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

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 boards? Will I be sharing cases with other students? Wh...

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

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 her.

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 an ICU at a level one trauma or large teaching ins...

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 interview. This is a holiday week, so I would not ...

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, strengths/weaknesses, recommend or not? Is there anything special ...

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 clinically focused degree. Universities often require...

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 myself. Thanks for the honesty and encouragement; than...

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

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+ syllables that I had never heard of (I worked in C...

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 wrong?

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. Most schools seem to value any research experience....

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

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 subject.

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 my Kaplan webpage within about 18 hours of taking ...

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 score?

RNPATL - Thank you for sharing your experience. It is articles such as your literature review and behavior like your response to your administrations actions that are needed to allow for nursing to be accepted as a profession rather than a trade. Cas...

It sounds like your unit has made a point of including the nursing staff in policy development. That is a consideration that is unusual in my experience. I work PRN at regional hospitals in addition to my staff job and have seen decisions made that h...

The organization I work for recently adapted patient and family centered care (PFCC). I am grateful for the literature review that this article provides. My perception is that the organization adopted PFCC as a customer service plan rather than an at...