Books that helped prep you prior to CRNA school?

subee, MSN, CRNA · Jun 4, 2015

There are no books that will "prep" you for CRNA school. Take some of the difficult basic science classes and pay attention to your pathophysiology and assessment skills at your ICU job.

etherscreen · Jun 4, 2015

This book is a must read by everyone before they enter school! It's very basic, but it will orient your mind to the essence of anesthesia practice and will help create a conceptual framework from which to build upon.

How to Survive in Anaesthesia by N.Robinson

Good luck in school!

traumanightsRN, NP · Jun 6, 2015

My mom's best friend has been a CRNA for over 30 years and my ex's dad is also a CRNA for 30+ years. They both highly recommended Lee's Synopsis of Anaesthesia as a great book. You can find it on Amazon.

ckh23, BSN, RN · Jun 7, 2015

What I was not necessarily taught about anesthesia.

etherscreen · Jun 7, 2015

What I Was Not Necessarily Taught About Anesthesia is an excellent read!!! I can't recommend it highly enough for students as they progress through school.

I think it's only available as an app???

dressagerdr · Jun 7, 2015

I've been lightly reading "Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case Based Approach". While I haven't started school yet so I can't speak to how well it actually "prepares" you, I do feel like it's been very helpful in giving me a peek into how things are looked at in an anesthetists' perspective, and it seems to just go over the very basics of things... which is personally what I was looking for. I figure the purpose of CRNA school itself is to teach us the nitty gritty, in depth information - a general overview was just what I had in mind.

I would also like to chime in that at my interview, we had a panel of about 6 SRNAs who interviewed us, as well as had lunch with us to open up discussions and ask questions about the program. One question I asked them was, if they could do anything differently before starting school, what would it have been? The consensus between them was to NOT try and spend their last few weeks before school cramming information in to their brains. According to them, you work your ass off hard enough in school, and your school will teach you the information, so take those last few breaths of freedom you have before school starts and spend time with your family and friends-because you won't have that time during school. Again, I haven't started so I can't speak to the validity of that, but I definitely wasn't expecting that answer from that question, and they all seemed to agree on it. Thought it might be a shareable bit of wisdom. :cat:

Here's a link to the book I'm reading: Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach: 9780387097084: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

bebop01 · Nov 22, 2019

Barry University offers a great online 3 credit review of the fundamentals and intro to the concepts used in practice, called Transition to Nurse Anesthesiology (ANE 695). It is not designed to be a difficult course, and is as beneficial as you make it. As I said the modules are available online. I will share some of the materials with you if you want to share your proof of acceptance with me. If you have not yet been accepted to a program and need to strengthen your application, and can afford the course, I think it made my interviews go easier to speak with enthusiasm about a graduate level science course that is specifically targeted towards hopeful SRNAs.

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