Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (FranU) CRNA - 2024

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I figured I would get a thread going as we all wait (not) patiently for interview invites!

Has anyone heard anything yet? 

Kiki1984 BSN RN-BC CCRN said:

For those that did not get in, what are your ICU backgrounds? I wonder if they would've chosen someone who has echmo experience over someone with just any other ICU especially if both candidates gave the perfect answers? 

I have all ICU background except trauma and NICU

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Kiki1984 BSN RN-BC CCRN said:

For those that did not get in, what are your ICU backgrounds? I wonder if they would've chosen someone who has echmo experience over someone with just any other ICU especially if both candidates gave the perfect answers? 

I have mostly cvicu background, but I've worked in neuro, trauma, and MICU as well. I have a pretty wide variety of experience with devices but one thing I know I did poorly one was the Casper. IDK how heavily they score everything but I know I missed points on that

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cvtocrna said:

I have mostly cvicu background, but I've worked in neuro, trauma, and MICU as well. I have a pretty wide variety of experience with devices but one thing I know I did poorly one was the Casper. IDK how heavily they score everything but I know I missed points on that

Yea you seem to have a solid background. I did poor on the Casper as well. I guess we will never know their reason then. We just have to move on I guess. Good luck to everyone. I hope we will all get into a school that is meant for us.  

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baristanurse said:

The real question for anyone who got in, did the email/letter have those little wolves scrolling across the screen like it did for the interview invite?

Yes haha

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AJones95 said:

Yes haha

It's so funny I asked my friend the same question and she said yes. So the moment I opened the email and it didn't have that I knew right away that I didn't get in ?

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Kiki1984 BSN RN-BC CCRN said:

Yea you seem to have a solid background. I did poor on the Casper as well. I guess we will never know their reason then. We just have to move on I guess. Good luck to everyone. I hope we will all get into a school that is meant for us.  

I also scored low on the Casper test. No telling what was their reasoning though. 

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Kiki1984 BSN RN-BC CCRN said:

Yea you seem to have a solid background. I did poor on the Casper as well. I guess we will never know their reason then. We just have to move on I guess. Good luck to everyone. I hope we will all get into a school that is meant for us.  

I know someone who got in last year who said she thought she bombed the interview but did particularly well on Casper and got in. So I think the Casper is a bigger deal than we thought

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cvtocrna said:

I know someone who got in last year who said she thought she bombed the interview but did particularly well on Casper and got in. So I think the Casper is a bigger deal than we thought

That's interesting so why invite students who did poor on the Casper for an interview in the first place if Casper plays a huge role!  

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cvtocrna said:

I know someone who got in last year who said she thought she bombed the interview but did particularly well on Casper and got in. So I think the Casper is a bigger deal than we thought

I got in and my stats were:

First job 8 months experience in ED, 1.5 years Neuro/trauma ICU with charge experience, 1.5 years of Covid travel, 1 yr CVICU taking all devices and ecmo. I scored in the 75th percentile  on Casper.

also played a division 1 sport so I talked about how that would make me successful.

hope this helps!

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Kiki1984 BSN RN-BC CCRN said:

That's interesting so why invite students who did poor on the Casper for an interview in the first place if Casper plays a huge role!  

Exactly!

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AJones95 said:

I got in and my stats were:

First job 8 months experience in ED, 1.5 years Neuro/trauma ICU with charge experience, 1.5 years of Covid travel, 1 yr CVICU taking all devices and ecmo. I scored in the 75th percentile  on Casper.

also played a division 1 sport so I talked about how that would make me successful.

hope this helps!

I have 1.5 years of cv with all devices, then travel to all types of ICU as well now working in the ICU float pool. Played a d1 sport, and served in the military. I thought the interview went well. I think then it came down to the Casper score

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cvtocrna said:

I have 1.5 years of cv with all devices, then travel to all types of ICU as well now working in the ICU float pool. Played a d1 sport, and served in the military. I thought the interview went well. I think then it came down to the Casper score

This! Your background is impressive! I think it really sucks that one has this and does well on the interview and it mostly boils down to the casper test. I didn't do well on the test either cuz it was so short timed and by the time I put im my response the timer was up. But I hope we all get into the right school for us

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