Da_Milk_of_Amnesia MSN

I had 3.17 GPA- work at a Cardiac MedicalICU at one of the best hospitals in the country for nearly 2.5 years. Had all my certs, even some I didn't need, backed up with 10+ years of firefighting and EMS experience. My science grades were good except ...

Go ask a student what school it says on their diploma. MSA students diplomas come from SMU, in case you didn't know. So it's really like applying to the same school if you think about it.

Well in cath lab, depending on where you work could be doing cardiac cath (obviously), maybe EP studied, abalations, Pacemaker or AICD implants, TEEs, Cardioversuons. You could have an emergency come from the ER, TAVRs, Watchman LAA closures etc. Bot...

Depends what cath lab you work in. Where I work our cath lab is super super busy, 99% of the time. You also have to take call, so does that sound like fun to you? If so then go for it. But based on what you've said it doesn't. Listen, nursing is a ha...

I work in the Northeast and work 50-60 hrs a week. Cleared 250K last year.

Honestly- graduate first and live with your parents and stack money. I did just this and had nearly 100K before I went off to school. That saved me from having to take 100-150K in loans. Instead I had less than 60 and I'm more than halfway thru payin...

I worked in a prestigious NYC hospital in an extremely busy CMICU. However, I had a great crew and colleagues that I worked with, which made the 3 am emergent bedside ECMO, not so bad. If you want to get into crna school then you'll do whatever it ta...

I'll send you my email.

PM me. We can talk. Had a good experience there.

I didn't own a home when I moved to MN for anesthesia school. Me and my fiancé rented but I had also saved up quite the sum of money and she worked to help with bills rents etc. The furthest I traveled was 4 hrs away. If the clinical site was more t...

I remember waiting until July back in 2013. Nerve racking to say the least. Wish you all the best of luck.

I'll pm you my email.

I'll pm you my email .

I'm sorry your engagement ended and I get that it sucks. But I'm a current Crna and I'll tel you the truth about what you're about to do, if you haven't already. Going to once school and then transferring is typically not done, and is usually extreme...

MSA actually gets their degree from Saint Mary's. So even though you may go there, your degree will says Saint Mary's on it. Just an FYI.

If you have any questions PM me. I graduated from there and had nothing but a positive experience. If you wanna hear my perspective on the school. PM me, I'd be more than happy to talk to you about it. And if you wanna be a Crna you gotta be smart, s...

This is going to sound harsh but whatever. While you can probably get into Crna school with less than a year experience, I think it's a bad decision. You're not a seasoned ICU nurse after a year, I don't care how smart you may think you are. Simply ...

Ill PM you my email address and you can ask me your questions. Not that I have anything to bad say about the school because to me, it was a hidden gem and a great experience. But regardless, I'll address your questions, but not in a public forum.

I am overly passionate and emotional when it comes to this subject. It was a bit harsh, but I'm not sorry about it by any means But hopefully the OP does his/her research about this profession and realizes that there are much better things to do and ...

I can't say that what I'm about to describe is the norm for any place. But for me, it was trial by fire. They didn't put me into any thing ridiculous but i was terrified, and you should be too. I had like 3-4 weeks off before I started my job. I wasn...

You may want to look into what an AA really does. Are you thinking that they are independent ? Well they aren't. You are medically directed. In other words someone tells you what to do. CRNAs while in some states are medically supervised. We are not ...

I lived in Minnesota for 2.5 years during my time in CRNA school. I moved from NY and initially when my adventure started i went there knowing and telling myself that it's only temporary and that I would absolutely be moving home....well not I'm back...

As someone who was labeled 'cocky' and 'overconfident' I know what you're going thru. I was received as cocky because my answers to questions came with 'I know' or whatever and that was taken as me being cocky....dont ask me how but what I'm saying i...

Its really not that big of a deal. I will tell you now that the grass is NEVER greener on the other side. Things are and will always be different not matter where you go. I went from a small community hospital to one of the top 5 hospitals in the nat...

I can't tell you what the practice environment is like. But what I can tell you and someone can either confirm or deny it - that the market in FL is flooded. There are something like at least 10 CRNA schools in the entire state and its somewhat overw...