Torn - CRNA or not?

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subee, MSN, CRNA

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
I had doubts too. I briefly considered going to NP school instead.. it'd be way cheaper, I could work full time and my hospital would even pay 5000 a year. But.. when I thought about going to NP school, it didn't give me the same excited, jittery feeling inside that I got when I thought about going to CRNA school. In the end, I had to go with my gut feeling!

A lot of CRNA's are adrenaline addicts. I'm convinced that's why our addiction rate is so high. But it's also the chemical that

keeps up awake on call and long, boring cases:). That's the excited, jittery feeling you're having.

Your life will be on hold for at least two years and you have a big loan to pay back. That would make me feel jittery too:). Hey, anyone who's interested: Adrenalineanonymous.org!

FilAmICU

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Congratulations! How's the program so far? I'm not even sure if you have the time to check this forum. I will surely take your advice on checking if the school would recognize my degree considering it's from another country. Good luck to you as well!

FilAmICU

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Since my last post, there's been quite a lot of things that's changed. First I thought, "Oh well, I'll just stay as an ICU RN and work my behind until I'm old and gray". And so I missed the opportunity in turning in my application for this school year. I told myself that one and a half year of ICU experience is personally not enough to get a full grasp of critical care nursing. And so I waited for a couple of months before taking the CCRN exam (I was supposed to take it in August 2014 so I can have it on my application), which you all know is one of the requirements. Lo and behold! I passed it just a couple of days ago! My electrical wirings are activated again. I'm turning in my application this year, maybe 3 schools here in California and I'm setting a goal to start saving now until I can get into the program which hopefully happens next year (2016). Two of my friends are in the program; one will finish up this year and the other next year so hopefully I can shadow them. Thank you guys!

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