ProgressiveThinking

ProgressiveThinking MSN, CRNA

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  1. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    ProgressiveThinking replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in Southern California. I've hit at least 100k every year with the exception of my first year. I think I made 127k or so last year. Of course it's all relative to where you live, but I live in an...

  2. 50 mile rule/Kaiser contract pay

    ProgressiveThinking posted a topic in Travel

    Hello, I'm toying with the idea of picking up local travel contracts. I was offered a contract for a Kaiser that's 77 miles away from where I currently live for 1855 net/week. My recruiter also...

  3. 50 mile rule/Kaiser contract pay

    ProgressiveThinking replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Travel

    Nope. Just and EKG test, and I was told they liked my resume so no interview necessary. So I'm not sure what they're doing. Is that weird? I just have a bad feeling about this contractsincr they're...

  4. 50 mile rule/Kaiser contract pay

    ProgressiveThinking replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Travel

    I didn't interview. The recruiter forwarded my resume to Kaiser and they accepted it. No interview necessary. They're going to show me the contract

  5. 50 mile rule/Kaiser contract pay

    ProgressiveThinking replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Travel

    Again, thanks. Just out of curiosity, if I don't like the contract they give me, am I obligated to sign it? Will I be blacklisted if I don't sign

  6. 50 mile rule/Kaiser contract pay

    ProgressiveThinking replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the response. If I'm given the offer for an assignment, would it be bad etiquette to request an additional amount (2k/week-the intitial amount that I

  7. Break before school

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Brooklynn89's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I plan on doing travel nursing in order to make as much $ as I currently do while only working three 12 hour shifts/week, which is a vacation to me. In order to be where I wanna be financially and to...

  8. 1 year DNP without clinicals?

    ProgressiveThinking replied to nursebay's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    @VETEROSA How did you like the program? Was it pretty doable working full-time? Did they apply your MSN hours towards the DNP practicum hours? I'm pretty interested in Touro Nevada's DNP program. I'm...

  9. Starting CRNA school older than the average student?

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

    Time will pass whether your are in CRNA school or not. If you want to do it, do it. Out of curiosity, what exactly are you apprehensive about? Loans?

  10. DNP vs EdD vs PhD

    ProgressiveThinking replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Thanks for the response! It's very nice to hear from a PhD educated nurse! Ideally, I would pursue a PhD to satisfy my intellectual curiosity, but it's difficult to overlook the availability,...

  11. How old were you when you started CRNA school?

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

    I'll be 30 when I start next year and 32 when I graduate. I wish I had done this a few years back when I had fewer financial commitments, but at the same time, I'm glad I could enjoy my twenties the...

  12. Texas Wesleyan CRNA 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Furtail14005's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The number on the website includes all of financial aid, including the living expenses you will be eligible for, I believe. Tuition alone is $76,238, fees including books are $4,425 for a total of...

  13. Getting into CRNA school.

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

    I have similar stats and was able to get into 2/3 of the schools I applied to (decided not to interview at one of the schools). The most important advice I could give would be do well on the GRE. For...

  14. Barry CRNA Starting 2018

    ProgressiveThinking replied to fsnurselaur9's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I was accepted to Barry for 2017, but ended up accepting an offer from a different school in my home state that doesn't require me to move. The key to getting into Barry is meeting all of their...

  15. Texas Wesleyan CRNA 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Furtail14005's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I live 20 minutes away or 45 minutes away with

  16. Medical ICU not enough?

    ProgressiveThinking replied to CS911's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    MICU is really a catch all unit. If your MICU is mixed (as mine was) and allows you to take care of surgical patients as well, then I would stay put and focus on getting letters of recommendation. On...

  17. Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    ProgressiveThinking posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello current CRNAs and SRNAs! I've been working towards this for awhile. I'm finally getting all of my ducks in a row to apply next year. I love critical care so far, and I think anesthesia would be...

  18. Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

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

    I'm curious to see how the future unfolds as well. https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.pana.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/ODonnell_Workforce_1page.pdf This states that back in 2011 the average CRNA was 49.8...

  19. Texas Wesleyan CRNA 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Furtail14005's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I work in an area where RTs do everything as well, so I asked all the RTs I work with to explain the settings to me. I pretty much just studied the differences between Pressure control and volume...

  20. Texas Wesleyan CRNA 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Furtail14005's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in at Colton as well. When they ask what the last patient you took care of was, definitely mention something you're familiar with! Like mentioned in past posts, know your patient's disease process...

  21. Emergency Department NP

    ProgressiveThinking replied to RNDude2012's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in the same boat. I was accepted to a CRNA school across the country as well, but I ultimately decided not to attend for multiple reasons. If I can get into CRNA school here in California, I'm...

  22. 2017 CRNA School Applicants: General Thread

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

    ill be interviewing with you at

  23. Texas Wesleyan CRNA 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to Furtail14005's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    When I talked to the advisor about a month ago she stated that interviews for the Colton, CA site will take place Nov 17th. October would be better though! I was accepted into another program across...

  24. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Anybody from the West Palm Beach area or know anything about the clinical sites? I was told there are still plenty of openings @ West Palm Beach, and if I switched my #1 choice to WPB it would...

  25. USAGPAN 2017

    ProgressiveThinking replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Government, Military

    @Colby21, I texted you. I got in at Barry. It's a tough program, but grads feel pretty prepared, which I think is to be expected when you graduate with 1200+ cases (More than