CRNAs-- what school did you receive your BSN?

WntrMute2 · Sep 25, 2003

I got my nursing degree from Barry University in Miami Shores Fl. While they didn't prepare me for the challenges of NA school, they prepared me well for the ICU and that was a really good thing. Nicely done Barry!!

CougRN · Sep 25, 2003

Well I'm not a current CRNA but I have been accepted into a program for next year. So if you would like to know I went to Washington State University. It prepared me well for the ICU I went in to as a new grad.

TraumaNurse · Sep 25, 2003

Graduated from a 3 year diploma program and completed my BSN at University of Phoenix in NM (not online). The BSN did not provide any tools specific to CRNA school, but I did get a much needed boost in my GPA. The CRNA schools where I have been accepted were more impressed by my work experience and GPA than where I went to finish my BSN.

SCHMEGGA · Sep 25, 2003

Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX

sandman · Sep 25, 2003

Baker University

Topeka, KS

NCgirl · Sep 26, 2003

Interviewed 3 places, in my first semester now at my top choice. Honestly, noone cares where your BSN came from, just the GPA you got. But more than that- experience!!!

MJB · Sep 27, 2003

How positive are you that nobody cares about where you got your BSN? Give me proof.

gaspassah · Sep 27, 2003

university of south alabama, all online, 120 hr clinical in anesthesia as part of the advanced practice role class requirement. did that at the hospital where i worked.

NCgirl · Sep 27, 2003

None of the 3 schools I interviewed at cared. And more specifically, when I interviewed at the same school my undergrad came from, I was flat out told that it would not give me an advantage- that "where I received my BSN was not a factor". That's a quote from a director of a program. Maybe some other schools do care, but certainly not the 3 I interviewed at.

smiling_ru · Sep 27, 2003

Most of them use objective point systems:

Years of practice

type of practice

certifications

exam scores (if required)

Interview scores

etc..

School where BSN was recieved would be hard to objectively assign a number to for the scoring system. That is one reason why it really does not matter.

versatile_kat · Sep 27, 2003

Not in school yet, but will be next fall. I did the 4 year route at Florida State University ... first 2 years didn't prepare me for much besides collateral circulation for my liver. The nursing school, however, prepared me for working in the ICU. Most, if not all, BSN programs have you spend your last clinical in a specific area of the hospital (I chose the ICU) and that helped a lot. You may want to check before applying to school how many clinical sites your nursing school goes to and if there are enough positions available for the graduating students (in case everyone wants the ICU, or the nursery, or whatever).

The only time in my interview my school was mentioned was at the end ... they asked if I liked football. And that was it! So I don't really think it matters ... they mainly focus on your core science GPA and overall nursing GPA. Good luck!