ProgressiveThinking MSN, CRNA

As stated in the thread title, is 75k worth it for a DNP? I ALMOST started a DNP program at a top 10 school nearly 3 years ago as a new grad CRNA, but deferred because I wanted to work, pay down loans, and save money. As I shop through DNP programs I...

Hello, I'm curious to see how practicing NPs feel about the proliferation of online NP programs, especially the diploma mill NP programs that accept applicants without prior NP experience. Do you feel like this is watering down your profession a...

Hello, I'm currently browsing through DNP and PhD programs. I want a doctorate mostly for personal reasons. I know that it likely won't make me anymore money as a CRNA, but I know I'll never be satisfied if I don't have a terminal degree for my field...

Hello all, I guess this is a long post of me ranting more than anything else, but I really would appreciate some advice. I am an LPN. I pretty much did my LPN to become an RN. After waiting a year to get into the LPN-RN program, I am stuck waiting a...

Minimum amount of questions here for LVN, RN, and CRNA. Case closed.

I became a CRNA and never looked back. I love it. WAY different from bedside nursing. Being a provider is much more satisfying. However, I will say that nursing as a career is pretty good IF and only IF you look at it like a career. If you plan ...

Hello, I'm about to finish my ADN this Dec, and I am planning on completing my BSN ASAP. I just found out I was accepted into cal-state dominguez hills' RN-BSN program. I'm currently trying to decide if I should attend this school or ohio university....

I hope it's the Medical Center's OR, but likely it'll be the Heart and Surgical Hospital.

Oh yeah, and when I was there the anesthesia group was considering no longer allowing SRNAs to rotate through the main medical center's OR. With CRNAs no longer being able to rotate there or one of the other outpatient surgical sites, SRNAs were esse...

Well, I've rotated through LLU, and I have to say that it was the worst rotation I had. VERY INCREDIBLY anti-CRNA and extremely medically directed. The CRNAs aren't even allowed to push induction drugs, place CVLs or A-lines at the facility. I repeat...

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Do yourselves a favor and go to Kaiser, Texas Wesleyan, or USC if you're looking at California schools.

I did this exact thing because I thought my stats weren't competitive, and surprisingly, every single director replied to my email. Most said different things, but the recurring response was "Just apply. A lot of it depends on how competitive the coh...

I was just accepted to a DNP program at a public research university that's ranked top 10 for public schools, and is nationally ranked as well. I currently work as a staff CRNA at this particular university's hospital, so I'm getting a pretty nice di...

I mostly agree with this, but I'm a little on the fence about USC. I currently work with a lot their grads and a lot of their SRNAs rotated to my main clinical site when I was a SRNA. What some of their SRNAs told me is they're forced to start a diff...

I graduated from the largest program in the country. I was fortunate enough to be placed at a site with one of the busiest trauma centers in the state that didn’t have anesthesia residents. I specifically chose the site because I worked there in the ...

Never have I ever met a physician who cared so much about the nursing admissions process to comment that one should pursue advanced practice after 3 years. Also, a lot of the basic mistakes that you mentioned that BSN-DNP nurse made is learned at the...

I think that's more of an example that DNP programs should require experience for admission, or that hospitals shouldn't hire people into a role where they're expected to establish clinical guidelines without any clinical experience. It sounds like h...

I'm a MS prepared CRNA as well, and I completely agree that the DNP lacks application to most advanced practice nurses. While I don't necessarily think that a non-APRN who wants to obtain a degree with a specialization in say, leadership should have...

Thank you very much for the elaborate response. You have effectively dissuaded from me pursuing a PhD. The truth is I'm still a little jaded from CRNA school and your description exhausted me. I applied to my employers DNP program which is new, but h...

If you work rural, maybe. I took a job in a level 1 and seem to be getting stuck in a trauma, crani, transplant, or AAA on an ASA 4 at least weekly. The other day I did 3 cranis within 10 hours. After a couple of years of this I may need to go onto d...

Work in the level 1 SICU at the teaching hospital. Not to say that SICU experience at a level 1 would ALWAYS be better experience than the level 3 ICU (sometimes you have more autonomy in these smaller mixed ICUs), but you will likely be exposed to m...

Hello, My SO just graduated nursing school and is looking for the best NCLEX prep out there. Her school made her use ATI as part of their curriculum, but she doesn't like it. They're encouraging her to do the green light, but it's not required. They'...

A tube yes (but even then you can still be exposed), an LMA I'm unsure of. I'm intubating everybody and trying to avoid MAC cases in general unless it's a quick and short case and the patient is low risk.

N95 and goggles on during the entire case if asymptomatic and low risk. If symptomatic and/or high risk then our protocol is to use a papr and gown up.