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Hi there, I will first tell you that you should look at the programs you might be interested in to see if they require statistics and/or organic chem. The program I am applying to requires neither, but they do require you to have a chemistry course (...

The Twin Cities are awesome! The weather is variable at best, and the 4 months of winter are brutal, but the rest of the seasons are beautiful. The people are really friendly, and there's tons of stuff to do if you down time in the program. The inter...

Hello, I am planning on applying to the program for 2011 as well. I have heard nothing but great things about the program, and the instructors. I know that you go to five different clinical sites which includes a rural facility, and a pediatric facil...

kimmie518, I can give you advice just by what I have heard from CRNAs in my area. First off it doesn't matter to most schools what type of ICU you have as long as you have the right amount of time in. You could also call the Anesthesia School that yo...

Hi there, I was a new grad hire in the PICU, but I was an exception. I did my preceptorship in my last semester in the same PICU where I work now. My nurse manager had hire two new grads before me in the last 20 years! Almost all of the ICU positions...

Buckeye-ICU, I am also applying this fall for CRNA school, and I can only tell you what SRNAs have told me in my experience with them. They have all said that it doesn't matter what ICU you have as long as you have the one year minimum, which sounds ...

Hi Bucknagler, I am kind of in the same boat as you. I am married, have two young kids (3, and 1), and we have similar stats, except I will get my CCRN in March. My wife, and I have spent an immense amount of time brainstorming about how we are going...

Hi there, I know nothing about Dallas, other than the Cowboys suck, but I can give you advice on your ICU position. A lot of people go to the ICU to get into Anesthesia school one day. Be careful doing this though, because if you go to the ICU you be...

If I were in your shoes, I would take the SICU job close to your home in the level II hospital. The reason is because of the short distance to your home, and anesthesia schools don't really care a whole lot what type of ICU you have, as long as you h...

Hi there, You bring up a good question, and I can only speak from students' posts that I've read that are similar to the question you've posted, and from students that are currently in school. While being a traveling ICU nurse would be an amazing exp...

Hi there, I don't think it has any disadvantage being a "seasoned" nurse. A coworker of mine just finished CRNA school, and she is 52. If you have a great interview, and explain to them why you want to be a CRNA, then I don't think your age will have...

If I were you I would get out of the OR as soon as you can get into an ICU. I am just speaking from schools in my neck of the woods, but they feel that ER and OR nurses without much ICU experience don't do as well. It's a totally different ball game ...

KateBSNRN, My advice for you would be to strengthen areas which will drag your application down. For instance, your GPA is low. Is that because you didn't do well in your science classes, or were they liberal arts classes? If you did poorly in scienc...