Anesthesia school is a competitive place. Let's just say that there are more Type A personalities than not. During the residency, you are working with different CRNAs, MDAs, surgeons and OR nurses...
Hi Sue - My program required 1 year of inorganic chemistry (general) and 1 semester of organic within the past 5 years. The first class we took was graduate level Chemistry and Physics, which was the...
I agree, adult ICU is viewed as the best experience for anesthesia school. As a nurse anesthetists you care for patients across the age spectrum. My program also specified they preferred work...
Hi Nathan - Becoming a CRNA is an admirable goal, and there are many tough challenges to fulfilling it. Don't think for a second you would be "wasting" your time in an ICU. Adult ICU will give you...
The program is brand new so I can't tell you exactly what to expect. Most interviews, however, ask similar questions. Such as "why do you want to become a CRNA?" "have you shadowed a CRNA and what...
Hi Krinkles - I just took the CRNA boards last Friday. I felt EXACTLY the way you do right now. My exam also shut off at 100 questions. I think I was expecting it to stop at 90, when it kept going I...
I did not get questions on drugs. They did ask me about hemodynamic monitoring in terms of which monitors I had experience with. I did not have to define or interpret any numbers, if that is what...
Hi- Yes, there are clinical questions in the interview. However, they will not ask you anything specifically about anesthesia. Mostly they want to know why you want to be a CRNA, if you have shadowed...
Hi - The questions in the interview were similar to ones posted on another recent thread: Why do you want to be a CRNA? What do CRNAs do? Have you shadowed a CRNA, what was the experience like? I...
If you took the GRE for your MS in nursing, you probably have a good idea of what kind of score you'll get. The format of the test didn't change much for the verbal and quantitative sections. They...
Hi - Yes, there is a time limit, which varies from institution to institution. Check with the schools you are planning to apply to. I would advise waiting until you are serious about applying - the...
I agree with gasman! You will have such a steep learning curve as a critical care RN. Transitioning from nursing school to a unit taking care of critically ill patients is very challenging. In the...
Hi - Just curious, how do you have an MS without the GRE? When I took the GRE it was scored out of 2400, and the school posted that 1500 was the minimum score. Now that it has a maximum score if...