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Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI is starting an accelerated BSN program this year, I am a senior in their traditional BSN program right now and I love the school. Eastern also offers in-state tuition to Ohio residents. Good luck!

Vinny, Did you find out if you passed for sure yet? I've been keeping up with this thread and I'm cheering for you! Good luck!

I believe that the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan has an extended track where you can complete the first portion of the program on a part time basis and then only the second portion is full time. Check their website, it is very informative. Good luck!

I'm not a CRNA, I am still a nursing student. However, I have researched a lot of CRNA schools. Have you checked out the stickies on the pre-CRNA forum yet? they are very informative. 1. The best advice that I can offer you (and the most frequent advice that I see others on this board giving) is to contact the individual program(s) that you are interested in and find out if they require your experience to be experience with a BSN. All of the schools that I have looked at do not require that. So if you can work full time while getting your BSN that experience would count. 2. If you read through many of the posts on both this page and the pre-CRNA page you will notice that many people have posted similar questions about their specific grades (myself included). The general response seems to be that CRNA schools look at the big picture. They look at the GPA, the GRE, the work experience etc. Not just one thing. But, if your one C is a pre-req for the school you are interested in then you will probably want to re-take that class. I have also heard that some schools really like to see that you've retaken a class for a better grade because it shows your dedication to working toward your goal. 3. I don't know much about the GRE but a friend of mine recommened the Kaplan GRE prep book. Good luck and I hope this helps you a little. Hopefully someday we will both be CRNAs!

Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan offers a post-masters certificate in pediatric anesthesia, if that helps you at all. To those who posted that many SRNAs and CRNAs don't like peds cases, can you elaborate more? What is it about the peds cases that they don't like? I plan to pursue anesthesia and have been thinking about peds, too. Any information would be appreciated.

I am a nursing student and I recently transferred to the SICU from a med-surg unit. I was told by many people on my med-surg unit not to tell the manager of the SICU that I was interested in CRNA when I applied. However, when the moment came in the interview and he asked me about my future goals, I couldn't bring myself to lie to him. So, I told him that I had a lot of goals and one of them included getting a masters degree, hopefully in in anesthesia. He was fine with it, but told me that I might not want to share that information with everyone on my unit. His reasoning was that the nurses there put a lot of time and effort into training new nurses and it is very dissapointing for them when these new nurses don't stay on long term. He also asked me to make a minimum of a two year commitment to work on that unit, which I have no problem with because I'm still a nursing student and I think I want at least two years of ICU before I apply to CRNA school.

Thank you all for your help!

I am having trouble finding imformation on how to prepare for the GRE. For those of you who have already taken it: what did you do to prepare and did it work well for you? Thank you for any feedback you can give!

I have been considering purchasing Laura Gaparis' CDs or DVDs and I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on which would be better to study from. I originally thouught that the DVDs would be better because I might be more focused if I am wathcing and listening, but the CDs would be more portable ( I could listen in my car). Any opinions?

Ellarose, did you have your interview yet? How was it? If you haven't yet, good luck!

Thank you for your help!

Ellarose, Did you take Barry's on-line Introduction to Anesthesia class? I am considering taking it and wanted to get some opinions from those who have already taken it. Thanks!

I'm not a CRNA but I am going to do my best to help you out. Check out the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists website, there is a lot of info there. Also, the sticky at the beginning of this chat board has a wealth of information. An entry level CRNA has a masters of science in anesthesia or a masters of science in nursing with a concentration in anesthesia. Your location says Michigan, so check out Wayne State's anesthesia program website. I know that they offer a post-graduate certificate in pediatric anesthesia and also a phd in physiology or pharmacolgy for CRNAs, so I imagine that those are some ways that CRNAs can advance their careers. I hope this helped some. Good luck!

Thank you for your help! St. Joes is actullay very close to my house. I appreciate the info!

I still have 1 year left of nursing school, but I hope to be a CRNA someday. I know it might be early to be thinking about this, but I am trying to figure out which hospital I want to work in when I graduate. I live in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area and I would really like to be in a SICU or MICU. The hospitals I am looking into now are the University of MIchigan and Henry Ford. Any suggestions? Would I get better expereince at one or the other? Is there a hospital in the area that I am overlooking? Thanks in advance!

I was curious about this, too. I found that it varies from program to program. Some of them don't say on their website and you have to e-mail or call them to find out for sure. I have a similar question, too: The schools I've looked at say "1year full time in the ICU" The hospital that I work at considers 36 hours/week (3 12 hour shifts/week)part time. Does anyone think that this will be a problem for me?

Different schools have different requirements. Most want A&P and organic/biochemistry with lab. Some want statistics, some want physics. Check the AANA website for a list of schools by state. Each school has a link to their website from that page. Good luck!

Go to the AANA website and there is a list of programs. You can find the programs that you are interested and links to their websites where you can find their specific requirements. Good luck!

Hi! I am new to this forum, but I have been reading all of your posts for a while. There is such a wealth of information on this site! I am in nursing school right now and hope to go to school for anesthesia in a few years. Unfortunately, I got a C+ in microbiology, organic/biochemistry and anatomy/physiology. (I took them all in one semester, probably wasn't a good idea...). I plan to re-take these courses as soon as I finish my BSN. I have two questions: 1.) After I re-take these courses, will I have a chance of getting in or will my original grades be a huge black mark on my application? 2.) Most of the schools I have looked at want a minimum of a 3.0 gpa in all undergrad sciences. To determine my undergrad science gpa will they include my original grades and my new grades for the above mentioned courses or just the new grades? Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thank you!