CougRN

Personally I don't think Valley is enough. It's a nice base but doesn't cover everything. I read M&M 3 times prior to taking boards and found that to be helpful. I also used the Prodigy exams as practice. But I would say any review book that has questions would be benefitial. The questions are good practice to get used to board type questions. I studied my butt off and didn't feel totally prepared when I took my boards. But 90 questions later and a two week wait and I was a CRNA. So just keep studying and I'm sure you will be fine. Best of luck.

umm, yes i'm positive. try going to the AANA website for that information. we dont need the ANA our lobbying group is larger, stronger, and more respected.

The ANA doesn't lobby for CRNA's. We have our own lobbying group that has been very good to CRNA's for a long time. And I don't think the goal of our association or CRNA's is to become "equals" to MDA's. We have a lot of the same skills and training but that doesn't make us equal. They have their job and we have ours and a lot of it overlaps. If you want to be the Doc go to med school, if you want to give anesthesia go to NA school.

UNE in Portland, Maine has in the past

So, if I may ask all of you who took the test lately do you have the same feelings about Memory Master not being all that helpful too. I take the exam in 3 months and I'm focusing now on the Sweat book which i have read twice and M&M. Any suggestions or recomendations would be great. Best of luck to all.

didn't take it twice but there are schools out there that don't require the GRE. if you are willing to relocate anywhere then there are schools that won't require that ugly GRE exam at all. look on the AANA website and check out the schools and what each require. then call program directors and discuss your options with them. they make the call on who gets in and who doesn't so they are your best resource. best of luck

not where i am. i run my own room with an MD who supervises up to 4 rooms. the only time a crna is on the case with me is when it is medicare.

the article should tell you what exactly is incorporated into the rankings.

Thanks for the honest post vinny. I take my boards in 3 months and I'm scared to death. You have a great attitude today though and I hope it pans out for you this first time around. Best of luck.

you need a year of experience before you start school. so find out when the school's start and then do the math. just remember that some schools want more than one year and they have the right to require this. the aana is the group that says that one year is the "minimum" requirement.

we are having a welcome to school party for the incoming freshman today. i can't believe it's been two years since i started. december 8th is graduation day and then the big test. congrats to everyone.

I can only tell you my current schedule. I get to the hospital at 6am and leave between 4-5pm five days a week. Then I come home, eat, and study for 1-2 hours before going to bed. On sat and sun i study 6-8 hours to prepare for boards. If you can find time to fit in a shift in there you are better at time managment than me. I dedicate 60-80 hours a week to anesthesia, whether it is studying or providing it. You don't have time for much else. But I knew what to expect when I started and I am happy I did it.

applications, 4, interviews granted 4, actual interviews 1, took the first offer. plenty happy with my choice.

yes, school will teach you everything you need to know. not a ton of math, especially with your experience with gtts. the physics is about gas laws mostly.

use it all the time, check the research, it is there.

one year of icu when accepted. two right before i started. no other nursing experience. my classmates have between 2-20 years experience.

do what you like but i hate the frickin game. never liked it as an RN and don't do it as an SRNA. but that's me.

we do rotations for regional for mostly spinals. we do bier blocks every now and then but epidurals and any other regional, including epidurals, are hard to come by. will probably graduate without ever doing anything besides bier block, spinals, and maybe 5-10 epidurals. sucks but that is the climate in the NE.

before school? if you really have to read before you spend the next 2 1/2 years constantly reading i agree, Basics of Anesthesia by Miller is your best bet. It has everything in a simplified form. But really, you have this time to yourself and i suggest you take it while you can.

i have heard that denver general is a good place to work but they have students from TWU and they seem to hire them. not a lot of positions in denver from what i am told from a friend in my program looking to move back. prime areas like denver and phoenix seem to have slim job prospects for CRNAs due to MDA monopoly

we use Typhon and our school signed up for it. so i don't know if you can get it alone or if your school needs to set it up for the entire class. i like it though

Move on, you only needed positive people around you when this program starts. My relationship of 6 years ended in the middle of the program. It sucked but I'm happier now. If they can't be supportive before school starts they will never make it through the program with you.

I have close to 600 and graduate in 9 months. Should be over 1000 by then.

One of my classmates for pregnant during the program. I wouldn't recommend it. She is now 3 months behind and won't graduate with us. She also has all the responsabilities of a new mom along with preparing for clinical everyday and getting ready for boards at the end of the year. Way too much for me to handle but I guess it can be done.

Thanks, they can find jobs but I was looking for insider info from anyone in the area.