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  1. AA student contemplating CRNA track...advice?

    loveanesthesia replied to tangeorine's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The most important priority of health care reform is cost containment. CRNAs are proven to be cost effective which will increase opportunities, AAs are not because they always need to work with an...

  2. Gooding Anyone?

    loveanesthesia replied to CVICU05's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Be aware of the accreditation status of the institution. If the college is not Regionally Accredited then applying the degree towards a doctoral degree may be a

  3. Doctoral Preparation of Nurse Anesthetists

    loveanesthesia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    AACN has not implemented the DNP, there is no requirement by the accrediting body-CCNE-for NP programs to move to the DNP. In fact in Feb of 2010 CCNE published a letter stating they were not changing...

  4. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    loveanesthesia replied to chrisciwi's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm employeed by the anesthesia group, and the hospital does not dictate that the anesthesiologists are responsible for me. I am credentialed as a LIP and I am legally responsible for what I do. The...

  5. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    loveanesthesia replied to chrisciwi's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No one supervises me on my cases, I am a Licensed Independent Practitioner with all the responsibilities of a

  6. Degree Path for the Pre-CRNA Student

    loveanesthesia replied to Queen Tiye, CNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Some nurse anesthesia programs may allow you to transfer a few graduate credits into the nurse anesthesia program, and for others it won't matter if you have a BSN or MSN, they won't transfer any of...

  7. anyone have a list of CRNA schools?

    loveanesthesia replied to JettaDP's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There are many factual errors on this site, and also many errors in grammar. The most accurate list of programs is at www.aana.com click on Becoming a CRNA, and then Accredited

  8. Clinical sites in CRNA school

    loveanesthesia replied to LetsChill's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Something to check into, not all schools require out of state travel for rotations. The older programs with smaller class size usually have enough clinical resources that the distant rotations are not...

  9. 1st year FNP student planning for CRNA school

    loveanesthesia replied to Meant2be's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What you are doing is practicing nursing, not medicine. Also some anestheiologists complete a year of internal med prior to 3 year residency in anesthesia. Most do not, and 3 years in internal med is...

  10. Indiana jobs

    loveanesthesia replied to crna1231's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Indiana is not an opt out state, you can see a list of the 16 on the AANA website. The word on the street is that it's pretty MDA dominated but I don't have any personal

  11. Rush, U Pitt, Georgetown, or UNF?

    loveanesthesia replied to JJSRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Institutional name recognition may not indicate quality, especially for the clinical experience. Will you have an opportunity to experience a clinical site that has independent CRNAs? It's good to see...

  12. Rush, U Pitt, Georgetown, or UNF?

    loveanesthesia replied to JJSRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Do you know anything about the clinical experience at any of the programs? That's what you should base your decision on, it'll affect the rest of your career. Also once you decide, inform the programs...

  13. CRNA or PharmD???

    loveanesthesia replied to mambutz7hart's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    That is what's happening, sometimes it's a little over the top, but the culture in anesthesia is different than most of nursing, CRNAs are not afraid to speak their mind. The other thing, I haven't...

  14. Are There Differences in Degree Titles?

    loveanesthesia replied to inforthelonghaul's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Employers look at clinical experience, so not all programs are equal. Look for diverse clinical experience. If you have all your experiences at 'Meca Hospital' then you might be well prepared to go to...

  15. Failed CRNA Boards... Help!!

    loveanesthesia replied to N2bater's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There is no longer a 90% pass rate, the first 6 months of 2010 is was 84%. It has been down for the past couple of years. I personally know CRNAs who have failed boards who are excellent and who have...

  16. Doctoral Preparation of Nurse Anesthetists

    loveanesthesia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Good question, they have the option of granting a practice doctorate in another focus than nursing. The first nurse anesthesia program in the US to grant a practice doctorate is in West Virginia and...

  17. Do online RN-BSN programs lower chances of acceptance to CRNA schools?

    loveanesthesia replied to gaspasser2b's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's regional accreditation that you want to look for (it's devided by geographic location, hense the term 'regional'), it's the Gold standard, 'national' accreditation is not universally

  18. phd programs with anesthesia focus?

    loveanesthesia replied to BCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The research skills you would learn in a PhD program would apply to any type of research. Maybe you would need to participate in a faculty research focus that you don't find particularlly applicable...

  19. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    loveanesthesia replied to chrisciwi's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As long as the CRNA programs continue to graduate almost 2500 new CRNAs a year, the career potential of the AAs is going to be seriously limited. Also the move away from ACTs is a big issue for the...

  20. OR turnover times

    loveanesthesia replied to Qwiigley's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We have 12 OR on one site and 6 in another site. Turnover times are around 15-20 minutes. The techs start cleaning as soon as dressings are on, a safe quick wakeup for anesthesia, and there is no...

  21. Failed CRNA Boards... Help!!

    loveanesthesia replied to N2bater's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Five to ten years ago, it seemed all you had to do was study Valley and you were good. Now that does not appear to be true, board questions are written from the textbooks so that's the best place to...

  22. CRNA or PharmD???

    loveanesthesia replied to mambutz7hart's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think Stan's point was that paying a tuition bill doesn't give someone any knowledge of the profession. If that is the only basis for speculating how a CRNA or PharmD should, or shouldn't practice,...

  23. CRNA Success doubts

    loveanesthesia replied to wake9909's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sounds entirely normal for 4 months in clinical. You'll be

  24. Failed CRNA Boards... Help!!

    loveanesthesia replied to N2bater's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Focusing entirely on Valley materials may be a problem. Spend time on the major text books, Miller, Stoelting's Pharm & Phys, Co-existing Dz. Go back to what you were studying with in your...

  25. I want to be a CRNA

    loveanesthesia replied to t.cawill's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    1. The rankings don't mean much of anything. They send a survey out to all the program directors in the country and ask them to rate all the other programs. 2. I think 29 is a great time to have...