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I know that Johnson was not the original program director when the program began a short time ago. A program is not fully accred until they graduate their first class to my understanding. So if this program began in Jan 07 then they will be due for ...

Even though BIS may not be essential don't you think that at least having it and documenting your readings will help you if you were ever to have a patient contest that they were awake?

GPA is not everything, a girl in my nursing class probably ended up with a 4.0 but clinically she was a disaster. This is a good example of why grades are not everything.

There are pro's and con's to all unit's CVICU is great in the fact that majority of your pt's come out of the OR w/ a swan, pacer, intubated @ on vasoactive gtts. This is great experience but the con is the repeat of the the pro alot of the treatm...

It depends on the school that you attend. For instance Univ South Carolina awards Masters of Nurse Anesthesia, there program is under the medical school and not the nursing school, hence the change in the type of degree awarded. So really, what is ...

I have also heard that CRNA's are not highly used in Utah by a guy from Salt Lake in our program. Not sure why this is, doesn't seem to be the norm of cost effective care.

Do a search on the IFNA (Intl' Fed of Nurse Anesth.) I know that something is in the works to accredit US schools Internationally so that foreign students can come to the US recv' education and return an work to there home country. The opportunity ...

Piper says it best. What I would not do right now to just do nothing and not have a care about what I should be doing. Make sure that you get enough relaxation because you will be fighting to get a day is relaxation before you know it. Take advant...

If CRNA schools only took the top 4% then they would strictly look at GPA and nothing else. Is this class rank published somewhere that we are not aware of? I didn't happen to see it on my transcript. I think the correct answer is they take the mo...

WCU is a new program as of this year. I had recently heard from someone in my program that the director had left already. So take that for what it is worth. The former director of WCU was once the director of Duke's program as well. She left Duke...

I would not undercut medical and say that they are not as sick (ARDS & Sepsis present in more advanced stages compared to surgical) because in most cases they are sicker and have more chronic conditions that you will be batttling compared to a 19...

CV ICU is typically Cardiovascular ICU or post open heart, not the same as CCU. Since you have the MICU experience, your best bet to get into CRNA school would be Surg/Trauma ICU or CVICU. I have only seen a few schools that have rank preference ...

1) Work overtime 2) Sign a travel contract & possibly make up to double. 3) Look for a Anesthesia group/hospital for a stipend 4) Just take the money out that you need, plan ahead, over estimate living expenses. What you don't want to have to ...

I believe that you will only get approved for a certain amount above the cost of your tuition to cover books, etc... The 18,500 is the max amount that you can take out in federal loans to cover tuition. If you need over and above that amount it wi...

Yes, you are correct that a lot of questions could probably be answered with a little research. Some people are not familiar with all the access that they have at their fingertips. People that have been down the road of applying to school are glad ...

If I were you I would focus on core courses that apply to most any MSN program if you have not taken them already. Save your money on out of state fees, you can take these courses online through UNCG or ECU. I know that if you are planning on apply...

Chemistry: You would at least want to take organic & some programs require Biochem as well. What I suggest is to do your research on 5 or so perspective schools that you could possibly forsee yourself applying to and look at their prereq's and...

Just make sure it is the right time for you to take on this challenge, especially if moving to another state where there is a program is not an option. Right now, it may seem to you that it can workout by you coming home on the weekends. I hear fro...

I am already in the program. If I were you I would not stress too much about the clinical questions. I didn't not experience intense drilling of clincial scenarios that others have experienced in other interviews. Probably the best way to prepare...

look at this thread at Eastern Carolina, ECU CRNA2B covers the interview process. Let me know if you have any specific questions that pertain to the program.

About core classes- I would suggest that if you feel that your chemistry skills are sufficient then try to knock out a couple of the core courses prior to starting the program. You could take the classes at ECU because the classes are online. This...

This a good list to prepare yourself, I wouldn't think that you would be heavily drilled upon your depth of clinical knowledge to this extent. Think of the unit you work in and put yourself with a complex patient and think of scenarios that could po...

I find that using notecards and making a table (example muscle, origin, insertion, action, nerve, artery) works well for me. Especially for classes like pharmacology & anatomy. Making up mnemonic or a saying works well especially for long list...

Give it a go, some schools are just not stricly looking at numbers. Your experience, CCRN, and extras make up for other areas.

I don't have any children but I have been exposed to the strugles that those in my class face that do have children. They have compare this experience to basically creating a single parent home for there wife or husband whom is not attending the pro...