Curious about CRNA

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Hi

I've been thinking about this profession recently after a "life" moment happened with me in the ICU last semester as a nursing student. Some stuff about me: I'm 22 years old, BSN student in my 3/5 semester graduating next year. I was the only student who got to rotate to the ICU in my clinical and taught me something important. I also volunteer in a sub-acute care unit if that helps since the staff there is so friendly.

I'm interested in being a CRNA but I have some questions :confused:

Do schools look at when you've completed CRNA prereqs (O-chem, physics,etc..) before you get a degree or consider post-bac work? If you take it before you graduate with a degree, will it help? I ask this because nursing school courses itself are already challenging as most nurses have experienced, and I'd like to concentrate on them if I can then focus on prereqs afterwards. This BSN will be my first BS degree. I haven't gotten the grades that I wanted in some prereqs though (Bs in pathophys, pharm and statistics) and I wasn't aware of the CRNA requirements until recently or else I would have known that I should have done better. Will this hinder me? What other factors will they look into? I understand that I'm still a student nurse but I'd like to see what I can do at this time to prepare myself in the long run.

Thanks in advance and anything helps! I've been quiet to the point where I feared getting help :(

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Specializes in Cardiac nursing.

Take the science classes after you earned your BSN. Schools will mostly look at your last 60 credit hours of school, so take a deep breath there. Get one year experience on critical care. Ace your GRE. earn your CCRN. Get your science class done. then apply. Good luck!

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Thanks!

Does anyone know if CRNAs can go into teaching and education? I would like to be a CRNA and teach as well if that's possible? I've been told many times that I'm great with teaching and hope to develop this talent throughout my nursing career.

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How many schools do applicants generally narrow down to their choice when applying?

Should I repeat statistics, pathophysiology, and pharmacology since I got a Bs on them?

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