jmelinte

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1. University of Pittsburgh CRNA 2020

   jmelinte replied to Penguins88's topic in SRNA

   Yeah!!! Congrats! Glad your wait is finally over. Thanks for putting together the Facebook page.

2. University of Pittsburgh CRNA 2020

   jmelinte replied to Penguins88's topic in SRNA

   A call is a good sign. I would imagine they only call for admission and wait-list notifications. Hope you get some good news!

3. University of Pittsburgh CRNA 2020

   jmelinte replied to Penguins88's topic in SRNA

   I'm taking the first statistics course online over the summer.

4. University of Pittsburgh CRNA 2020

   jmelinte replied to Penguins88's topic in SRNA

   They have notoriously added interview sessions in the past, depending on how the early interviews go. When I went last year, I was told they were considering doing one more date after mine, but ultimately ended up adding two. Good luck to everyone in...

5. Scared/feel unprepared for CRNA school?

   jmelinte replied to Rnso's topic in SRNA

   You're not alone. I had 4.5 years of experience in a busy procedural unit, doing conscious sedation, and will have 5 years in the ICU by the time I start in January, and as much as I'm excited for school, I'm terrified. I'm also selling my house and ...

6. Adjusting to CRNA school workload

   jmelinte posted a topic in SRNA

   I will have been out of school for 10 years by the time I start in January. I've never had to put in long hours studying before. I had some graduate level classes for which I studied with friends for several hours a week during my first degree, and I...

7. Any current Pitt DNP students here?

   jmelinte replied to jmelinte's topic in SRNA

   Thanks for replying. Unfortunately, some of the distance learning courses are limited to PA residents. Do you mind elaborating on the tuition comment? All I could find online is the roughly 34k/yr full tuition cost. My advisor also mentioned that whi...

8. Allegheny CRNA program 2019

   jmelinte replied to SERN's topic in SRNA

   I interviewed with them last year, and can personally attest to the interview process being exactly as described. After the initial standard program overview, I went with the director in her office and got drilled with clinical questions for about an...

9. Becoming a CRNA

   jmelinte replied to SRNA95's topic in SRNA

   Keep in mind that a lot of loans will let you defer payments if you re-enroll in school. While CRNAs are all going to be doctoral-trained by 2025, any program starting 2023 or later has to meet this requirement, since the 2025 deadline refers to grad...

10. University of Pittsburgh CRNA 2020

    jmelinte replied to Penguins88's topic in SRNA

    Wanted to join this conversation for a couple of reasons. I interviewed last year, and was offered a 2020 start date, with wait-list for 2019 (spot didn't open up). Since I'll be starting at Pitt next Jan., I hope to follow this thread and get to mee...

11. LaRoche CRNA program

    jmelinte replied to Oldie79's topic in SRNA

    The clinical component was long, and is 1 on 1 with the program director. I think I was in her office for close to an hr, and was asked about Swans, basic EKG stuff, and a fair amount of pharmacology (definitely know your mechanisms of action and rec...

12. La Roche/Allegheny SOA CRNA 2018

    jmelinte replied to jmelinte's topic in SRNA

    Sorry, I just now saw this. My interview last year was rough, and it was also my first from the schools to which I applied. After the initial presentation about the program, I spent close to an hr being asked clinical questions 1 on 1 by the program ...

13. Any current Pitt DNP students here?

    jmelinte posted a topic in SRNA

    I'm wondering if any current University of Pittsburgh DNP SRNAs are on here, and might have time for a few questions. I will be starting in January, 2020 (wait-listed for 2019 too, but that's becoming unlikely), and was hoping to pick someone's brain...

14. Case Western Reserve - 2019 entry

    jmelinte replied to ASUdevil's topic in SRNA

    I got an interview invitation a few days ago. I've already been accepted into a program, but it's DNP to start Jan., 2020, so later start and finish. I'm trying to clarify a few details before scheduling my date and flights. One of the enticing thing...

15. Reimbursement difference in the future for Masters vs Doctoral trained CRNAs?

    jmelinte replied to jmelinte's topic in SRNA

    I agree that in the short term, there would definitely be no impact. I'm just wondering if there any reason to speculate that reimbursement and/or job availability will be affected in the long term, maybe 10 years down the road.