jesset2

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1. Maintaining certifications

   jesset2 replied to gasmaster's topic in SRNA

   The only certification you need to maintain as a CRNA is your CRNA.

2. OR > ICU > CRNA program?

   jesset2 replied to giddygiddygirl's topic in SRNA

   You must have critical care experience to be a CRNA, not or experience. Don't wast your time in the OR because you will work there eventually as a CRNA. Go straight to the ICU upon graduation; you will not be using you nursing or critical thinking ...

3. Frustrated

   jesset2 replied to jkw_83RN's topic in SRNA

   If you decided to become a CRNA, you should have already researched the field including having already shadowed CRNA's. This shadowing should be for more than a couple of hours or days. Just think of the number of students pursuing medicine who hav...

4. An Answer Will Save Me......

   jesset2 replied to attittaah's topic in SRNA

   Just take a few grad school courses to show you can handle the work, take your GRE's and do well in your interveiw. Get CCRN certification and learn as much as you can in the ICU and obtain strong letters of recommendation. It makes no sense to was...

5. only top 4 percent?

   jesset2 replied to hbgwan's topic in CRNA

   It's not true. If you have researched the profession on nurse anesthesia, shadowed CRNA's and found that this is the career you want, then apply! A lot of times, people will tell you things to discourage you, for whatever reason. I've never heard ...

6. All CRNAs need to READ this

   jesset2 replied to janecristensen's topic in CRNA

   Well said!

7. (BSN) Travel Nurses MAKE MORE than CRNAs!

   jesset2 replied to hojimma's topic in SRNA

   OK, if a CRNA works the same number of hours (60) as a traveler (locum tenens), what would the salary be then????

8. nurse anesthesia w/o BSN

   jesset2 replied to onstar's topic in SRNA

   You must have ICU experience (minimum 1 year) to get into Columbia U. (check the website). Students who got into the Anesthesia program as part of the ETP (they receive a bachelors in 1 year and then move on to a Masters specialty) must have 1 year...

9. MS vs MSN

   jesset2 replied to jesset2's topic in CRNA

   I ask this because my school offers an MS in nurse anesthesia and my friend's school offesr an MSN and the faculty at my friend's school are saying that those with an MS in nurse anesthesia cannot be considered advanced practice nurses unless they ta...

10. MS vs MSN

    jesset2 posted a topic in CRNA

    What is the difference between getting an MS vs a MSN in Nurse Anesthesia. Are you considered an Advanced Pracitce Nurse with either one? How does this affect employment and salary status?

11. 2nd Degree BSN or Direct Entry MSN for ultimate goal CRNA?

    jesset2 replied to EpiphanyXI's topic in SRNA

    Getting your NP does not give you an advantage to getting into CRNA school. The only thing it might do is show that you can handle grad school work, but remember that CRNA coursework is much tougher than NP coursework and if you want to prove you ca...

12. Career change: Lawyer to CRNA.

    jesset2 replied to Riptide McGee's topic in SRNA

    The CRNA profession is very flexible. There are plenty of jobs that a vareity of shifts, how you can work those shifts (i.e. 8,12, 16 hours) and you can choose to take on a job that does not require you to take call. You don't have to start off wor...

13. Economics of The New Grad CRNA

    jesset2 replied to zaga21's topic in CRNA

    Spent too much on the house or school? If it's school, how much is his debt? The house depends on how large it is, the area, etc.

14. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jesset2 replied to Alpha13's topic in CRNA

    Also, they don't have to do a fellowship...We do 6-7 years and they do 8-9.

15. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jesset2 replied to Alpha13's topic in CRNA

    Don't forget that in order to be a CRNA, you must be an RN first, so you have to include nursing school education (2 or 4 years), and either way you must have a baccalaureate degree. Remember that you're including med school which allows them to bec...