Nursing Experience for CRNA school

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So honestly I am just venting with this post. There is a nurse in my hospital that just got into a good CRNA program in the area and has been a nurse since January. The app deadline was in September so he applied with 8 months of experience. He took his CCRN sometime this year as well. Kicker-his mother is a CRNA in the area. I just think it is terribly unethical that he got into school and it's disheartening to think that they would turn down people with lots of valuable experience for this person.

I got into school this year, but I did so based off merit and meeting all of the requirements that these schools have for applicants. Not to mention, after multiple rejections to other schools within the past 1 1/2 years. Maybe that's why I find it especially gear-grinding.

I disagree, obviously. But thanks for your opinion. The point is that there are people who actually meet the requirements of the program who arent getting in.

And you dont find the requirements arbitrary if people that dont meet them are still able to complete the coursework proficiently and competently?

I dont need any medical professional to have a 4.0 gpa and top of his class. I need someone who knows what theyre doing and can do it well. This is what i expect from people who render my care as well as coworkers.

Everything else is cannon fodder and splitting hairs

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Whether I find the requirements arbitrary is not the point, since I am not the person making admission decisions.

When you are rejected from one of these schools and you call and ask what you can do to improve your chances, they say, "well your GPA is .1 less than the average of the people who were admitted, and you should retake that chemistry class you got a C in (10 years ago)", blah blah blah. They also say that they want you to have a year of ICU experience but the most competitive applicants will have two years of experience.

As for your comment about "do you want someone with a 4.0 or someone who knows what they are doing?"..I would personally want someone who knows what they are doing but schools also want someone who has a high gpa because their pass rates on anesthesia boards are an indication of how good the program is. I agree with what you're saying about needing someone who can do their job well. When speaking with nurses in this nurse's ICU, they say he is just an average new grad-nothing amazing. So when thinking about his stats, I am fairly confident that he is the person who has a 4.0 but who hasnt been doing his job long enough to know what to do in a variety of critical situations.

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Whether I find the requirements arbitrary is not the point, since I am not the person making admission decisions.

When you are rejected from one of these schools and you call and ask what you can do to improve your chances, they say, "well your GPA is .1 less than the average of the people who were admitted, and you should retake that chemistry class you got a C in (10 years ago)", blah blah blah. They also say that they want you to have a year of ICU experience but the most competitive applicants will have two years of experience.

As for your comment about "do you want someone with a 4.0 or someone who knows what they are doing?"..I would personally want someone who knows what they are doing but schools also want someone who has a high gpa because their pass rates on anesthesia boards are an indication of how good the program is. I agree with what you're saying about needing someone who can do their job well. When speaking with nurses in this nurse's ICU, they say he is just an average new grad-nothing amazing. So when thinking about his stats, I am fairly confident that he is the person who has a 4.0 but who hasnt been doing his job long enough to know what to do in a variety of critical situations.

I totally get that. Truth be told re-reading your initial complaint i can see where youre coming from. Id be irked too having been rejected for barely meeting requirements while someone else just kinda slid in under the radar.

But again, my advice is just to let it go, watch him sink or watch him float. And mind your own success in between.

Good luck. I kinda envy you. Ive toyed with the idea of crna school but im not sure i could hack it. Get in there and kick some butt for th rest of us who wish we were you haha

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