Part time CRNA school for Police officer

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Hello, I am currently 26 years old and a Police officer, however I have for quite some time wanted to do CRNA or med school for anesthesia. Earlier in my college career I dedicated a lot of time to becoming a police officer, receiving a bachelors in criminal justice and masters degree in administration. I was close to giving up on my dream of becoming a police officer when I was finally hired a few months prior to now. However, this part of me still wants to be an anesthesiologist. So I thought maybe it could be possible to still become a CRNA. I do realize the career of a police officer requires a 4 day a week schedule, so I was thinking about possibly getting a career as a fireman. This would allow me to work 2 days a week or 8 days a month total. I have all the pre-requesites for nursing school done and could do a part time program for a BSN. If I did that would a part time CRNA program be possible. Does anyone have dual careers as a CRNA?

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You would need to get licensed as an RN and have a few years of (full-time) ICU nursing experience in order to be considered eligible for CRNA programs. Were you planning on continuing to work as a police officer after getting licensed as an RN?

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Yeah I understand that part, I planned on doing part time BSN program and part time nursing until ready to apply to CRNA. The goal was ultimately to do both careers, however that may be impossible as a police officer, therefore if I can get on a fire department I would only have a 2 day schedule leaving me a lot of time left to work. Just not sure it is doable.

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Yeah I understand that part, I planned on doing part time BSN program and part time nursing until ready to apply to CRNA. The goal was ultimately to do both careers, however that may be impossible as a police officer, therefore if I can get on a fire department I would only have a 2 day schedule leaving me a lot of time left to work. Just not sure it is doable.

Your experience for CRNA school has to be full time ICU nursing, no part time. But, lots of people still work full time and get their BSN since full time is only 3 days a week. Also, there is no such thing as part time CRNA school. You MAY be able to work 1 day a week during didactic, but definitely not during your clinical/residency.

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Yeah, I read Rutgers wrong, it says it has 2 years of part time followed by 2 more of full time. What would be considered full time? And if I had a work schedule of two days a week would that ever be possible? or is it just solely impossible to work regardless of schedule?

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Yeah, I read Rutgers wrong, it says it has 2 years of part time followed by 2 more of full time. What would be considered full time? And if I had a work schedule of two days a week would that ever be possible? or is it just solely impossible to work regardless of schedule?

During didactic you MAY be able to work the weekend, depending on the program, but that's really valuable study time. Working during didactic is not recommended due to the rigor of these programs. During clinical you are expected to also take call, holidays, weekends, so working elsewhere really isn't an option. From what I know, time didactic is generally all or most of the day Monday through Friday, then weekends are used for studying.

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You should expect full-time nursing grad school to be at least the equivalent of a full-time job.

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Join the NAVY after getting your BSN get paid to learn while in CRNA school may take 6 year's before you are actually a CRNA. Really should of been a cop.if wanted to go back to school for nursing wouldn't be stressing with money ha.

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I looked into that, however I wouldn't want to quit my job as a police officer to become an active duty military. I would consider reserves, but then I would need to train, do police work and do CRNA, which wouldn't be possible. Life choices are hard.

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Life choices are hard. You seem pretty committed to continuing with police work. How seriously interested are you in going into healthcare, and why? Nursing school, even part-time, will take up a big chunk of your life. You'll need a few years of full-time ICU experience to be a viable candidate for CRNA school, and you can't count on getting an ICU job straight out of school -- lots of ICUs just won't hire new grads, some people work years as RNs before they manage to get an ICU position, people who are in a hurry often move to another part of the US to get an ICU job. You can't depend on getting accepted to CRNA school the first time you apply; some people apply numerous times over years, CRNA programs are extremely competitive. Then, once accepted, CRNA school will take up an even bigger chunk of your life than "basic" nursing school did.

What are your plans once you (hypothetically) become a CRNA? I've been in nursing for >30 yrs now, and I've never run into anyone who was interested in advanced practice nursing with the idea that s/he would somehow combine this with an entirely different career. Or would your plan be to practice full-time as a CRNA and not continue with police or firefighting at that point?

I would never tell anyone that what they want is clearly not possible, but, I gotta say, what you're proposing seems like an awfully long shot. How much have you looked into this so far?

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Specializes in MSN, FNP-BC.

Clarkson college in Omaha has a part time-ish option. Your didactic is part time for about 2 years and then your clinical is full time.

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Specializes in Primary Care, OR.

Just a few thoughts. Would you consider pursuing nursing/crna after retiring from the PD? That way you can concentrate fully on your career choices. It sounds like your in the civil service department so you could be retiring quite young depending on when you entered.

Secondly, my brother is a FDNY firefighter and yes while he works two 24 hour tours he still gets mandated often. What would you do if you had classes/clinicals etc.

I went to nursing school with a medic. He took a leave of absence to do school then went back to work full time and works nursing per diem.

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