Practicum Information

Clinical Rotation Schedules

*All clinical rotation schedules are provided by the program director in advance of practicum dates.
*A spreadsheet of preferred non-metro sites will be opened prior to beginning your first clinical rotation.

Clinical Site Handbook for University of Minnesota CRNA Students

*This handbook includes all onboarding information for each clinical site. 

Practicums are scheduled across 52 weeks of the year as an in-residency clinical experience. 

Counting Clinical hours

Time off during practicum - see the Nurse Anesthesia Supplement to the DNP Handbook (excerpt below):

a. Document explaining dates of university closure, 10 days that can be requested July 1-June 30 for the second and third year students and include information about bereavement, military, professional days, and interview days

b. COA guidelines on counting practicum experiences

c. The first practicum rotation begins July 1 of the first year of the DNP program and ends at the end of the second week in August of the third year of the DNP program. Students are continually enrolled in practicum courses during that time period. 

d. Students are allowed to request 10 days from July 1-June 30 each year for time off.

e. Students will not be scheduled for clinical days when the university is officially closed

f. Students are provided two excused absences for an employment interview.  

g. If a practicum day is missed for illness, the time missed will be made up or the student may use annual time-off days.

h. Process on how to use time-off days.

a. First obtain approval from the practicum site’s student clinical coordinator. 

b. After approval is obtained, complete the Time-Off survey form to notify the nurse anesthesia specialty program director.

c. For illness, the student must notify the site's clinical coordinator and the nurse anesthesia specialty program director regarding missed clinical day and also complete the Time-Off survey.

Typhon Nurse Anesthesia Student Tracking (NAST) System functions as a comprehensive and secure electronic student tracking system including complete collection and reporting of student case log data, student electronic portfolios, NBCRNA transcript for national certification examination (NCE) downloads, student biographic database, clinical site database, secure document management and much more. Students may also access the Typhon NAST through smartphones and tablets. Students will receive Typhon NAST orientation during summer of year one of the DNP program prior to beginning practicum rotations. Students will be responsible for the associated fee for the Typhon NAST.

Typhon Nurse Anesthesia Student Tracking (NAST) 

Practicum evaluations - all daily and end-of rotation evaluations have been transitioned to Typhon.  Printable versions are available for use only in circumstances when preceptors or coordinators are unable to complete an electronic Typhon evaluation. 

Purpose: To provide students general orientation checklist for each clinical rotation.

The School of Nursing ensures that students are provided general overview orientation at clinical affiliate sites. Students will complete the Clinical Site Orientation Checklist during the first week of each clinical rotation. The completed and signed form will be submitted to the nurse anesthesia specialty program director  by the second week of each clinical rotation. 

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Students are responsible for housing, travel, and meals during clinical rotation assignments.

Some clinical sites, but not all, have call rooms or housing for students. However, students must ensure and secure housing arrangements prior to the start of clinical rotation, especially at rural sites. For example, St. Cloud Hospital currently provides housing for students at no cost while Hutchinson Hospital does not provide housing, although may provide a call room during scheduled rotations.