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I'm an ASN/RN student, I will be done in December. When I am done I will complete my BSN online and in that time I will also get my CCRN and 2 years of ICU experience. I have a previous degree in microbiology with all A's a few B's, and 1 C (Dang you Organic I!!!!), which I will be retaking.

Anywhoo, I'm wondering if there are any books/video/media I could read/watch that would introduce me to the world of CRNA and what ya'll learn.

i.e., if you are a CRNA, and could go back and give yourself a few books/video/media to read to prepare for CRNA school, what would they be and why? I am the type of student that reads the books before the semester begins, and if I don't get in when I finally do apply, I will have learned nonetheless.

Thanks in advance! (even if you direct me to links several hundred posts ago that my searches did not discover)

~b

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Specializes in critcal care, CRNA.
I'm an ASN/RN student, I will be done in December. When I am done I will complete my BSN online and in that time I will also get my CCRN and 2 years of ICU experience. I have a previous degree in microbiology with all A's a few B's, and 1 C (Dang you Organic I!!!!), which I will be retaking.

Anywhoo, I'm wondering if there are any books/video/media I could read/watch that would introduce me to the world of CRNA and what ya'll learn.

i.e., if you are a CRNA, and could go back and give yourself a few books/video/media to read to prepare for CRNA school, what would they be and why? I am the type of student that reads the books before the semester begins, and if I don't get in when I finally do apply, I will have learned nonetheless.

Thanks in advance! (even if you direct me to links several hundred posts ago that my searches did not discover)

~b

I am in school now and have been told by current students and CRNAs that you should learn at work all that you can get in your head. Take your CCRN, PALS and ACLS. We had multiple people ask what we should read before class started? Everyone we asked said the same thing: "enjoy your free time, travel, spend time with family. After school starts you will wish you had."

They told us not to read our texts ahead of time because it would just confuse us.

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Specializes in Pedi ICU.

I'm with morificeko on this. Learn the job of a critical care nurse. That will help you more than anything.

Then, once you're accepted, "enjoy your free time, travel, spend time with family. After school starts you will wish you had."

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Well, the whole enjoy you time and learn your nursing certainly applies, but I think the book you should buy and scan, then maybe read relevant chapters as you encounter the cases in you ICU practice is Stoeltings Basics of Anesthesia. Covers the basics, as the name implies, but gives you an idea of what you will be getting into. You learn this stuff on a much deeper level in school, but I think this really is what you want to keep you motivated and "eye on the prize".

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