For those in CRNA school or working CRNAs

[marilynmom, LPN, NP]

Was college Chem and Physics just easy for you or did you struggle?

I am pretty much set on becoming a CRNA, I have a high GPA but I did struggle with my Chem class this summer (8 weeks). I *barely* made an A in it. Some of the things I just did not "get". I took a Physics class once and hated it.

Now I LOVE Anatomy and everything else, made pretty easy As in all those classes- it was just the Chem and Physics.

I was looking online and the curriculim at the CRNA schools and the Chem and Physics just freak me out! Everything else I know I would do fine with though.

So if I am not the greatest in Chem and Physics will that hurt me in school and as a CRNA? I certainly would not want my not "getting" some parts of Chem and Physics to affect a patient of mine, I could not live with that.

Marilyn

[Athlein]

Chem and physics - at a basic level - are integral to the practice of anesthesia. If you struggled in undergraduate sciences, or you hated the content, then the courses in an anesthesia program may be similarly challenging. Remember that the vast majority of students in anesthesia programs are not hard science majors. Those that were pre-med or science majors generally find the courses to be a breeze, while the rest of the class has to work harder. Yet, they almost all manage to make it through and practice anesthesia safely.

The take-home message is this: Anesthesia programs teach you what they want you to know!

[Pete495]

I can tell you I did not enjoy physics in the least, and organic chemistry was hard for me, but I only disliked it, I didn't hate it. I wouldn't want to teach it to anybody, put it that way. I will use that which is necessary to do my job, because I know there are uses in chemistry and physics for CRNA school. I can tell you I struggled through physics, and did moderately well in chemistry. I did not get an A like you. I can admit though that these two subjects were difficult because I didn't hold a high nterest in them. However, CRNA school requires one to hold at least a slight interest to complete one's job. Hopefully that motivation will get you through. I don't think you will have a problem. You sound like you're doing well in your other subject areas. It sounds as if the sciences were tougher for me than they were for you actually. So hopefully we will both get through it at graduate school.