LackeyRN

LackeyRN

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  1. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

    LackeyRN replied to jrec's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Congrats! I will be starting at VCU in August also. Are you in-state or

  2. Help with a couple of interview questions...

    LackeyRN replied to Millie09's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    These may not be "mind blowing" but I asked practical questions at my interviews. These are some that were suggested to me from CRNA's: What is your attrition rate? What is your rate for passing...

  3. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

    LackeyRN replied to jrec's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Your math score is good. How did you study for the

  4. Seattle area Crna

    LackeyRN replied to sunshineonleith's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Sunshine, I shadowed at UW and had a great experience. You need to get a hold of the lead CRNA. PM me and I can tell you how to get in touch with

  5. Tell or DON'T tell colleagues/staff that you are pursuing CRNA?

    LackeyRN replied to SIGMACHIGUY's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sigmachiguy, I'm coming a little late to this post and it looks like you have received some great feedback to a good question. Critical care nursing has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Working in...

  6. Georgetown Decision

    LackeyRN replied to FreeDRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I also have not heard from Georgetown. I expect they will inform candidates via email. At the interview some of the current SNRAs at Georgetown stated they waited longer than the Monday following the...

  7. Insight into programs?

    LackeyRN posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi, I am applying to the following programs for the fall of '09: Mayo Clinic Georgetown Kaiser VCU UNC-Charlotte Can anyone give me insight into any of these programs? What to expect,...

  8. 2015 is it official? YES

    LackeyRN replied to HieuNgu1155's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think there is a distinction between a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) and a PhD in nurse anesthesia. The requirement for nurse anesthetists (2025?) would refer to the DNAP which is a...

  9. Am I too old?

    LackeyRN replied to honeydawn75's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks to all for replying to this post. I'm in my mid-30's and applying to programs for fall 2009. After following some threads here in the pre-CRNA forum I was starting to feel a little too old...

  10. Money ruining CRNA hopefulls?

    LackeyRN replied to shakeandbake's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would suggest first going through an RN program and then working as an RN before you fret about such

  11. 12 lead EKG?

    LackeyRN replied to Savin'Em's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    May I ask what schools wanted your score? I didn't realize my score would matter when I took the test. I just winged it and only got a 97. I had several questions about po cardiac med classes with 4+...

  12. 12 lead EKG?

    LackeyRN replied to Savin'Em's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I wasn't aware that the CCRN test was like GRE in that the schools have access to your score. I thought you either passed CCRN or not. Am I

  13. Letters of Recommendation for CRNA Applications

    LackeyRN replied to ljmb's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I work part time as a study coordinator in clinical research in addition to ICU. I was planning on asking the doctor I work with in research (my primary investigator) for a letter of reccomendation....

  14. GREs

    LackeyRN replied to Special31's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Are you referring to the Kaplan in class course? If so, I finish in early Sept and would be happy to keep you posted.

  15. GREs

    LackeyRN replied to Special31's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I wonder if that has anything to do with Kaplans higher score guarantee? Ha Ha! I agree, the Princeton review books are very good. I go to them 1st to review any

  16. GREs

    LackeyRN replied to Special31's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am taking a Kaplan course where I meet with a class once a week for 2.5 hours. Our first session we took a sample GRE to establish a baseline (it was, however, paper and pencil). I had my score on...

  17. GREs

    LackeyRN replied to Special31's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Do programs weigh the quantitative section higher than the verbal? I did fine in verbal in my practice test, but need to work on math. What is a competative quatatative