Pathophys a useful pre-CRNA course?

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I'm hoping to be accepted this year, but in case I'm not I'm making plans to strengthen my app for next year. One strategy is to take a graduate course in pathophys at the state university where I got my BSN. It's designed for their nursing grad students - the school has NP and CNS programs. Obviously it's not aimed at anesthesia in particular, and I don't think it will substitute for any course I might have to take in CRNA school, but it seems like it would be a good science base to have as well as proving I can handle graduate-level coursework. My employer will pay if I get B or better.

Good plan? Waste of time and energy? Any other ideas? I'm also taking the CCRN tomorrow and will take another graduate summer course if I don't get in. Maybe will go work in our SICU/CTICU although I don't want to, I love my medical unit. But the hearts experience would look good.

Congratulations:balloons:

I passed, I passed! 119/125. I was pretty sure while I was taking it that I was going to pass. Not too many questions where I was totally stumped, and the psychosocial questions were easier than the practice ones. I'm going to make a new resume that says "RN, CCRN" on it and send it to the schools I applied to!
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Specializes in Psych, Informatics, Biostatistics.

I just signed up for advanced pathophysiology as well. Still need to write the NCLEX if I want to stay in the US. I think this class will be a good review of what I need to know.

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Congrats apais!! :balloons:

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Thanks Kat and ktj!

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