MissUninurse

Hi, I was hoping somebody can help me shine a light whether or not I should purse my CRNA dreams. I am an international graduate from the Philippines with a GPA of 3.4. Our program in the Philippines is very rigorous and the training is really hard (example, we have to complete 5 major OR cases, circumcise 5 kids, be in school for 4 years straight with Summer classes in between and etc.) and it's very rare that somebody can get a GPA of more than 3.6 . I have a total of 2 years of ICU experience in the Philippines. Nursing in the Ph is literally the same nursing here in the US except for the paper charting. We take care of patients with vents, titrate sedatives, paralytics, inotropes. do CRRT or dialysis, etc. Now I 5 months ICU experience here in the US in a smaller hospital and I will be moving to a Level 1 Hospital this month and was planning to work in their ICU for 7 more months to complete the 1 year minimum requirement. Do you guys think that would be enough to get me through any school? (my top choice is old dominion university or VCU) considering that I'm an international graduate and a big bulk of my experience is outside the states? I was also planning to take classes like organic chemistry or statistics to kind of boost my GPA. Is that recommended or will that help at all? Thank you ❤️

Hi, I was hoping somebody can help me shine a light whether or not I should purse my CRNA dreams. I am an international graduate from the Philippines with a GPA of 3.4. Our program in the Philippines is very rigorous and the training is really hard (example, we have to complete 5 major OR cases, circumcise 5 kids, be in school for 4 years straight with Summer classes in between and etc.) and it's very rare that somebody can get a GPA of more than 3.6 . I have a total of 2 years of ICU experience in the Philippines (nursing in the Ph is literally the same nursing here in the US except for the paper charting). Now I 5 months here in the US. I was planning to apply for CRNA school after gaining 1 year here in the US. Do you guys think that would be enough to get me through any school? (my top choice is old dominion university or VCU) considering that I'm an international graduate and a big bulk of my experience is outside the states?