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  1. help me get in!

    Well if you think you need pills now, wait till you get in to a program. This will be one of the biggest challenges of your life! Good Luck.
  2. Who is starting CRNA school this Autumn?

    As I sit here and think about how my three last shifts as a full time Staff Nurse will pass I cant help but smile. Two years ago when i stumbled on to this website I had so many questions and doubts. To all that hunger for the challenge that lie ah...
  3. What is your background ?

    I graduated ten years ago and figured a manager of a floor or of Nursing services would be a good goal to work tward. EEEGAD what the #$#&* was I thinking after 3 years as a med surg nurse I tried my hand as an assistant manager on a tele unit....
  4. Here is a squeeker for you! GPA: 3.25 GRE: 650 analytical, 450 verbal, 4.5 writing EXP: 1 year ICU,CCU and Open Heart Recovery (inclusive before interview) Cert: ACLS, CCRN Refrences: Excellent...... so I was told Akron U..................... Inter...
  5. Akron Interview

    They are not pre reqs. The program director wants you to get most of the masters components out of the way or started before the interview. Classes like advanced patho and some of the resaerch classes. I know they also wanted to me to take a gradu...
  6. Best PDA for new SRNA student

    I will be starting in September and I have done a lot of research and played with a lot of different pdas. What I purchased was a T5 by palm. I have used it in the clinical setting at work and find it very helpful. There are a bunch of programs on...
  7. So excited...got a scholarship

    Wow that is great you got the scholarship. I unfortunately have not heard anything yet. Hopefully i will score some bucks from the college of nursing!
  8. Ohio SRNA Programs

    I was very impressed with Cincinnati. The students I spoke with had good things to say about the program. I have also worked with a few who graduated from there and they are all very good CRNAs. The requirements for both colleges are fairly close y...
  9. Ohio SRNA Programs

    Mr. Barton needs to learn how to return phone calls!
  10. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

    Akron University applied and declined. University of Cincinnati applied and accepted will start in September. Case Western applied and made alternate but I will not wait around! Shawn
  11. Just Got A Acceptance Letter

    Hope that interview was less stressful than the one at Akron! Good luck in your adventures this fall! I will be sweating in cincinatti come September. Shawn
  12. ICU acuity

    My most favorite place to work was Open Heart Recovery. No poop. Never! Until they get on Prisma then get septic and they start to have a GI bleed.
  13. Become A Nurse Just To Be A Crna?

    Being in the Nursing profession now for the last 10 years has taught me a great deal of things. Being that you have the forsight to use nursing as the stepping stone is not wrong. But I feel that Nurses are truely different in the way that they car...
  14. another eager student c questions

    I am sure that the 4.0 gpa is not tried and true. May of the nurses I have worked with over the years that were highly intellegent and had high gpa's could not integrate their knowledge effectively. That does not mean that every 4.0 person can not ...
  15. CCRN Preparation

    I went to a ccrn review by Dr. laura gasparis vonfrollio gret review. I did this and got a book with review questions by the same person. 3 months of general overview, and i passed this week.
  16. Med/surg

    When I graduated from nursing school 9 years ago I also found ICU was a position you had to work to get in to. I worked on a Med/Surg floor and got comfortable. Just keep your goal in mind and that year will fly. Take the sickest patients get in o...
  17. Cincinnati-the wait is over!

    Looks like I will be joining you all too! What a relief that that's behind us!
  18. Ist Semester Finals!!!!!!

    It shows that you are enjoying what you are learning. This gives me a great feeling about the future. I hope to be leaving a thread with the same information from myself next year. All I need is to convince a CRNA school to give me the chance! Sha...
  19. Those interviewing at UC this week

    I interviwed there on Monday. It was refreshing compaired to the interview I had with Akron. Looks to be a good program, so hope to see you all there in September.
  20. Interviews

    I will be interviewing tomarrow in Akron. I am still anxiously awaiting a reply from cincinnati regarding interviews there.
  21. Akron Interview

    Yes good luck to all at there interview. I will be the one witht he sweat beads on my forehead. Hope to see you all in class this spring!
  22. Akron Interview

    From the letter I received it said that the test would take fifteen minutes. So i am guessing that there will be some general questions asking what you know. This will allow them to find your weak link more quickly.
  23. Interviews

    I have an interview this Saturday. I can no longer prepare any more. Sometimes I believe the more you cram the more you will forget!
  24. No Interview

    As far as i know all the universitites in Ohio require an interview. And i don't believe they find themselves with many open spots. I have currently applied to Cincinnati and Akron, I here that both of their interviews are grueling. Case Western a...
  25. opposite Vasoactive meds??

    Levophed is a little nore selective than epi. Epinephrine is an agonist of all the receptors of the sampathetic nervous system, i.e. Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Dopinergic, Beta 1 and Beta 2. Levophed has a more significant effect on the alpha's and a little...