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  1. Any encouragement?

    jdpete replied to jemommyRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    you are completely overreacting---when I first went to Nsg school I was lost when everybody was talking about Demerol,,,,,, I was really green---it takes time to learn all of this---however, I dont...

  2. I am thinking about going for my CRNA

    jdpete replied to RNsneedchange's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hours can be long in some places, but not so long in others----autonomy is awesome----very rewarding----absolutely recommend going to school---if I made the same amount of money as an RN ,,,there is...

  3. Say it's not so

    jdpete replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I still bet that you dont get 8 weeks, I have never heard of that much no matter where you go. You know what to do, and you still are primarily in the OR, not out and about. When you do go...

  4. Say it's not so

    jdpete replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    try more like four days where I work, and was taking in-house 24 hr-call with epidurals, and all regionals at level 2 trauma in 4 weeks by ourselves---you either sink or swim,,but we was well prepared...

  5. anyone hear of new program at mountain state u. in west virginia???

    jdpete replied to pleasetakeme's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    just to follow up, it looks as if the school is a definite go in Jan of 2005-should be looking at students soon---I think 30 month program,, with first 12 months being like a Fri, Sat, Sun thing that...

  6. anyone hear of new program at mountain state u. in west virginia???

    jdpete replied to pleasetakeme's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I live here in Beckley, and yes there are very strong rumors of one starting----will be good opportunity to catch a school in first couple of years when they will be trying to put class...

  7. Why Shouldn't I Tell?

    jdpete replied to kmchugh's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I used to feel as an RN that CRNA's were the ones that belittled people, but I found the reverse to be true more than the way I originally thought. You are exactly right about keeping it to yourself....

  8. final countdown

    jdpete replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    dont get bogged down---remember, every face you will see on that first day feels EXACTLY like you do--if you could learn it in 6 weeks, the school would be six weeks long---take it day by day---its...

  9. Wife of CRNA Student

    jdpete replied to Pooh Bear Girl's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My wife had one small child, and then we had our second child in my first year! I was scared to death, but things have a way of working out. My wife worked at a day care and took both of them their...

  10. Scope of Practice

    jdpete replied to Sandman27's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    where we work we get to do anything--all epidurals, all spinals, ankle blocks, interscalene blocks, axillary blocks, etc. Many places in WV let you do everything, however some hospitals here let you...

  11. Help with interview PLSssssssssssss

    jdpete replied to Adam_RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey Seagull, I started in 2000, so some might have changed. I do not know of any phone interviews, does not mean that they did not happen. They accepted people in two groups then, one group got in...

  12. Help with interview PLSssssssssssss

    jdpete replied to Adam_RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was not asked anything like this when I went, but it is different now. I always said that being from a small state like WV, our school is sort of partial for WV people, so some will stay and work...

  13. GPAs

    jdpete replied to mrdoc2005's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I live in Beckley and my father -in-law lives in Crab Orchard now, small

  14. GPAs

    jdpete replied to mrdoc2005's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    graduated from CAMC, had about a 3.17 GPA in BSN school--made much better grades in Anes

  15. Chemistry II?

    jdpete replied to ThinkingAboutIt's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    all I had was Chem 1 and

  16. failing anatomy-- new member

    jdpete replied to lanitra's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As a CRNA, I will tell you that all school is hard. Its not as if you breeze through Anatomy, Micro, and College algebra and it gets harder as you go. It is hard at all times---look at the big...