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I had to make a similar choice and went with SICU because of the variety/well-rounded nurse like several people already posted. It answer to your questions...I would imagine a longer orientation will be a plus. I know I am new and just starting my long path to CRNA one day, but my hospital has a longer orientation then many others and I do think it is a plus. I don't know about the "benefit of a big name hospital" or "old or new equipment" you mentioned. I would guess the big name probably would have some influence, but maybe it is the quality of your experience if you can get that at the lesser known place that still sounds like a great choice. Maybe some of our more experienced members can help you out with these questions. Good luck.

Hi, I am thinking of moving to the Indianapolis in 1-2 years to be closer to fiance's family and was wondering if anyone knew of specific hospitals that pay 100% or at least 6 hours/semester for graduate NP/CNS tuition. Around here all the hospitals directly affiliated with university's pay the whole $ if you go to their affiliated grad school whereas the rest just pay like 2-4K/year which doesn't end up covering much of the year's tuition. Of course I would like to work somewhere great, but at this point with my huge payment for my undergrad loans I just can not see taking out lots more loans for grad school (since I defninitely wouldn;t end up making lots more $ than as a staff nurse). I have tried calling a couple hospitals to find out what they offer, but they have all been very tight lipped saying it would be discussed if I were to interview. So, if you know of anywhere that pays essentially the full-ride for grad school (at their affiliated school or others), please post the hospital name and any details you know. Or if you have details about how much tuition reimbursement for Grad school others hospitals offer please post that. Thanks!:balloons:

Hi, I am thinking of moving Illinois in 1-2 years to be closer to fiance's family and was wondering if anyone knew of specific hospitals that pay 100% or at least 6 hours/semester for graduate NP/CNS tuition. Around here all the hospitals directly affiliated with university's pay the whole $ if you go to their affiliated grad school whereas the rest just pay like 2-4K/year which doesn't end up covering much of the year's tuition. Of course I would like to work somewhere great, but at this point with my huge payment for my undergrad loans I just can not see taking out lots more loans for grad school (since I defninitely wouldn;t end up making lots more $ than as a staff nurse). I have tried calling a couple hospitals to find out what they offer, but they have all been very tight lipped saying it would be discussed if I were to interview. So, if you know of anywhere that pays essentially the full-ride for grad school (at their affiliated school or others), please post the hospital name and any details you know. Or if you have details about how much tuition reimbursement for Grad school others hospitals offer please post that. Thanks!:balloons:

Yeah, it seems those ladies sure do get around. I just found 5 more questions identical to Kaplan QT Test 5 in part 4 of the Hurst online review questions. Hey, at least this will push up my scores on my Kaplan tests. :rotfl:

Did anyone else who has taken the online Hurst review notice that in her "review questions, parts 1-4" section some of the questions are IDENTICAL to those from the Kaplan Question Trainer. She says in the video that all the review questions she is discussing in this section came from the Rayfield NCLEX 101 book she recommends. Well, I probably would not have noticed, but I literally just had finished do Test 5 on the Kaplan QT before listening to these review questions and at least 6 so far have verbatim right off the Kaplan QT (I mean exact wording of each question and the answer choices). Weird, huh? Maybe the Rayfield lady who wrote the recommended book also writes for Kaplan. I haven't done any of the other QT tests so I will be curious to see how many more I recognize. No biggie, just thought this was kind of weird. Good luck to everyone else who is studying for boards. I know we'll do I great!