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    Aug 16, '10 by
    Quote from jwk
    Pretty funny - there has been a heated discussion elsewhere on the internet from CRNA's who totally dismiss the idea that the hard sciences are important.
    That thread had to do more with taking the whole gambit of pre-med courses not a chem course or two.
  2. Aug 17, '10 by
    Quote from jwk
    Pretty funny - there has been a heated discussion elsewhere on the internet from CRNA's who totally dismiss the idea that the hard sciences are important.
    Hopefully one of those CRNA's will NEVER do my anesthesia.
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  3. Aug 20, '10 by
    Quote from wtbcrna
    That thread had to do more with taking the whole gambit of pre-med courses not a chem course or two.
    Read the thread again.
  4. Aug 21, '10 by
    Regarding organic and biochemistry--they are a MUST for anesthesia. The trend is for more emphasis on the sciences and less on nursing theory for CRNA education. I use all of the sciences every time I administer an anesthetic. It is most unfortunate, but not surprising that your nursing instructors have no idea what a CRNA does or what the educational emphasis should be. Try to find a CRNA in your area to shadow and to perhaps give a talk to the other nursing students.