missnurse01

missnurse01 MSN, RN

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  1. VCU CRNA 2013

    missnurse01 replied to cli632's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They changed how they interviewed this year. They only interviewed tier one applicants. They interviewed a lot less people. I know some that looked awesome on paper and were waitlisted, it could just...

  2. ED vs. ICU experience

    missnurse01 replied to muesli's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I believe they have changed the requirements from 'acute care' to 'critical care' and that many programs are phasing out ED for this reason. This was the last year my school took ED I think. We have...

  3. Best CRNA programs

    missnurse01 replied to muesli's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    yes I did the same. I narrowed down the list to what I was looking for and found current or previous students to talk to. There is a lot of info from students on different forums to give you an...

  4. VCU CRNA 2013

    missnurse01 replied to cli632's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Did you take grad level phys? If not, find one and take it. Or just audit one if you can, that way you save money. Sometimes they allow you to audit for a lower fee. If not, I found Dr Najeebs site...

  5. VCU Fall 2014 Applicants

    missnurse01 replied to pedsnurse4life's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    hey again coffee! One of my fellow study buddies is from TX! We choose to live outside the city so kids could have a backyard and be able to ride bikes. We are south of the city in Chesterfield....

  6. VCU CRNA 2013

    missnurse01 replied to cli632's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    hey coffee congrats! always feel free to email here or send me a message. Might take a while to get to you but I will! lol Really from here to when you start and after, feel free. Seeing the...

  7. VCU Fall 2014 Applicants

    missnurse01 replied to pedsnurse4life's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes I interviewed mid October and heard the week before thanksgiving. They are still interviewing. Or were last

  8. ICU experience vs Residency program

    missnurse01 replied to tsieberw's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know it's exciting and hard to think there is a process. You will be so overwhelmed when you start in the ICU you will see how much there is to learn, that it might be a natural thing for you to...

  9. ICU experience vs Residency program

    missnurse01 replied to tsieberw's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    finish your residency. I assume you can not transfer into the ICU until that is finished.How long is the residency? 6 months? If you are leaving a job that short out of school, the next job may not...

  10. VCU Fall 2014 Applicants

    missnurse01 replied to pedsnurse4life's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    congrats! I am there now, and I also has wanted to go for over 10 years! And I used the word surreal a lot! Probably all the way up to my first few weeks of

  11. VCU CRNA 2013

    missnurse01 replied to cli632's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    hey mpg congrats!! Most people will say that if you are going to live in RVA to live in the fan area. If you sign up for the safety text alerts you will get an idea now of where most of the crime is....

  12. Anyone have advice regarding Rush University CRNA Interview?

    missnurse01 replied to cluv2nurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yikes why did so many people decline their

  13. BSN-DNP Funding Sources?

    missnurse01 replied to Spoiled1's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Basically none. If you were going into NP primary care stuff then you might find something. I couldn't find anything to fund in the front end. There is the stuff on the back end like you talked...

  14. VCU Fall 2014 Applicants

    missnurse01 replied to pedsnurse4life's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Congrats guys! They start interviewing aug-sept and finish in nov. I am part of the study group that stays and studies in the classroom so it has been so strange to see you all come thru! Its...

  15. Single moms in crna school

    missnurse01 replied to CVICU14's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    p.s., hey

  16. Single moms in crna school

    missnurse01 replied to CVICU14's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If things don't work out with the hubs then I will be a single mom! lol For me, it wouldn't feel as bad, although I have three they are older, youngest is 9, so they are a little more independent....

  17. VCU Fall 2014 Applicants

    missnurse01 replied to pedsnurse4life's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They don't stop interviewing until Nov, early Nov. They try to make decisions before Thanksgiving. I have heard that they changed how they are interviewing this year, that they increased their...

  18. Is it okay to want to be a CRNA because......

    missnurse01 replied to sphinx80's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think you listed a lot of reasons that people go into it for. It hits a lot of little things for type A people, and also lets you 'play' like you do in critical care. Meaning we like sick pt's....

  19. Should I get the DNP?

    missnurse01 replied to ktc328's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is the part that worries me, as I know I will move around. So I am planning on tacking it on. My CRNA program offers you to start DNAP classes starting the second year, then having just one...

  20. CRNA Science Prerequisites

    missnurse01 replied to commonsense's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would just get ready to start chem in the spring. You can tell schools now that s your plan. You could get in three chems before school started if you got in , and if not you would have some of the...

  21. CRNA Science Prerequisites

    missnurse01 replied to commonsense's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    no, nothing was an intro class. I took 3 quarters of gen chem (which is the full series usually) then the first of three o chems. Nothing was an intro. All were for science majors - engineers and...

  22. CRNA Science Prerequisites

    missnurse01 replied to commonsense's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    it was for money reasons that I did all mine at the community college level. You can also write on your goal statement or whatever they have you fill out that you are enrolled in 'x' or are planning...

  23. RN to BSN Online Program Accreditation Questions

    missnurse01 replied to EMEddie's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There is some info on this website about this same topic, I can't remember all of the different schools that people have done the online rn-bsn program and gotten in. I did univ of wyoming online, I...

  24. Just finished my first semester. Ask me anything.

    missnurse01 replied to MeTheRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    wow congrats!!! Just started my first semester too, can't wait till I can give back like you have

  25. When can you shadow a CRNA? And how did it go?

    missnurse01 replied to diana10's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Beware that there is so many people trying to shadow that some locations only take certain people. At my local uni hosp you had to be an icu nurse to shadow a crna. Call and ask!!!! And good