CRNA, ARMY program

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Hi everyone! This is my first post on here....hope I'm doing it right?! My name is Amy. I've been a neonatal intensive care nurse for almost 4 years. I have my RNC-NIC. I'm NRP, PALS, and BLS certified. I have a 3.9 GPA. I recently took my GRE and didn't score that great. I received a 970 accumulative. I'm currently taking Chem 1 and plan to take Chem 2 in the spring. I hope to than take organic chemsitry, since it wasn't required for my undergrad. I'm interested in applying to the CRNA program through the Army as a civilian. Does anybody have any advice for me? Do I have to retake my GRE? What do my chances look like as far getting in? Thank you for your time!

There are not as many direct accession slots for CRNA school as there are for current active duty. They look at GPA, GRE (would like over 1000/3.5), references, recommendation of phase II director, experience (I do not know if NICU counts but the information states "Critical Care experience is defined as: critically ill adult or pediatric clientele requiring continual 24-hour care in specialized care units designed for extended care (ICUs, Emergency Room Departments, and progressive PACUs). Furthermore, the clientele must require the use of invasive hemodynamic and respiratory monitoring. Highly-qualified applicants should have experience in selected critical care competencies including electrocardiograph monitoring; bedside dynamic dysrhythmia recognition; hemodynamic monitoring; and arterial blood gas interpretation. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider certification is highly encouraged but does not substitute for bedside clinical experience in critical care". I don't know if they exclude neonates from pediatrics, maybe, maybe not. If your manager states that you are competent with hemo's, ABG's, reaction to arrythmias, I don't know why it would matter. This process has to be done through an AMEDD recruiter and Northeastern University. Go to website http://www.dns.amedd.army.mil/crna. Your desire and willingness to serve as well as how you wow the interview go much farther than GPA or GRE. The GRE gives the army an idea of how well you can study and score on an unfamiliar subject, though but I know someone who got in with a 980. You can PM or email me as I just went thru the process this year to get in for June 2009.