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  1. Maintaining certifications

    The only certification you need to maintain as a CRNA is your
  2. OR > ICU > CRNA program?

    You must have critical care experience to be a CRNA, not or experience. Don't wast your time in the OR because you will work there eventually as a CRNA. Go straight to the ICU upon graduation; you...
  3. Frustrated

    If you decided to become a CRNA, you should have already researched the field including having already shadowed CRNA's. This shadowing should be for more than a couple of hours or days. Just think...
  4. An Answer Will Save Me......

    Just take a few grad school courses to show you can handle the work, take your GRE's and do well in your interveiw. Get CCRN certification and learn as much as you can in the ICU and obtain strong...
  5. What is the difference between getting an MS vs a MSN in Nurse Anesthesia. Are you considered an Advanced Pracitce Nurse with either one? How does this affect employment and salary
  6. It's not true. If you have researched the profession on nurse anesthesia, shadowed CRNA's and found that this is the career you want, then apply! A lot of times, people will tell you things to...
  7. All CRNAs need to READ this

    Well
  8. OK, if a CRNA works the same number of hours (60) as a traveler (locum tenens), what would the salary be
  9. nurse anesthesia w/o BSN

    You must have ICU experience (minimum 1 year) to get into Columbia U. (check the website). Students who got into the Anesthesia program as part of the ETP (they receive a bachelors in 1 year and...
  10. MS vs MSN

    I ask this because my school offers an MS in nurse anesthesia and my friend's school offesr an MSN and the faculty at my friend's school are saying that those with an MS in nurse anesthesia cannot be...
  11. Getting your NP does not give you an advantage to getting into CRNA school. The only thing it might do is show that you can handle grad school work, but remember that CRNA coursework is much tougher...
  12. Career change: Lawyer to CRNA.

    The CRNA profession is very flexible. There are plenty of jobs that a vareity of shifts, how you can work those shifts (i.e. 8,12, 16 hours) and you can choose to take on a job that does not require...
  13. Spent too much on the house or school? If it's school, how much is his debt? The house depends on how large it is, the area,
  14. Also, they don't have to do a fellowship...We do 6-7 years and they do
  15. Don't forget that in order to be a CRNA, you must be an RN first, so you have to include nursing school education (2 or 4 years), and either way you must have a baccalaureate degree. Remember that...
  16. Does anyone know how I can go about finding out the pass rate for the exam for a particular school other than just asking the school itself.
  17. Columbia University Summer
  18. Don't worry. You might not have a 3.5, but your science background is strong in that you have taken a great abundance of science courses, probably more than most of us RN's. Trust me when I say if...
  19. Frogive my ignorance, but what does it mean to 'opt
  20. umdnj interveiw?

    Thanks Vin. It's OK because I was accepted into Columbia's program, but I was just curious as to what UMDNJ's story
  21. Understood...Congrats!
  22. Hi e14lopez! I just wanted to confirm that you said that Columbia University called you and the date of your post was early January. They told us during the interview that we wouldn't receive any...
  23. umdnj interveiw?

    Hi guys! I applied to UMDNJ, but have not received anything regarding an interview. Does that mean that I'm not invited for one, or that I just haven't heard yet? I know they received my application...