Chances of admittance to CRNA school after previous dismissal

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Have a classmate who was dismissed from our program due to constantly being late to class, clinical and even had even missed. He made he had a 3.7gpa as far as grades during anesthesia school, and after 3 months of clinical had overall good rating on his evals from CRNA's clinical instructors. I just wondered if anyone had any information as to how difficult it would be to be accepted to another school after dismissal from a program?

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Specializes in MICU & SICU.

You would think that it would be very difficult to prove to another program that this time will be different. The fact that each year another group of applicants with the same stats are knocking at the door to get in makes it that much more difficult. I look at it as a chance of a lifetime deal.

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Remember you are just hearing his explanation of events since the program can not discuss such matters without violating student privacy laws. In this day and age of due process and documentation requirements students are not dismissed without plenty of both. There are instances of programs accepting individuals dismissed from other program but it does not occur frequently.

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I would think that it would be very difficult. Sounds like he did not take this exceptional chance seriously. There are a lot of people that would take this chance seriously and are applying now. As it gets tougher and tougher to get in...he may just have to go back to floor nursing and buck it up.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency.
I would think that it would be very difficult. Sounds like he did not take this exceptional chance seriously. There are a lot of people that would take this chance seriously and are applying now. As it gets tougher and tougher to get in...he may just have to go back to floor nursing and buck it up.

although I agree with above post, and that the person decided to be lax at the wrong time, i have heard from current CrNAs (many to few yrs out) that they think it's easier to get into school.. i tried to justify the opposite, but hey, am i truly correct? or is it really just a fallacy that it's not really that hard to get in anymore? you know, the need is growing and all... blah blah... anyway, just a thought.. i guess the point is, is don't give up... but make yourself look good too..........

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I am not sure what those CRNAs are basing their opinions on about the difficulty or ease of getting into programs. They may think that since the program have increased the number of students that it is easier but in many cases the number of applicants have also increased at programs so I am not sure that it is "easier" now to get in.:uhoh21:

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I worked with a nurse who was dismissed from a program in Fort Worth for similar reasons. She tried for years to get back in another program and never could. They all told her she had to resolve the issue with the original program first and if that was cleared up they might accept her. Anyway, she's still an RN......:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Surgical/Trauma ICU.

I interviewed at Minneapolis School of Anesthesia and we had talked about that. They said that if you were dismissed from one program you would most likely not be accepted to another. I guess that your progress throughout the programs is tracked and that if you couldn't get through one, you will not make it through another.

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Specializes in MICU & SICU.

Dismisal from a previous program is a fairly standard question it seemed at least on the applications that I filled out.

Once you are admitted and recieve membership to the AACN this would be a searchable avenue if anyone was to attempt to deny a previous dismissal.

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Dismisal from a previous program is a fairly standard question it seemed at least on the applications that I filled out.

Once you are admitted and recieve membership to the AACN this would be a searchable avenue if anyone was to attempt to deny a previous dismissal.

I dont think it would be that searchable. It would take someone from the old school recognizing her on an on-line database and looking in to it. that database being a license body.

because of ferpa, the school cant access a database with all your schools listed.

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I dont think it would be that searchable. It would take someone from the old school recognizing her on an on-line database and looking in to it. that database being a license body.

because of ferpa, the school cant access a database with all your schools listed.

Once you are admitted to a program and to associate membership in the AANA if you are assigned a permanent membership identification number. A student has to indicate on the application for Associate membership that they either have or have not been previsously admitted to a nurse anesthesia program and sign the form indicating that the information on the form is true. When the ID numbers come back to the program the previously admitted student would have their original number listed which would be out of sequence with the other student's numbers. Most programs have in their student policies that falsification of information in the application is grounds for immediate dismissal- no ifs ands or buts!!! So it is possible to determine if someone has previously been in a program. It's better to be up front then to be dismissed for fraud!:nono:

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what would happen if one had already graduated and this problem was found?

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