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Various schools seem to have a reputation for either strong or weak clinical components. Some give you the bare minimum to meet requirements and others provide an exorbitant amount of cases in open heart, neurosurg, and regional techniques. While I ...

The deadline for applications is Feb 1, 2010 for the Charleston Area Medical Center DMPNA program. I'm waiting on pins and needles to hear back from them.:gtch: Has anybody interviewed or been accepted yet?

Hmmmm....anyone know what the deal is with the abrupt, last-minute change of the start date? They moved it up from June 14th to May 10th. That is a huge change this late in the game. Very weird.

I just got my letter today!!! I'm in at CAMC for 2010! I can't believe it. I've got so much to get done in such a short time. Maybe I'll see you in class this year Greezball, maybe next year. Congrats either way!

it's amazing how much misinformation is perpetuated by "would-be crna's" and other misinformed persons. i was told by more than one person (in another forum) to avoid west virginia's camc program since you are unable to obtain prescriptive authority...

Typically programs want ICU experience. The AANA standard is a minimum of 1 year in an ICU setting with ventilators and vasoactive drips. Each program has different requirements, but in my research I haven't seen any programs that will consider ED e...

I've been told (by CRNA's that I work with) to stay away from Mayo's program since they don't allow their students to do regional techniques. Is this true? Thanks for the heads up about the clinicals. It's good to know Mayo has intense rotations....

Thanks for the reply. I've heard many good things about Cal State's program and I'm considering applying there. Can anyone speak to Barry's clinical experience in Florida or Charleston Area Medical Centers rotations now that the doctoral program ha...

I'm applying to CAMC's DMPNA program and was wondering what kind of reputation this school has. What are the clinicals like? Do you get to do much with regionals? The program puts a huge emphasis on management education which sounds very appealing...

Thanks for the input. When you say "students from other programs" would you mind sharing which programs you mean? I'd like to avoid (if possible) applying to programs that have a tarnished reputation. For instance, the other CRNA program in WV is ...

I know this is an older thread, but can anyone tell me more about the VCU course. I took general chemistry about 5 years ago and very little organic chemistry was covered. Are these courses doable with minimal or latent chemistry experience? It lo...

Just curious what the concensus is out there with thoracic transplant nurses. I am relatively new to the thoracic specialty (8 mos thoracic, but RN for 5 years with Neuro ICU background prior) and I haven't figured out the balance between tolerating ...

Something that is hard to grasp as a new nurse is the big picture. Cliche' as it may be it really is an area that can take some time to develop. Something that may help is to take a step back every once in a while with your patient and ask "what's ...

Getting into the ICU right after school is a competitive task in most states I've worked. But nursing is still seemingly desperate for bodies and the last two ICU's I worked in were staffed nearly half by RN's with less than a years experience or fr...

Dilemma: Okay, I've been an RN for 4 years now and a year of that was in a trauma 1 Neurosurgical ICU. I decided to move up to the Northwest and accepted a position in a teaching hospital in their cardiothoracic icu. I've been here 3 months and th...

I grew up in the Ogden area as well. Funny thing. I graduated from Weber State University too. It's been 4 years ago. I finally decided to move out of state up to Seattle for a more acute working atmosphere, though. Hence, the position I am in....

Thanks for the suggestions. That's a good point that I'll be working there for quite some time before school starts "IF" I get in. I think that angle just might be worth trying. That's good to know Midwestern has so many clinicals out of state. T...

Thanks for the reply adamrj8282, A lot of what you say makes sense. I guess I just need to find the gumption to approach the boss. I'll probably wait until the last minute possible to talk to him. I can't believe I didn't think of this beforehand ...

My wife and I are planning to relocate to the Northwest at the beginning of the year and I've been looking at RN positions at OHSU and Emanuel Portland in Oregon, and Harborview Medical Center in Washington. They are the Trauma 1 centers for the Nort...

Thanks very much for the info. I have an interview at OHSU next month but haven't heard anything back from Emanuel. Is there a trick to getting an interview there? I filled out the online application and more than meet the requirements for the pos...

I work in a trauma 1 neurosurgical ICU and we use the NIHSS on any patient suspected of having a new stroke. We have a stroke team that I run on and the NIHSS seems to be a fantastic way to quantify patient symptoms and a good way to give the family...

I've seen it once and it was mistaken at first as aspiration related until the chest xray came back. A lady in her 70's came in after being found unresponsive in her chair at a nursing home with food all down the front of her. She, apparently, was ...

My goal is to focus on outpatient pain mgt as a CRNA after finishing school and I'd like to attend a school that teaches intensively the pain mgt techniques that are common in an outpatient chronic pain clinic. IS anyone doing this now as a CRNA? I...

Thanks Skipaway for the corrected URL. Interesting web site. Thanks to everyone else for the input. It sounds like a feasible goal to end up in pain mgt as a CRNA so I'll have to do some research on the schools that put higher emphasis on these te...

It sounds like there are a lot of mixed views on the subject. I tried the URL you typed in a few times and couldn't get it to work. Has it changed or did you miss a letter or am I doing something wrong (most likely). Thanks for the input and help....