I can't give personal experience in this area, but I have observed some of my classmates dealing with the stress of families while in school. Many people in our class have children and make it work....
Absolutely go to CRNA school ASAP if you get accepted. I think no one is really prepared for the difference in nursing and anesthesia. It is awesome. Do not hesitate. I also am 25 now and could not...
CAMC does not differentiate between in-state and out-of-state. Cost is about $26,000 for 27 month program. MHCA from Marshall University. BTW...Charleston is the capitol city and is not as backward...
I worked in MICU in a large teaching hospital and got in to school. Another nurse from our unit went to CRNA school. Three nurses from our CCU, 3 from our SICU, and several from CVICU have gone to...
Kaleigh, When I was researching anesthesia programs last year, most everyone condisdered one year to be a resident. However, some schools waive the out-of-state tuition. Check and see if they offer...
Most schools want a year of critical care experience. Some say that has to be ICU. Some will accept ER, PACU, and other units if you can convince them you are competent in the critical care...
After reading my posts, I don't think they made a whole lot of sense. I think we have done a remarkable job of screwing up the intent of your question. I hope this clears up my former excuse for an...
By the way, none of them have a PhD, and the program has an excellent turnout and passing rate for boards. Another point: I applied to 5 schools and none of them required a BSN. The program I am in...
Hey Doug, I am in anesthesia school now, so I can only tell you the degrees my instructors have. I have only seen one person on this board who said he was an instructor at Southern Missouri, I think....
9 men, 16 women in my class. 5 of the men have children and 7 of the women have at least one child. Some of the women have babies less than a year old and one girl who has an 8 month old baby is 3...
I didn't shadow until after I had been working in the ICU for a while. One reason was I wanted to have some clue what they were doing before I got there. I was applying to CRNA school at this time, so...
sikofitall, You apparently came in on a string of posts from another site. The posts that contain all those moron's comments are from a student docs website. They were posted here to let us see what...