CRNA Schools in Michigan

sedation_season · Feb 22, 2012

I would also be interested in hearing some responses.

Personally, OU-Beaumont would be my first choice. Maybe I'm a little biased though since I work at Beaumont and am in OUs BSN program . Furthermore, having been to multiple large hospital system's in the area, IMHO Beaumont provides the highest quality care, as far as nursing goes. For that reason I want to stay with Beaumont for my entire career and to the best of my knowledge all OUs NA program graduates are hired by Beaumont.

Are you already an RN?

SNMMCC · Feb 24, 2012

No, I have one more semester left. I hope that I can get into CCU right out of school. I have a job in a CCU this summer as a Nurse Extern, so I hope this will give me an edge. I would like to get my BSN from one of those five schools with a CRNA program. I thought that if I get my BSN from one of them, that it may look better when I apply to that school for the CRNA program. Do you know where I can find out more about OU's CRNA program, they don't have much on their website?

sedation_season · Feb 24, 2012

You can try beaumont's crna website at Certified Nurse Anesthesia Graduate Program if you haven't already. It provides a decent amount of information.

The OU crna program faculty also published something in the aana journal (http://www.aana.com/newsandjournal/Documents/useof_highfidelity_0212_p43-48.pdf) about the use of simulation in the interview process. What was interesting in it though was how they break each admission component up.

Interview: 40%

Simulation: 20%

Undergrad GPA: 10%

Years of ICU experience: 10%

Professional Involvement: 10% (committees and such at work?)

Writing (Interview essay/goal statement): 10%

As far as average stats go, I couldn't tell you.

Hope this helps!

Congrats on the CCU nurse extern position!

up-n-atom · Feb 28, 2012

Hi, I applied and interviewed at all of the above schools except MSU and am going to WSU this Sept. Oakland and UofD both have open houses periodically and posted dates and times on their web sites. I remember OU web site wasn't as user friendly but at both open house/info session everyone was friendly and answered any questions. I highly recommend going to these.

The best advice I can give is start the application process early, I was amazed at how long it took some of the most reliable people I know to send various things in. As I remember, everything does not need to be sent in at once, ie. send transcripts in tommorow, recommendation letter a week later, ect.

IMHO getting in was tough, so I had my order of schools I wanted to go to, but at the same time I was happy to get an interview at any of them. You will get a feel of which school fits you by going to the info sessions, shadowing crna's, ect.

Good luck, I hope you get in.

SNMMCC · Feb 29, 2012

Congrats on getting into WSU. Do you have any advice on the interview process, or what the interviews are like. Also, is there anything you would recommend doing before applying to be a more competitive applicant. Thank you.

up-n-atom · Mar 2, 2012

Hey SNMMCC, thanks, and I think you'll find this advice and more on other posts- getting your ccrn, being involved in or on any committees/groups at work, subscriptions/reading critical care journals, becoming a preceptor for new nurses. I wouldn't worry about the specific interview process until your a little closer. Again, I can't put enough emphais on applying early as possible.

Also, after reading your previous post, I don't think applying for the same school for undergrad and then grad school gives you any advantage. Out of the several people I know going to CRNRA school, no one went to the same schools. Maybe it gives you an advantage, but I haven't seen it.

This is some what off topic, but my first degree was in History, I considered going to grad school and it was highly discouraged to do both undergrad and graduate degree at the same school...I forget what they called it when you do...academic suicide, I don't know,but I haven't heard whether it make a difference for crna school.

I would agee with sedation session, beaumont might provide the highest quality of care. Whenever I've been in that hospital, I'm always impressed. On the other hand, I was hired as a new grad on a unit that had room for improvement and there was a huge turnover. This meant there was room to take part in committes, after a year or so precept new nurses, ect. I don't know if I would have the same opportunites at a hospital with great resources where maybe there's less of a staffing issue. I could be wrong though, maybe it would be better to work with nurses with more experience. With the way the economy is you might want to take just about any ICU job you can get.