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Don't worry, ALL the medical terminology is in English including Doctors' orders, physicals, I mean EVERYTHING everywhere in PR. I've only known one Dr. who writes all his orders in Spanish and that was actually weird, every one found it strange it and hard to comprehend. He was a nationalist and hated English, the US and the rest of the world.

Yes. I just moved to PR and there are CRNAs here. The pay is about as much as in some of the lowest paying states in USA. I know one who's making 5,250.00 a month. Mondays to fridays. She has a part time job with another hospital on weekends carrying the oncall pager. I think they pay her 150.00 per shift for carrying the pager. If she gets called in she gets paid per hour plus the 150.00 but I'm not sure how much. I checked out the program at the Universidad Interamericana and it's very good! I think they have like a 98-99 percent passing rate on the certification board exam. Less than half of the students enrolled on the first semester end the program. They're very strict on GPA maintanance. You don't need Spanish for the classes but you do for the practice. Patients are Spanish speakers. A few hospitals here in PR pay for the masters, including books etc... and give you $1,000.00 stipend per month. Once you finish you have to serve them for 4 years. That's the case of this girl I mentioned. Hospital Susoni (I don't know how to spell it) sponsored her.

La universidad Interamericana de Arecibo along with El Recinto de Ciencias Medicas in Rio Piedras offer this 24/25 month program. I have a friend who graduated from this program in Arecibo and passed her CRNA boards right away. She says it was easy cuz they prepare you really well. SHe's working in Ohio now making 120K. YOu have to be bilingual though cause some teachers are American and others speak Spanish. The books are in English but the clinicals are with a Spanish population, and EVERYTHING is in Spanish. GO here: http://www.arecibo.inter.edu/programa/ma_anestesia.htm http://www.rcm.upr.edu/Nursing.html

Does anyone know about any CRNAs working in PR? I only know about The Interamerican University of Arecibo offering a Master's in Science of Anesthesia. Are there any other universities offering this MS? What's the average salary in PR? I have a friend who told me it's cheaper to study down there and that it's really easy to pass the certification 'cause they prepare you really well....Is this true? I tried searching the web but there seems to be limited info about CRNA programs in PR. THanks!

I checked out Bellvue's web site and I liked their benefits...