Difficulty of CRNA school

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Hello all CRNA students or current CRNA's. I was wondering if you could compare the difficulty level of BSN nursing school and CRNA school. Obviously graduate school is more difficult but how is it different and what makes it so much harder? Thanks so much in advance!

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CRNA school is really no harder than any science degree.. It is, however and order of magnitude more difficult than a BSN.

In a BSN you waste an inordinate number of hours learning worthless stuff like nursing diagnoses, nursing theory, professional development etc. High school level science courses are all you need for a BSN...

In CRNA school it is SCIENCE, PERIOD.. no touchy feely nursy nurse garbage.

I'm not sure I took a note in my BSN courses and ended up with a 4.0.. CRNA school was a bit more difficult.

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CRNA school is really no harder than any science degree.. It is, however and order of magnitude more difficult than a BSN.

In a BSN you waste an inordinate number of hours learning worthless stuff like nursing diagnoses, nursing theory, professional development etc. High school level science courses are all you need for a BSN...

In CRNA school it is SCIENCE, PERIOD.. no touchy feely nursy nurse garbage.

I'm not sure I took a note in my BSN courses and ended up with a 4.0.. CRNA school was a bit more difficult.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I haven't seen anyone not take notes in my BSN cohort, it is a tough program but I guess some people are just extremely smart. I don't consider myself smart but I study hard and I have a 4.0 as well. I'm just not sure if I'm smart enough for:/

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Thanks for taking the time to reply. I haven't seen anyone not take notes in my BSN cohort, it is a tough program but I guess some people are just extremely smart. I don't consider myself smart but I study hard and I have a 4.0 as well. I'm just not sure if I'm smart enough for CRNA school:/

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
Hello all CRNA students or current CRNA's. I was wondering if you could compare the difficulty level of BSN nursing school and CRNA school. Obviously graduate school is more difficult but how is it different and what makes it so much harder? Thanks so much in advance!

There are several posts on this subject on here. In general though there is no comparison between nursing school and nurse anesthesia school. Nursing school was marginally time consuming for me while NA school was all time consuming for me. I might spend a few hours studying for a test in nursing school where in NA school I spent everyday studying for several hours. During clinicals in nursing I showed up and then went home typically after an 8 or 12hr shift. In NA school the ORs were scheduled for 8hrs but we had to show up often 2-3hrs early with our anesthesia specific care plans (nothing like nursing school care plans) for each scheduled patient. Above Knee Amputation Then you would finish your room after all the cases were done (8-12hrs later) then you would go work up your next days patients, call report to your preceptor, and then study. My first summer of clinicals I usually got up around 0330 and went to bed around 2300 pretty consistently M-F.

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There are several posts on this subject on here. In general though there is no comparison between nursing school and nurse anesthesia school. Nursing school was marginally time consuming for me while NA school was all time consuming for me. I might spend a few hours studying for a test in nursing school where in NA school I spent everyday studying for several hours. During clinicals in nursing I showed up and then went home typically after an 8 or 12hr shift. In NA school the ORs were scheduled for 8hrs but we had to show up often 2-3hrs early with our anesthesia specific care plans (nothing like nursing school care plans) for each scheduled patient. Above Knee Amputation Then you would finish your room after all the cases were done (8-12hrs later) then you would go work up your next days patients, call report to your preceptor, and then study. My first summer of clinicals I usually got up around 0330 and went to bed around 2300 pretty consistently M-F.

Whoa that is intense. Makes me wonder how you survive on such a schedule for a prolonged period of time. Thank you so much for the explanation.

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Thanks for taking the time to reply. I haven't seen anyone not take notes in my BSN cohort, it is a tough program but I guess some people are just extremely smart. I don't consider myself smart but I study hard and I have a 4.0 as well. I'm just not sure if I'm smart enough for CRNA school:/

Look.. I'm not kidding.. with the proliferation of CRNA's puppy mills.. a C=CRNA

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Specializes in critcal care, CRNA.

Not at my school. C=failure. Your school must have been more lenient.

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Specializes in SICU / Transport / Hyperbaric.

"B" and above only at my program. C=Cee ya later.

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I'm speaking of an undergrad GPA..Cs WILL get you into a program...Florida and Texas come to mind...What you get as a GPA in CRNA school is an arbitrary number.. The Puppy Mills will pass you regardless of you aptitude.

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Specializes in SICU / Transport / Hyperbaric.
I'm speaking of an undergrad GPA..Cs WILL get you into a program...Florida and Texas come to mind...What you get as a GPA in CRNA school is an arbitrary number.. The Puppy Mills will pass you regardless of you aptitude.

Ahh, sorry, misunderstood.

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