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I don't believe they favor local applicants more so. HSRT test was like any other IQ test, I think that most any applicant to Loma Linda regardless of the program has to take it. There is no way to study for it, so don't worry. The HSRT is pretty mu...

Okay okay, OG Tubes are a "best practice" type of thing is what I was trying to imply.

Only when they are intubated? Or is just everyone just getting tubes dropped into them? I would assume its protocol to have an OG thrown in with an ET tube to prevent aspiration of gastric contents.

I know it seems to vary from program to program but would anyone recommend taking an intro/survey of organic/bio chem class? Does anyone have any knowledge of whether this would satisfy CRNA school requirements. My BSN degree did not include any che...

Sure I suppose you could say that, and in reality you could probably find some truth in that. However, you could probably say that about any profession. The bigger issue though is probably the changing face of healthcare and the shape of the economy ...

If its any consolation im sure that you would easily get right into school after a year. Your biggest issue is going to be to convince your ICU unit to let you work there knowing that you will be leaving soon.

You can do it man! I was 21 when i started nursing school and decided that CRNA was what i was going to work toward. Heck, i figured even if i didn't make it i would still have a great career as a nurse. 5 years later now and I'll be starting anesthe...

Super excited to have an interview scheduled in February, gotta admit im terribly worried about what types of questions they will ask. Been studying and reviewing everything I possibly can to prepare for it. So it seems like anything you put on your ...

I'm currently pursuing the CRNA route. I've just completed my BSN and my overall GPA around 3.5 or so. My question pertains to retaking of sciences classes, specifically Anatomy and Physiology. I'm enrolled to retake them both starting the September ...

I do agree that retaking them would be to my advantage, yet i cant help but try and evaluate the whole picture, will these classes be the deciding factor in acceptance or not? Is it worth it to concentrate on these or try to pick up some organic chem...

They are undergrad glasses, im taking at kellogg community college here in MI. However they are online, so it seems that retaking them is actually possible while working full time, however, it they may require quite a large time commitment.

I personally don't believe so, however, i'm not certain. Either way im signed up to retake A+P 1 and 2 here in September at a community college. Crossing my fingers...

Well here is my question, i have a few ICU positions that have opened and have scheduled interviews with me. I am between a rock and a hard place, if i tell them the truth that i will begin applying for CRNA schools in 2 years, they may not hire me. ...

Thanks for the reply and the advice, i appreciate it. I like your take on it, right now i have no guarantee what will happen two years down the road, however, i can guarantee hard work and dedication to my unit day in and day out to the best of my ab...

Well, i hope that my managers are as understanding as yours.

I'm currently finishing my BSN degree here this fall while and working on a med-surg floor. I'm (patiently) waiting to land an ICU position hopefully sooner than later here in the coming months. A this point it looks applying for CRNA school starting...

Just make it a B+!

Though i know you were wanting responses from CRNA's, i can tell you that im pursuing that track and am in kind of the same place as you. I have my BSN, i have been working for the past year as a nurse im also 24. However, i still am hoping to switch...

Okay, wait... So if my CNA tests positive for so and so, its my nursing license is at risk, as well as their CNA license? Did i hear that right?

I will be to be completing my BSN by May of 2012. Regardless though i will have to wait until i have the ICU experience. Im currently working as a RN with my associates, but not in an ICU unit, best case scenario is a move to the ICU in about 6 month...

Hey, Im a new nurse who is eventually planning on becoming a CRNA, but ill admit the process to get there is stresses me out at times. Im starting my BSN here next month, i wasn't able to grab a ICU position right out of school, but i did get job on ...

Im a new nurse, and just got my first job on a neurovascular unit, part time nights. Now what im wondering is does a part-time job reflect well on a resume? Im planning to eventully move on into the ICU in a year or so, and i took this job to get my ...

Im here in Michigan, im a new grad and got a job in the neurovascular unit. Seems like during the orientations there a few new grads maybe 1-3, and some with experience. At my wife's hospital its about the same plus there a lot of people doing a nur...

Any nurse managers or recruiters out here know exactly whats involved in a new hire? Just wondering what goes on behind the doors I guess im thinking in terms of steps involved like: 1. submit application/resume 2. recruiters look it over- do back ...

Thanks, that seems to make sense, understandable the process takes a while