Nurse practitioners and Crna

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I know Im not in nursing school yet and it's too soon to be thinking about a graduate program. Im just trying to look out for my future.

Im interested in becoming a crna or nurse practitioner. I have a few questions for the crnas, crna students,and nurse practitioners.

1. Is crna school very hard?

2. What are the main courses you take?

3. Is there a lot of chemistry involved?

4. What is the program length?

5. Is it harder than regular nursing school?

6. Is it stressful?

7. Are you nervous all the time?

1. How to become a nurse practitioner?

2. How long does it takes to become a nurse practitioner?

3. Are you nervous all the time?

4. What are the job duties of a nurse practitioner?

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Is CRNA school hard? Is it harder than nursing school?!

These are masters programs- of course they are harder than ASN and BSN programs!

Your best bet to find the answers as to how to become an NP or CRNA would be to research programs offered by schools in your area. I google everything!

Here is a link to a CRNA program in MS http://www.nmhs.net/crna/

Here is a link for NP info from U of Mississippi http://son.umc.edu/welcome/history.html

Good luck in your studies and in fulfilling your dreams!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

It's never too early to think about post graduate studies, I took as many of the gen-ed co-req's as possible before the program actually started and then added in my BSN or MSN bridge requirements alog the way since financial aid covered it all. I haven't fully discounted CRNA as a career path so I've chosen to start a BSN program next year as once again FL has realigned the CRNA requirements making the RN-MSN-CRNA option to be phased out again, it might come back but it might not so to cover my bases I'll do the extra work and pay the extra money for the BSN, there are programs here that take you straight from RN to MSN for NP or educator, you still take the BSN core classes but are not granted that degree.

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I'm pretty interested as well, and have been researching various masters level programs and related employment opportunities for months. I don't think its too early ever :) How many people started out as kids w/ nursing hats and a stethescope and ended up here? :D

I've been weighing CRNA and Nurse Educator mostly, and the MUSC CRNA program overview is a pretty good starting point to get an idea of the requirements/pre-reqs for their CRNA Masters program. At this point (just starting nsg school end of this month) I'm not ready to make a decision that far ahead, but it doesn't hurt to explore and ask questions. I figure for me, it will depend on just how much I enjoy working shift work/hospital/surgical stuff as to which direction I go, and that is something only time and experience will show me.

dang I'm so excited for school to start!!

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I don't know much, since I'm just starting school on the 21st; however:

I know a couple from church who are friends encouraging me to go CRNA as soon as I can. Apparently, the rules are due to change in the next few years, and more years of schooling (Doctorate maybe) could be required. So, time is of the essence here in MI.

But when asking about the difficulty, they were pretty relaxed. Yes, it is hard, of course, but my friend said that it basically just put a finer point on what she already knew as a nurse. As in, Anatomy 1 was harder, because everything was so new, but she had a base of knowledge to build on when CRNA school happened. As for Chem, I think most programs add on one more course above the Intro level. Some that I have seen near me do not, so of course those will be the ones I want to get into! Hee hee.

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