Nurse anesthetist

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I am currently going through RN school and am really enjoying it. Has anyone went the anesthetist route after getting degree in nursing?

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Specializes in Electrophysiology, Medical-Surgical ICU.

There is a whole forum on this site for CRNAs

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Specializes in Med Surg - Renal.
I am currently going through RN school and am really enjoying it. Has anyone went the anesthetist route after getting degree in nursing?

I think it is required for every prospective nursing studen to say the are going to be a CRNA. Even if you hate math, chemisty, physics, and science in general.

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I think it is required for every prospective nursing studen to say the are going to be a CRNA. Even if you hate math, chemisty, physics, and science in general.

But I thought everybody wanted to "work with the babies"!!!!!!

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I don't want to be a CRNA or work with babies. I do love math and science though.

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

I agree that you should try asking this in the CRNA forum. It's under the Specialty tab at the top of the page.

In order to become a CRNA, you'll have to complete your BSN with a good enough GPA to be accepted into a CRNA program. They have different requirements, but most do require a good standing in your undergrad program. During school, focus on working toward a job in ICU, since you need at least two years of ICU experience before you can enroll in a CRNA course. Then it's an additional 2-3 years of study.

You might find that you interests change once you get further into school. I considered being a CRNA briefly, but I love the patient care aspect too much.

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I think it is required for every prospective nursing studen to say the are going to be a CRNA. Even if you hate math, chemisty, physics, and science in general.

I'm not a prospective nursing student,I am a nursing student.

I didn't say that's what I was going to do, I asked if anyone had done this route before. Thank you for being a forum cop and jumping in here and making a new user feel welcome.

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I think many prospective/current nursing students have an interest in being a CRNA because of the pay.... most of them do not realize how hard it is to become one. I've even considered it myself once or twice. But since I haven't even started the nursing program, I haven't found out what I would like to specialize in yet. Right now I just want to get through nursing school and become a nurse. Hope there is a job out there for us graduates. Then continue on for my BSN... hopefully by then, I find what I want to specialize in. They say, you go in nursing school wanting to specialize in something and end up doing something totally different.

FYI-I don't think MN-Nurse meant to attack you... good luck and welcome to the forum!

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