MICU RN

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1. Starting school tomorrow

   MICU RN replied to rshores95's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Count your blessings my program is 32 months and a semester of that is stuff for a MSN ( GAG). I have been in school for 12 months and still have 20 to go. But the trade off was not having to...

2. CRNA school difficult?

   MICU RN replied to Ari RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Volume of material and the advance level of the material. Most of your anesthesia textbooks are written by MDs and are the same ones the anesthesia residents use. However, they have had four years of...

3. ATTN: SRNA's with approximately 3.0 to 3.1 GPA

   MICU RN replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Trust me if you look hard enough you will probably find a program that will accept you with a 3.0. Especially with all the new programs popping across the nation. Don't get me wrong, there are some...

4. nurse anesthetist's education: quality education/ quality insight?

   MICU RN replied to susanna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Some of the classes I am taking are at a similar level to medical school classes in my humble opinion. I base this on the fact that I just took some phys. with the medical students at my university...

5. Does it Really Matter?

   MICU RN replied to Spoiled1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Don't think it really matters, however I went the ADN/BSN route and wish I would have just got it done in one program. Those two programs were at the same university as the anesthesia school I attend....

6. Debt Load after CRNA School

   MICU RN replied to msummar_smc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I am glad I am not the only one in the same boat. About 70k not counting the 17k undergrad. debt. I attend a state school and the tut. is reasonable, but the cost of living is what gets you. I also...

7. critical care vs floor

   MICU RN replied to mato_tom's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Hard to get away from body fluids while in the ICU, most I have worked in did not have aids. However, I would use it as a motivator to keep me pushing towards my goal of becoming a crna. And once you...

8. Why CRNA

   MICU RN replied to JoYang's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I think it is a very good idea that all crna's schools require at least one year of critical care as a RN; not just because you will need at least some background in being around sick people, but also...

9. CRNA Interview soon

   MICU RN replied to RLSU4CRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   RLSU4CRNA: I am currently a freshman in the anesthesia program, so I will try to hit the high points of the way they interviewed last year. 1. They were only a few clinical questions, mainly some...

10. Has anyone tried using supplement to improve their memory, and academic performance?

    MICU RN replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree with Kevin's post. In addition, I can remember last semster while taking an advanced general pharm class, our prof. mentioned that a couple of semesters ago many of the medical students were...

11. 44 Years and still Going Strong

    MICU RN replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yoga: You go girl!!!

12. ER Nurse to CRNA

    MICU RN replied to susswood's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If I had to pick one, I would choose an acute ICU area for the reasons just mentioned in the previous reply. I had a well rounded experience (3 years trauma one ER, MICU 18 months, 6 months SICU....

13. Lsu

    MICU RN replied to berry's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Last years class (their third) had about a 150 applicants and accepted 40. The application pool this year will probably be larger, although in the anesthesia world that is not bad odds. The strong...

14. RN Pay

    MICU RN replied to turbohound's topic in Nursing Career

    Twenty something a hour in most parts of the U.S.; Yes, you may have heard of nurses making 70-80k, but that is with plenty of overtime and maybe no benifits. Shadow some RNs before you do anything,...

15. Stamina, fitness & CRNA stress--how do you manage?

    MICU RN replied to Toby's mum's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Also learn to maximize your time, what I do is get on the stationary bike and read my school stuff if I am really squeezed for time. although, I have not started the clinical part of the program, that...