CRNA Board Pass Rates?

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Specializes in TBICU; CCU; ICU.

Anyone know where I can find info about CRNA board pass rates on first attempts? I know I can get in touch with the individual schools, however was looking for some sort of website.

Thx

BB

Specializes in CRNA.
Anyone know where I can find info about CRNA board pass rates on first attempts? I know I can get in touch with the individual schools, however was looking for some sort of website.

Thx

BB

I don't think there is such a site. I would suggest not getting too hung up on pass rates, as long as there is a solid track record of 90% or better. Pass rates can be acheived through methods that can actually detract from your overall education. Taking the students out of clinical for the final 3 months of the program to have them study for boards is an example. Even more troubling is not allowing a student to graduate because it's perceived they are at risk to fail boards and mess up the pass rate.

the small programs can also have their pass rates skewed by just one or two misses. so you might need to overlook a "bad" year or two.

i do wish pass rates were published though

Specializes in Anesthesia.
Anyone know where I can find info about CRNA board pass rates on first attempts? I know I can get in touch with the individual schools, however was looking for some sort of website.

Thx

BB

You are looking for the NBCRNA annual report. I have a pdf copy but couldn't find it on the AANA website. The pass rate is 89.9% for 1st time test takers for the 2008 year. There should be another report coming out for the 2009 year in the next couple of months.

Specializes in ICU- adults, Flight RN peds/neo.

The Army CRNA program (USAGPAN) just reported a 100% pass rate for this last class taking the NEW test....

HOOAH!

Simply the most biased "test" ever.

New Multiple correct answer format is ridiculous for example there are (at least)100 questions 30 "tryouts" that don't count.

Your exam is "adaptive" which means biased against your demographic in my opinion.

If you have 10 MCRs then you have not had 70 countable questions you have had 90 so if someone else has 70 countable questions and no MCRs they only had 70. so for the same test you had to get 63 correct they only had to get 49 correct, It also means you could get 81 of the 90 correct and still only get credit for 71(and still fail), how is that not biased ?

2-3 years pass 100's of test, spend over 100,000 dollars and not be a CRNA because of 1 test that doesn't test all areas. Yep that's fair.

Are CRNA boards comparable to the NCLEX? Is it multiple choice? Text book questions or clinical practice applications?

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