getting ready for CRNA school

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Hello all, I am a 23 yo male nursing student in my last year of school to get my BSN. I currently have a 3.25 GPA and strong sciences. I am looking into CRNA school after I graduate. I have shadowed one CRNA for 4 days and another for one shift. I have a letter of reference from an anesthetist and CRNA that I got to know over the Summer. I am currently working in a general ICU as a tech in a nurse externship program. This has allowed me some excellent opportunities to advance my skills and work closely with nurses. When I graduate, I will have one year experience as a tech in the ICU. Also upon graduation, I will be extended a job offer, pending interview, as a nurse with initial preceptorship in the same ICU. I am also working on doing my practicum as a senior in a level 1 trauma center with help from a friend. My hope is that once I graduate and get a few months under my belt, I can work at the level 1 trauma center PRN. I am going to take my chemistry over because one of them was a C, as well as physics. I have decided that CRNA is definitely what I see myself doing. Yes the money is great, but the autonomy and the rush that knowing you have a pt's life in your hands is the drive behind my desire. Any suggestions on anything else I could do or need, other than GRE score, would be very welcome. I really just want to get a feel if I am on the right track. Thank you all and God Bless.

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Specializes in critcal care, CRNA.

Search the forum. All answers are there.

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Specializes in CVICU/SICU-MICU/OR/PACU.

DITO...more then you will ever imagine.

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You'll need more than "just a few months under your belt". You'll be competing with people that have years of experience. Your grades are not too bad, but again people have done better. My point is try to work on your "overall" picture meaning experience, grades, certifications, prerequisites, and references. They all add up to make you look good.

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you took inorganic and organic chem already?

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Getting your CCRN also adds a definite plus to your profile even if the CRNA school does not require it.

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