Why ADN is Better Than BSN for CRNA.. For Some

youre kidding right? nothing SHOULD EVER stop you from reaching your full potential, shoot for the stars! go n get your bsn...and if youre not content after that then shoot for your msn. Sky's the limit !

To treezuh, too old? I am the same age as you and the mother of two. A five year old and a soon to be one year old. I am planning to hopefully one day become a crna. I am planning to start school in the spring do my prerequisites in about a year hopefully less. Then go fo the aas in nursing. Get my rn license. Work for a few months and start my bsn. Hopefully do that in two years. Work for a few more months to complete the time and experince in icu care in order to get accepted into a crna program. Then apply for crna school hopefully get in and work my behind off in it. I will not work during this time and focus only in school and of course my family. You are still very young and could do anythinng you set your mind to. Never say am too old I certaintly don't feel that way. I wish you the best of luck in whatever you decide. And best of luck to anyone else in the process of getting into or currently in nursing school. We shall all achieve great things.

I want to know how he completed an ADN in two years.

You can't even gain entry to the programs around here (including the one I'm in) without a minimum of 27 out of 31 semester hours of prereqs.

I have two sisters who are CRNAs. One went back to anesthesia (NA school) bc (before children) at age 29. The second one went back to NA school ac (after children) at age 47. They each had their own unique struggles related to their age. I encourage you to go back when you feel ready. There are advantages to completing your education while you are younger and when you are more mature!

what is CRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesist - they administer much of the anesthesia givien in the US. They work under the direction of an anesthesiologist MD. They are very well paid.

My apologies, I confess to making a rash assumption and I apologize.

Let me rephrase that to where I work, the CRNA's all report to an MD anesthesiologist. The don't have an MD physically present every moment supervising them, but their next higher up is an MD, not another CRNA and there is always an MD in the building responsible for anesthesia. Much like the ARNPs in our ER, they work with a physician.

For some reason I thought all CRNAs had an MD in the practice with them. Duh...