Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

[suarc]

Hello,

I recently made a difficult decision to withdraw from my anesthesia school because it just was not the right fit for me, I felt like I would be doing myself and my future patients a deservice if I continued. The environment just was not conducive to learning, without going into details.

My gpa is great and I left in good standing. I was wondering if any one has made this decision and reapplied to a different school and if so, what was the outcome.

Thanks,

[blondesareeasy]

Very enlightening...

[Class2011]

Hey gm, that does blow. With 20+ years of nursing, you must have been at the top of your game and I can see how school would really suck in comparison. Wish I had some helpful advice, but the only thing to do is as you said, get back in, any game really, but If it's what you want, I hope the program readmits you.

[daytonscran]

No person, student etc. should be hit, slapped, punched, shoved during their training. This is battery. I can't believe this is still going on. When I was an anesthesia student twenty years ago it went on. What are people doing about this ?

[daytonscran]

Is this crap really still going on ?

[bendover]

Yes this still goes on. That's why I withdrew. I have contacted the COA as well as AANA on a number of occasions by phone and by e-mail. I also gave a deposition on behalf of a classmate who filed suit for being dismissed several months before graduating, even after successfully completing her dydactic coursework. I also contacted the state board of nursing, as well as the US dept. of education. Who knows if it will do any gool

[peace2]

On what grounds was your classmate dismissed? That must have been brutal for you.

[ILoveRatties]

It's been a while since I posted to this thread. I agree with the person who said that hazing is condoned and perpetuated because of political reasons. That hits the nail on the head. It has everything to do with the need CRNAs have to be seen as being as good as MDAs. An extremely insecure group, in that regard. I think the only place any self-respecting CRNA would work would be either in private practice or in the military. I was surprised at how little self-respect CRNAs in ACT practice had. And really shocked by how much they kow-tow to MDs, both surgeons and MDAs. They are obsessed with 'looking good' to MDs. And I was never around so many nurses who hated nursing. And who totally dissed non-CRNA nurses. And those people with no true sense of their role except as it was valued by MDs tell each other all the time that they are the 'cream of the crop' as far as nursing goes.

I consider them pretty clueless as far as advanced practice nursing goes.

ILoveRatties, RN, MSN

[loveanesthesia]

I consider them pretty clueless as far as advanced practice nursing goes.

ILoveRatties, RN, MSN

You cannot generalize your experience to all nurse anesthesia programs, and all CRNAs. You had a very negative experience that should not have occurred in the way you describe. It would be helpful for you to let people know where this occurred. External pressure is likely the only way it will change. I understand your anger but despite your experience, CRNAs remain leaders in advanced practice nursing and are far from 'clueless'.

[Skip219, BSN, RN]

Hi, I made it 3/4 of the way and was asked to leave. So I have the Tshirt and all the student loans but not the credentials. So I found a hostile environment where I showed fear which was like sharks to blood. The school didnt support me despite their claims--believing clinical people over the students. you are welcome for me 32000 in tuition. MERCY ENDS WITH ME !!!!!

[ILoveRatties]

I'm going to stand by my "pretty clueless" assessment. In no other Advanced Practice role education would this subject even come up, let alone having been condoned for decades. When I envision APNs, I think of mature people with true self-respect and a love of nursing. I think of nurses who respect other nurses and who delight in mentoring younger nurses. There are a whole lot of forces at play in the OR in ACT practices. It's a hard place to be an APN. CRNAs give a great anesthetic, with all that entails. They do things that other nurses are not allowed and are not able to do. They know alot about their specific area of practice. This is just the beginning of Advanced Practice in nursing. I saw VERY FEW CRNAs who ever showed one iota of being anything other than good administrators of anesthesia and survivors in the OR culture.

What a practitioner thinks of him/herself is very evident in how he/she treats students. I think I can safely say that there is no other APN role with this reputation of treating students horribly AS A PART OF THE CULTURE.

[ILoveRatties]

It's been 2 years since I withdrew. For those in the same shoes, you can't let it ruin your life. It took a while to recover from what I truely believe was PTSD, and I could have stressed out over the debt.

I'm past that now. You will not become homeless as long as you can work as a nurse. True, because of the debt, I will not be leaving my kids much of an inheritance, nor can I pay for expensive colleges. I regret that alot. But it's water under the bridge. Can't be undone. You just have to come to some kind of peace with it all. Your life is NOT OVER, you will be happy again, you will adjust to having a huge student loan debt, you will work full time until you drop, lol.

But every day I go to work happy to be doing something I enjoy and am very good at. I appreciate the collaboration and respect given and received. I have never for one second missed the OR nor doing what CRNAs do. They can have it. Money isn't everything. Each to his own.

It's vital to let everyone know that choosing a professional direction because of the $$ is a bad idea. At least it was in my case. I never thought of what CRNAs do as the pinnacle of nursing. I always just saw it as another specialty. I thought I would learn how to do it, then do it until I retired. But with all the BS SRNAs are put through, I think that it helps alot if you want to be a CRNA more than anything else in the whole world and if you really hate bedside nursing. Neither of those applied to me. Plus, I already had an APN role I enjoyed.

I thought I needed the big bucks. I'm living without them.....

[Spode]

yes, I have attended CRNA school and withdrew. Feel free to PM me if I can help you.