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The COA has a site that is kept up to date. The link below will help you to evaluate Wolford College. CRNA School Search

Yeah, probably wouldn't be a good fit for either of you!

Sounds to me like a miscommunication on the part of the office. Don't believe that the school would lie to you (a deliberate act). Did you call them to seek clarification? Perhaps you should ask to speak to the director of the school.

The TCU School of Nurse Anesthesia has a great reputation in the nurse anesthesia community. The director of the school was the 2008 AANA Program Director of the Year and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Council on Accreditation. It is at the forefront of the DNP transition; being one of the few schools to now offer the BSN to DNP.

Actually, you are wrong regarding the COA being involved. The COA DID NOT send the email...only the NBCRNA. The COA has NOTHING to do with certification only accreditation of educational programs. The problem has been the relationship between the AANA and NBCRNA. DreamMatrix

The COA has now define what is acceptable experience. The requirement for critical care is that you have experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care area, on a daily basis, managing invasive hemodynamic monitors (such as pulmonary artery catheter; CVP; arterial), cardiac assist devices, mechanical ventilation, and vasoactive drips (such as norepinephrine; epinephrine; dobutamine; nicardipine; nitroglycerine). The critical care areas include the following: Surgical Intensive Care, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, Coronary Intensive Care, Medical Intensive Care, Pediatric or Neonatal Intensive Care, and Neurosurgical Intensive Care. DM

Some schools give extra weight to degrees from 4 year universities when considering the applicant. Most schools look at completely online universities with some disdain. DM

" anesthesiologists at last "liberated," as he puts it, from being confined to any single operating room". MDAs are already "liberated", by CRNAs from the OR. They are the only medical specialty that can have others doing their work and make money doing it. What I see affecting anesthesia much more than this type of technology is things like "genomics, proteomics, tissue enginneering, etc." :typing There will always need to be some type of human element to anesthesia. Dream On, DM

Know you are disappointed about not starting and that you were very excited to begin. Get well soon...a year will be here before you know it! DM P.S. Kay was named Program Director of the Year by the AANA!

Very sorry to hear about your illness and the delay in your plans. We know you are disappointed about this and were excited to get started. Get well, before you know it...it will be next year! DM

A few shifts over the long holiday break is OK. Working during the school semester is not a good idea. DM

Working has been the failure of many a student. Don't do it...you just might find yourself working those shifts full-time and never as a CRNA. DM

I think alot of us older CRNAs have a problem with people going into the profession just for the money. Most of us went into it because we wanted to do this type of work...the money wasn't that great comparitively speaking to general nursing. It was just what we wanted to do. Many individuals who go into the profession only for the money do not have the passion to continue learning, to providing exemplary care, and to fighting the forces that want to degrade our profession. They often want 7-3 shift work, and to have the toys that money provides and the time to use them, rather than the commitment to improve the profession and to fight for the profession. Now, don't get me wrong in that the money is nice...but, I would do it for a lot less...(and have), and I want people in the profession who feel like me. DM

Yes, I second what XIGRIS wrote...very good relationships with MDA's and CRNA's. Lots of autonomy and just a great teaching institution! DM

You pronounce the letters "CRNA", you don't sound out the acronym. And the anesthetist is pronounced...a-nes-the-tist. DM