ProgressiveThinking

ProgressiveThinking MSN, CRNA

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  1. Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    ProgressiveThinking replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Offsite and online are not synonymous. If you were a CRNA who was interested in advancing your profession during a time when politics were rife between CRNAs and MDAs in regard to competency,...

  2. Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    ProgressiveThinking replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    FYI, Texas Wesleyan University is not an online school. They have a distance learning option that requires you to be in an offsite class the same time that the on campus students are. Their classes...

  3. GPA for NP School

    ProgressiveThinking replied to MariaHarrington's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are so many programs now, my buddy got in with a 2.5. There are FNP programs out there that will admit pretty much anyone. No high GPA, GRE, or experience required. A lot of FNP programs (not...

  4. Question from a Cali RN making good money.

    ProgressiveThinking replied to LifelongRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    He sounds competitive enough for Kaiser. Only downside is Kaiser switched to a DNP and is now 90k. He would probably have a good shot at Samuel Merritt and not have to move as

  5. Question from a Cali RN making good money.

    ProgressiveThinking replied to LifelongRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If I could see myself being happy as a bedside nurse, and was in situation where I was on trajectory to meet my financial goals in the area I wanted to live in I honestly wouldn't do it. Not sure...

  6. Question from a Cali RN making good money.

    ProgressiveThinking replied to LifelongRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The amount you've learned in CVSICU pales in comparison to what you will learn in CRNA school. The word pales might even be an understatement. Being autonomous and following protocols are not...

  7. Question from a Cali RN making good money.

    ProgressiveThinking replied to LifelongRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Why not just go to Samuel Meritt or National? Your stats are great. https://allnurses.com/student-registered-nurse/is-it-still-990029.html I started this thread years back because I asked similar...

  8. Lung Transplants

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Future1Intub8er1995's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I like BigPapaCRNAs analogy of learning to crawl before she can walk. Telling somebody to read about lung transplants in Miller when they're a year out as an ICU RN is not good advice. Prior to our...

  9. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think you're choosing to not speak further on the subject because of your inability to respond coherently due to a lack of research, the inability to view issues objectively and without emotion, and...

  10. USUHS online biochemistry class options

    ProgressiveThinking replied to St.BaptistRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Course Details WSU Online I applied to USAGPAN (didn't attend for personal reasons though) and they accepted this course from Weber state. It was very

  11. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    "My primary point is those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones and such." What stones? TWU is a large program. That's precisely why I mentioned that I ended up attending an larger program in order...

  12. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Seems like I offended you. I apologize, as this wasn't my intention. My intention was to be as objective as possible. Let's break some things down: "Your not-so-low-key-shade directed toward Florida...

  13. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think you missed the point. Nobody said anything about any one school being better than the other. This must have been your own inference. Also, we were discussing one's chances of being accepted...

  14. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I see you're applying to schools in FL. It was not my intent to strike a nerve. Let me ask you this... I was having a little trouble deciphering your sentence, but I think you're suggesting that all...

  15. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    https://www.nbcrna.com/docs/default-source/initial-certification/program-administration/2017_nce_see_annual-report.pdf Number of first time applicants for the

  16. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It seems they do. Adding last year's non-admitted applicants to their current year's number of applicants further strengthens the argument of Fl schools being less competitive though. Just sayin. To...

  17. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    CRNA School Search Search FL and you can see the # of applicants vs admitted students for each school. allcrnaschools also has a pretty good spreadsheet that likely has more accurate information if...

  18. PA CRNA potential student

    ProgressiveThinking replied to TreeKitty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you score > 300 on the GRE and get CCRN you sound like an ideal candidate depending on the school you apply to. PA has 12 schools so they say that as a state their schools are generally less...

  19. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

    ProgressiveThinking replied to 06crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hopefully a slight shortage from all of the older CRNAs retiring will drive up salaries by the time I graduate so I can pay off these loans :) On the other hand, hopefully the ASA doesn't keep using...

  20. Path to CRNA/ ICU, please help!

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Intensive Care Murse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nah, unfortunately you have to go to class at the hospital that you do clincials

  21. Path to CRNA/ ICU, please help!

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Intensive Care Murse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Classes aren't really online FYI. You're pretty much Face timing live in class while during the same time that the rest of the is physically attending in Fort Worth Tx. Attendance is mandatory. Only...

  22. Path to CRNA/ ICU, please help!

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Intensive Care Murse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Get into any ICU you can. Preferably the largest one. A mediocre ICU would be better experience than a tele unit at a level 1 trauma center (just sayin). This program is big on interviews, and where...

  23. Path to CRNA/ ICU, please help!

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Intensive Care Murse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Keep that GPA up if you want to get into Kaiser. It's a very competitive program. The 2 folks that I know who got in had ~3.9 GPAs. USC has a solid program as well (LAC-USC has the busiest ER in...

  24. Wolford college CRNA Spring 2018

    ProgressiveThinking replied to mi_top_rn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Looks like they merged with Keiser University for both their MSNA and DNAP. That will likely take care of their regional accreditation

  25. CTICU or Trauma/SICU

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Wenliu's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I agree with SRNA2020 about the MICU experience. I worked in a teaching hospital MICU (in reality it was mixed with surgery and neurosurgery patients), and a lot of our MICU patients were SICK with a...