 
  • Millikin University 
  • Minneapolis School of Anesthesia
  • Missouri State University *must be a CCRN 
  • Mount Marty College 
  • Murray State University
  • National University
  • Northern Kentucky University
  • Oakland University
  • Oregon Health & Sciences University
  • Rosalind Franklin University
  • Rush University
  • Rutgers University 
  • Samuel Merritt University
  • South College
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 
  • St. Mary's - University of Minnesota
  • The Nurse Anesthesia Program of Hartford
  • The University of Arizona 
  • The University of Detroit Mercy 
  • The University of Kansas 
  • The University of Minnesota 
  • The University of Scranton
  • The University of Tulsa
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • Union University 
  • University Health Truman Medical Center
  • University of Akron 
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • University of California Davis
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Maryland 
  • University of Miami 
  • University of Michigan-Flint
  • University of North Dakota
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 
  • UPMC - Hamot School of Anesthesia
  • UT- Knoxville
  • Villanova University
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Wayne State University 
  • Webster University
  • Westminster College
  • Yale New Haven Health School of Anesthesia 
  • York College of Pennsylvania