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1. Chiropractor to CRNA advice

   pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

   Hey Flaviammc, Congrats on the ICU offer. Have you looked into the public CRNA schools in your state? I know my wife's tuition was fairly reasonable, but as you probably know we had to go out of pocket for tuition as Chiro school maxes out your stu...

2. Chiropractor to CRNA advice

   pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

   Really a tough question... I often get younger kids and high school students asking me about the profession as they want to get into chiropractic after they see the good results from treatment. Instead of fully endorsing that choice, I often warn th...

3. Chiropractor to CRNA advice

   pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

   Good to hear from you guys. It's crazy it's been 4/5 years. So, here is the update... My wife finished up her BSN locally and luckily get into an ICU new grad program at local hospital and starting working in the Surgical/Trauma ICU. After 2 year...

4. Under 1 year ICU experience ???

   pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

   Well, just looking at options now as I'm a bit older since I've been a chiropractor first. It looks like my local hospital is hiring in ER and CCU... however, if we move a few hours away, i can get into ICU at a level 1 trauma center rather easily. ...

5. Under 1 year ICU experience ???

   pamchris posted a topic in SRNA

   Hey guys, had 2 quick questions. Background: New grad nurse with chiropractic degree (3.98 GPA) and BSN in December (4.0GPA). 1. The hospital here (level 2 trauma center) is hiring new graduates in the Emergency Dept. Does it absolutely have to b...

6. Does a hospital new grad fellowship/residency ICU program count?

   pamchris posted a topic in SRNA

   There are a few hospitals that run 5-6 month (or even 1 yr) ICU programs for new grads. If you get into one of those programs and stay on as an ICU nurse, do the residency time count towards the ICU requirement of 1 year? Thanks, Chris

7. How is total GPA calculated for CRNA schools?

   pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

   ckh23, yeah thats a good question and to be honest she doesn't fully know. She knows she wants to get an advanced degree and is leaning towards CRNA based on the autonomy and quality of life. She just got set up to shadow a CRNA next month so i ass...

8. Raleigh School

   pamchris replied to acorn82's topic in SRNA

   Thanks for the info! You were right on. Marcia from RSNA emailed me back and the total in state (with fees) for the whole program is $31,500... not a bad deal! And the total out of state is $58,495. She updated the page on RSNA website to now corr...

9. Raleigh School

   pamchris replied to acorn82's topic in SRNA

   thanks for the info. I put an email into RSNA and ill keep you posted on the exact numbers. I got the $42K from this link - http://www.all-crna-schools.com/raleigh-school-of-nurse-anesthesia.html Thanks, Chris

10. Raleigh School

    pamchris replied to acorn82's topic in SRNA

    quick question, with fees isnt RSNA more like $42K for the whole program? And not the $20K the original poster was quoting? Thanks, Chris

11. How is total GPA calculated for CRNA schools?

    pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

    Thats a bit of an issue. It will be hard for her to get a job right out of school here, and tougher to get right into ICU as a new grad. The hospital is a level II trauma center not level 1 and i think the MICU has only 10 beds and SICU has 8 beds...

12. How is total GPA calculated for CRNA schools?

    pamchris posted a topic in SRNA

    Couple questions here that I would love some help on. My fiancee will be graduating this December with her BSN. She will then be looking for an ICU job (i know this can be tough, so most likely get another nursing job first and then transition to I...

13. Chiropractor to CRNA advice

    pamchris replied to pamchris's topic in SRNA

    Not sure im far enough along to help as my fiancee is almost in the same spot as you. But, as we were the original poster, ill give you our update. My fiancee is in semester 3 of 4 (ends next December) of a local BSN program. She is mostly not in ...

14. Male Chiropractor considering nursing...advice please :)

    pamchris replied to NP/PA?'s topic in Career Support

    Just curious, have you started your nursing school yet? My fiancee and I are both chiros and she just started up nursing school in January. Gotta love in-state tuition! I love helping people through chiro care, however i do agree it is tough to b...

15. TEAS, HESI, NET nursing entrance exams

    pamchris replied to movingforward3's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I took the HESI but it was only math, reading, bio, and chem. I know some others have vocab and anatomy and physiology sections but mine did not. The math was generally described as word problems, some were just calculations but not many. The read...