Cherry29

Hi, I will be graduating soon from the CRNA school, and I am looking for jobs around Louisville, KY area. I would appreciate the feedback from CRNAs who are working at Norton hospital and the University of Louisville. How is the working environment, CRNA/MD relationship, and the case mix? What is your usual schedule and call schedule? What hospital would you suggest between the University of Louisville hospital and Norton hospital and why? Thank you!

Hi, I will be CRNA very soon. I read your post and comparison of the salaries of RN and CRNA; however, you compared 48 hours of RN salary to 36 hours of CRNA salary. If you compare 48 hours salaries of RN and CRNA, you will see a huge difference. So here is the analysis based on the numbers provided by you: RN salary: 4038/ 2 weeks = 4038 dollars/ 96 hours (since you work 4 shifts)= 42 dollars/ hour now since your take home is 2834/ 2 weeks which is approximately 70% of your pre tax salary (4038 dollars); so you pay about 30% taxes CRNA salary: 150k per year. we have 26 biweekly paychecks so 150000/26 paychecks= 5767/ 2 weeks = 5767/ 36 hours= approximately 80 dollars/hour if you work 48 hours as a CRNA then your salary for 1 week will be as follow: 40 hours x 80 dollars = 3200 8 hours overtime x 120 dollars (1.5 of your base pay)= 960 dollars Total salary for 48 hours (1 week)= 4160 dollars That means biweekly pay is 8320 dollars before tax (since you pay 30% in taxes as you provided the information, your take home for 2 weeks is 5824 dollars) so in conclusion the comparison of the RN salay and CRNA is follow after taxes per pay check (biweekly) RN biweekly (2834 dollars): CRNA biweekly (5824 dollars) It comes to 2000 more dollars per paycheck; which is 26 paychecks per year x 2000 dollars = 52000 dollars per year You also mentioned that you are married. If your wife works and you can cover your monthly expense from her salary then you will have to take loans for only tuition fees (which you will be able to get it from federal government; in addition, you will have 10 years to pay it back at good interest rate). There are many scholarships are avaliable through the CRNA schools as well. It is big career change; there are many advancement opportunities as a CRNA (for example: you can work as a part-time professor and they will cover most of the tuition loans for you); You can get Doctor in Nurse Anesthesia as well; they will have all programs in to Doctorate by 2025 not 2015; therefore, if you get your master in nurse anesthesia before 2025, you will not require to get Doctorate (this is the information I received from Director of our program). I hope this information helped you in deciding your career; have a good luck.

They asked following questions: Why did you choose nursing? Why do you want to work here (Northwestern)? How did you find out about the job opening at Northwestern? Why do you want to work on the floor (the one you applied)? Where do you see yourself in next 3-5 years? How do you handle a family who is demanding and insulting you? What do you most like about nursing? What is your salary expectations? After the interview they gave me an exam. The exam had EKG strips, medications questions, signs and symptoms questions. Educations coordinator also took the interview and she asked questions like: what type of patients did you take care during your internships? How do you handle difficult patients? and she also asked some questions about medications and signs and symptoms....

Thank you very much for the encouraging words.......I definitely will focus on improving my skills during interview.......:)

Yes...My interview with HR went well and then I had interview with the manager, education coordinator and had short questionnarie to do......however, I did not get the job....

Hi everyone, I just graduated from nursing college with second bachelor degree in nursing (First is in Pharmacy). I received the phone call from the HR of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and I already had one 10 minutes phone interview before with HR. This next phone interview is going to be around 20-30 minutes long. I have few questions regrading Northwestern Memorial hospital and interview? 1. Do they hire through phone interview at Northwestern Memorial hospital or not? 2. Do they hire new graduate on ICU floor? 3. What are the common interview questions they ask and what are your suggestions for answer? I would really appreciate if you can give answers in a few days....because I have interview in few days.

Yes..i am agree with you. Due to many negative comments about the stereotype and discrimination about male nurse, many men hesitate to attend nursing schools. And we have to support them by sharing our experience of nursing school. "if anyone (does not matter male or female) is caring, then he/she does not have to hesitate by considering nursing school." GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR SCHOOL.

Hi, everyone I have read many negative comments about the experience of male student in nursing schools, and i became little anxious about it. so i want to share my experience with every male nurse, who are in confusion and in debate about this issue. I joined nursing school(BSN) and i found out that there is no stereotyping or discrimination about the male student in the nursing college. Do not give too much attention to the people who said negative things about it. Be confident and join nursing school. Nursing school and education is not about male and female, it is about caring and uncaring person. Moreover, in my class there are about 8 men among 18 students. So do not think that Nursing is only for female only........