Accepted to CRNA school w/ Online BSN?

[robert1083]

Hi, I will be graduating with my ADN this spring:yeah:. I plan on starting to work asap, but would also like to be enrolled in a bachelor's program no later than the fall. I've been exploring my options, and more and more I have been considering online programs. Since I plan on attending CRNA school in the future, I was wondering would acquiring a BSN online, though from an accredited school, hurt my chances of being accepted into a CRNA program? I greatly appreciate any input. Thanks all!

[SanFranSRNA]

Actually the number of CRNA schools has expanded exponentially in recent years.. Globally, you cannot have a huge increase in the numbers of seats in schools without lowering the standards for admission. While it may not be the case in your particular school... and with the people you know, overall " Thems the facts". I can state with certainty that it is much easier to get into a CRNA school now than it was, say, 10 years ago. As an example: A city in the midwest went from a school turning out 8 graduates per year, to 3 schools turning out 60 graduates per year without a matching expansion of positions regionally. And there are schools graduating 140 or more grads a year... these CRNA farms did not exist just a few years ago. Anecdote does not equal data... 10 years ago students were offered large sign on bonuses, moving expenses etc. Those are now all but thing of the past.

Do some Googling on CRNA job availability.

I am not going to speak of what's going on in the East Coast nor the Midwest. Here in California all three schools produce a little over 70 graduates per year. Most of the senior who graduated in 2010 have already found a job. Like like everything else, CRNA's job market is about supply and demand......and of course the economy. People are not retiring as they should due to the state of the economy.

In my opinion, it's like comparing apple to orange when you are talking about job vacancy and admission standards. Neither really have any solid relationships with one another. .......SURE school needs to fill seats...but if they keep on admitting "substandard" students into the program...their pass rates would be affected and that would lead to accreditation problems....school don't want that. SO it would be the best interest to admit the best possible candidate.

Just my opinion.

[jls189]

A friend of mine was accepted at Case Western, and her BSN was online. Cse is a top school. I would imagine that most schools would be more concerned with grades, GRE, experience, etc. I think the bachelor's is more of a technicality. We all know that the BSN doesn't make a better nurse than an ADN. Good luck!!

[acupofgas]

My RN to BSN was online through California State University. The only time I went to the campus was for graduation.

I am currently in a program in MA that takes only 16 students every year. There are only two programs in the state and it is highly competitive. The important thing about the BSN program you choose is to make sure the school is NLN or CCNE accredited and strive for a high GPA.