Nah, Rich it wasn't meant to be a rip and I apologize if it sounded like it. I just like to clear up peoples thoughts of just how important it is what we do. Any path you choose to further your education will be rewarding. I am just really biased ...
Sodiumpent replied to putmetosleep's topic in SRNA
Just echoing what everyone else has been saying. I honestly can say that before I got into Anesthesia school I had only started about half a dozen IV's and I was simply terrified to start them in school. Be confident and make sure you get a system ...
Sandman, I am not a grad of a philly program, but I am graduating from a PA Anesthesia school in a couple months. One of my good friends did graduate from Villanova's program and he is an exceptional CRNA and stated he had received an excellen...
Obviously, the person who you read that said Anesthesia is 98% boredom and 2% terror wasn't a CRNA, and they obviously have no idea what we do. As someone who will be graduating from Anesthesia school in 3 months and has had over 4 years CTICU exper...
Good evening, I am graduating this December and have taken a position in Tampa. I understand that I have to get an APRN license in order to practice. Any idea of how long it takes to get the license? I have heard from some people that it takes a c...
Air is right, I have also heard about that incident as well. My best friend graduated from Alleghany Valley last year and I applied thinking that he would put a good word in for me. Well, like my other classmate that posted earlier who is currently...
My mother was a PACU RN and I was working at UPS as a dockworker. UPS went on strike in 1996 and I needed a job. My mom said I could push beds in the PACU for a couple of hours until I started back at work. I enjoyed the environment of the OR and ...
First off congratulations on getting accepted to nursing school, it is very difficult. My initial recommendations are relax and worry more about nursing school than looking ahead to anesthesia school. I am by no means knocking you, but it takes ti...
Yeah, I have to agree w/ lovegasrn. I just came back from a conference and this was a topic of a rather conversation. The "push" for APRn's to have the DnP as the standard is in it's very infantile stages and there are a WHOLE LOT of issues that ne...
Hey Mark, My old hospital did have a program that would pay for school only, but I had to give a 3 year contract after that. I told them I wasn't interested and have taken out student loans. Out of my class of 34 SRNA's I believe only about 2...
Sodiumpent replied to longroadahead's topic in SRNA
Hi there, My program is a 28 month program, and we did have a semester break this past Christmas and New Years, however that was our last. We just started clinicals last week. (2 days a week, until this summer then 3) Now, during our breaks fr...
I agree with both of these contributors. It does seem like everyone talks about wanting to be a CRNA because of the money, but have no idea what goes into actually following through with it. Not only are the nursing population retiring, but the ba...
Hi Sean That is exactly the way that I went and now am starting in anesthesia school. I attended an AD program at my local community college, and while working full-time weekends, attended a RN-BSN program. I ended up with just under 3 years w...