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1. I want to have 1 more child before CRNA school, HELP

   ICUDOUCME? replied to sarahneeyah's topic in SRNA

   I graduated last month and will take boards at the end of this month. The schools in your area sound great. It really would make the difference between do-able and impossible if you could be home every night. Good luck with everything.

2. I want to have 1 more child before CRNA school, HELP

   ICUDOUCME? replied to sarahneeyah's topic in SRNA

   All the following is my own opinion of course and I don't mean to be harsh. It's just the first thing that I thought of when I read your post. I was 46 when I entered nurse anesthesia school. I would have done it sooner but I was still raising a fam...

3. Anesthesia Questions?

   ICUDOUCME? replied to NickB's topic in CRNA

   Hi Nick, In many hospitals, but not all (especially rural areas) the anesthesiologist will do the pre-op interview and then turn the case over to the nurse anesthetist. The doc can then charge for supervising the case. He/She is also required to be a...

4. Be honest...is the excitement over?

   ICUDOUCME? replied to rn2bn07's topic in SRNA

   It's hard to answer this question in general terms. Everyone's situation is SO different. For me, my excitment mellowed into determination to succeed. It has been a hard road, but when you get it into your head that you are going to do it, no matter ...

5. honest opinion about wolford college

   ICUDOUCME? replied to blondnurse's topic in SRNA

   I interviewed at Wolford and was accepted but ended up at another school for various reasons. It's true that a high percentage of those INTERVIEWED are accepted but I'm sure that is not the case with the majority of applicants to the school. You will...

6. Why some don't make it through CRNA School

   ICUDOUCME? replied to crnaoneday's topic in SRNA

   I can only speak to my particular school. But I imagine that every school, just as every individual that failed out, is different. In my school, the class started with 15 and four "failed out" or didn't make the 83% overall during a given semester. T...

7. Just took CRNA boards - help

   ICUDOUCME? replied to bonol15226's topic in CRNA

   Awesome!!!!! Congratulations! What a relief you must be feeling. I take boards in January. Did you take Valley and do you think it was right on? Did you use Prodigy software? If so, was it helpful? I took Valley and I also have the prodigy questions....

8. Am I the only one??

   ICUDOUCME? replied to fungirl's topic in SRNA

   Wow, Optimistic...that's terrible. I feel so bad for you and others in your situation. Of course we don't know what we are doing sometimes, we are learning (pssstt...it's because we are STUDENTS!). What a load of horse crap that they are dumping on y...

9. Does it take a certain personality type to become a CRNA?

   ICUDOUCME? replied to CandyGyrl's topic in SRNA

   Well, some questions for you...have you met any CRNAs? Or only wanna-bes like this guy you described? Have any of these CRNAs been decent people? Do you know of anyone else in your nursing class (who wants to be a CRNA) with determination and brains ...

10. Am I the only one??

    ICUDOUCME? replied to fungirl's topic in SRNA

    I know this post was originally made in March but it's a good one to keep going. I must say, (and I only say this to give people hope), that I have not suffered abuse, physical or emotional, in my clinical rotations. The worst preceptors I had (only ...

11. Are All CRNA Grad's Created Equal?

    ICUDOUCME? replied to Manurse715's topic in SRNA

    I totally agree with the above post. In my opinion, all these topics are good questions to ask a prospective school. Some schools have 1 or 2 primary clinical sites and you don't travel beyond that. Therefore, whatever that site's philosophy is rega...

12. what is my shot at getting into a CRNA PROGRAM?

    ICUDOUCME? replied to itsmike990's topic in SRNA

    Mike, As far as I'm concerned, you sound competitive, esp if you do as well or better than 1000 on the GRE. It's not necessary to take additional chemistry or physics if the schools you want to apply to don't require them. The actual chemistry and ph...

13. Are All CRNA Grad's Created Equal?

    ICUDOUCME? replied to Manurse715's topic in SRNA

    You know, this is an interesting question. I don't think all programs are created equal, nor are all the students in a given program created equal. In my experience with my own school and talking to many different CRNAs from other programs over these...

14. Paid during the clinicals?

    ICUDOUCME? replied to career180's topic in SRNA

    I've never heard of any clinical site that pays the SRNAs. I have heard about anesthesia groups that will give a potential employee some money during school in exchange for a committment when they get out though. I would think that paying a clinical...

15. For those of you on interview boards

    ICUDOUCME? replied to joeyzstj's topic in SRNA

    Well,it sounds like you know a lot about many different aspects of critical care...it's all good! The interviewers will want to know what types of patients you cared for and then they may ask questions related to that type of patient. So don't mentio...