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  1. Give me the low down on Clinical and time expectations

    piper_for_hire replied to Mahage's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The 60 hours will likely include class time, clinical time and estimated study time. My school gave me an estimate like that and every semester ran between 50-60 hours a week. The majority of the time...

  2. Why Do Crna Gets Paid So Much?

    piper_for_hire replied to disboibdavid's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    All of these points of view about the value and worth of the different specialties is interesting but, as we all know, salaries are driven by market forces and have little to do with what one...

  3. Why Do Crna Gets Paid So Much?

    piper_for_hire replied to disboibdavid's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is not true. This is only a recent position of the AANA, who of course do not control all of the pieces of the puzzle that would make the DNP hullabaloo a reality. It is also completely unknown...

  4. CCRN Question

    piper_for_hire replied to OpenheartAmy's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would forget the CCRN unless your school specifically requires it. The more impressive route to take is to start taking some of your MSN classes now. Pulling a few As in graduate classes will pull...

  5. If I knew then what I know now!!!

    piper_for_hire replied to YUPPIE2009's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm not sure I follow the problem here. You have a 3.6 in your first degree and it sounds like (all As and Bs so far) you'll have a 3.5 for your BSN. None of the schools I applied to cared about the...

  6. How old is everyone?

    piper_for_hire replied to TangoLima's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in my first year of NA school. I can speak for about three programs in my area because we have some combined classes. The majority of people are in their late 20s and early 30s. I'm in my late...

  7. Chemistry Preparation

    piper_for_hire replied to CarVsTree's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You won't need them to get accepted and you really won't need them for the program. I'm in the middle of the physics and chemistry class right now and it's really just chemistry and physics for...

  8. Chemistry Preparation

    piper_for_hire replied to CarVsTree's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It looks like you'll be applying around the Philadelphia area - you won't need biochem or organic. You won't need to review or retake them either.

  9. What do I tell my kids??

    piper_for_hire replied to GregAnurse2b's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well - I always hesitate to give other parents advice on parenting but I would see this as an opportunity to begin teaching your kids that it doesn't matter what other people think. Of course, you may...

  10. what are the guys' reasons to become a nurse?

    piper_for_hire replied to joanaRN's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It was part of getting into anesthesia school.

  11. Doctorate for Entry into Nurse Anesthesia by 2025

    piper_for_hire replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My guess is zero. If anything, there will be some programs that come up with their own version of the "Anesthesia DNP" but it is unlikely that the curriculum will match what is required somewhere...

  12. Doctorate for Entry into Nurse Anesthesia by 2025

    piper_for_hire replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Your professor got it dead wrong if he/she in any way presented this story as a fact. It is very much up in the air. The AACN is saying 2015 and the AANA is saying 2025. Our Dean considers the DNP...

  13. Doctorate for Entry into Nurse Anesthesia by 2025

    piper_for_hire replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    We will be no doubt grandfathered in .... however grandfathering varies from state to state already. This already affects CRNAs that do not have a masters degree today. Some states will grandfather...

  14. Another "Am I qualified ?" Question

    piper_for_hire replied to gutz's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Every school is different. My school made a big deal out of the verbal and said the math was irrelevant. The fact is that nobody on this list or any other will be able to tell you if you are really...

  15. 1 year Acute Care to enter CRNA prog.

    piper_for_hire replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There is only one person in my class of 22 with 1 year of ICU experience.

  16. CRNA or MDA?

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

    I did some similar thinking before anesthesia school. For me it all boiled down to lifestyle. Sure, the money is better as an MDA but being a doc in general has a greater negative impact on your...

  17. Drexel ACE STUDENTS or GRADUATES

    piper_for_hire replied to Ling07's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    It's totally doable. I started in the beginning of March and graduated at the end if the following March so that's nearly 13 months by my count. I studied every day but I also watched TV, hung out...

  18. Drexel ACE STUDENTS or GRADUATES

    piper_for_hire replied to Ling07's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Graduated from the ACE. PM if you have

  19. Why become a CRNA

    piper_for_hire replied to Sapper41's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One thing that really attracted me (in addition to all the obvious stuff - autonomy, th work, pay, etc.) was the challenge of getting into and completing the program. The more impossible everyone made...

  20. CRNA Salaries - Will They Drop?

    piper_for_hire replied to Perseus Mandate's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would comment but my crystal ball is on the

  21. Has nursing changed you as a person?

    piper_for_hire replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think you're a bit off base here. Nursing hasn't changed me a bit - at least in the way you described. I thought it would have the same effect too. Turns out that nursing isn't a very emotional job...

  22. crna school and iv skills

    piper_for_hire replied to confused1234's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My school doesn't teach you about IVs at all - you're expected to know how to do them. Yes - there is a certain irony there since I can't recall ever starting an IV in the ICU as everyone had central...

  23. Just had my first orientation and boy was it funny.

    piper_for_hire replied to jnmoore02's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yeah - lets try this again. Now look at all the studies that suggest that so-called brain dominance is actually determined by socialization and how human socialization during childhood development and...

  24. Just had my first orientation and boy was it funny.

    piper_for_hire replied to jnmoore02's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I don't agree with this at all. Men aren't left brained and women aren't right brained or whatever. We're socialized to behave this way - it has nothing to do with ability.

  25. Neurosurgical ICU or Medical ICU?

    piper_for_hire replied to NSURN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Can't really answer this question as I don't know anything about these units. Generally speaking, you are looking for swans, drips, alines, vents and that kind of thing but the best experience is with...