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  1. Union University CRNA 2020

    DreameRN replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What's going on with Union now? I'm curious...Did they get any teachers

  2. ICU Residency Count As School Experience?

    DreameRN replied to slothgang19's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Will you be a licensed RN during this residency year? will you be taking full assignments on your own in the ICU? If so, I believe you can count this as experience. If not, then you can't. As I...

  3. For those with a 3.0 undergrad who want to become a CRNA

    DreameRN replied to mbmathews's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not really. That's why you need solid couple years experience and be comfortable with most types of patients, codes, all in a strange/new environment etc. Many times if they are short enough that...

  4. For those with a 3.0 undergrad who want to become a CRNA

    DreameRN replied to mbmathews's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just for your planning, you should know that you cannot travel nurse until you have at least 1 year of experience in your specialty, and the better companies require minimum 2 years. As a travel...

  5. What are your schools doing about COVID and clinical?

    DreameRN posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Mine has currently gone online with classes. Clinicals are still ongoing for the moment, such as they are with elective cases being

  6. What are your schools doing about COVID and clinical?

    DreameRN replied to DreameRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So you are a nursing student, not an

  7. What are your schools doing about COVID and clinical?

    DreameRN replied to DreameRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ours has said they will have something for us online to do, to replace some of clinical. If there was not a shortage of PPE, then I think it would be reasonable to continue in clinical if the person...

  8. CRNA Mills?

    DreameRN replied to stevena9's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This is more along the lines of what I meant. Some schools operate with clinical sites where this is the norm. MDs push the drugs, and decide how much/what to give of

  9. What are your schools doing about COVID and clinical?

    DreameRN replied to DreameRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Update.... We are now cancelled from clinical for the forsee able future. PPE concerns. We live in interesting

  10. CRNA Mills?

    DreameRN replied to stevena9's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'd also ask about MDA oversight. I've read posts from people (prominent ones in the CRNA community) that said because of their program and the clinical sites, they graduated *without ever pushing...

  11. Do not know where to being to make my app better

    DreameRN replied to PediatricCTICURN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't have experience with the east coast but I am midwest and I was similar to you. initial science GPA of 2.7. I retook anatomy and chemistry at the community college and that brought my science...

  12. A rant and a question re: CRNA master’s program

    DreameRN replied to RN_2001's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I get the lament about the money. I do and agree--I applied to 3 masters and 1 doctorate program for the same reasons you outlined--I'm also older, and I wanted to be able to start working as soon as...

  13. New CRNA licensure

    DreameRN posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am wondering if anyone can fill me in on how it would work for CRNA licensure. I am graduating from one state, but I won't be staying in this state, only am here for school. Primary license is the...

  14. University of Tulsa Nurse Anesthetist Program

    DreameRN replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I can also vouch for reading this. Opening the application mid-Jan for an August start I think it

  15. New CRNA licensure

    DreameRN replied to DreameRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks Progressive that really helps... I'll start the application process early then in switching my RN license once I have a job offer and I get closer to graduation. Appreciate

  16. SRNA struggling with clinical

    DreameRN replied to JV2000's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I often feel similar...10 years experience here. I am acutely aware of how proficient the CRNAs I am with and my deficits compared to them. I have about 90 intubations under my belt but I've missed a...

  17. Just graduated from CRNA school

    DreameRN replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Current student here, and I strongly concur with what Progressive says. That's extremely similar to how I study and I have maintained a 4.0 thus far...but I do read/skim our material as our profs...

  18. How/when to reach out to prospective employers?

    DreameRN posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm just coming up on the halfway point in my 3 year program, and I'm wondering from those who are practicing/have groups, when is an appropriate time frame to reach out to groups I may be interested...

  19. Low Science GPA

    DreameRN replied to morduna's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes you've got to get those grades up. Retake them at your community college. I had 4 C's in my sciences--chemistry, anatomy, physiology, org chemistry-- before I got to nursing school and got serious...

  20. Is the student loan for CRNA programs manageable?

    DreameRN replied to viprn21's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'll likely have 200k in loans when I graduate. While this is daunting, as a CRNA typically you have a big shovel to pay things off. As an RN I had 60k. I made 60k roughly, and I was able to pay...

  21. FNP to CRNA, advice, thoughts, insight

    DreameRN replied to MexicanFNP's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I guess the question is, do you want to be a CRNA or do you want to be FNP? If CRNA, it makes no sense to get FNP first. Getting FNP will likely take you out of the ICU, and a CRNA applicant needs...

  22. Experience

    DreameRN replied to Jshep's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    To have the best shot at getting into CRNA school, recent ICU experience is going to be your best bet. The higher acuity the better. There are a couple schools that will consider ICU further back but...

  23. Has anyone gotten into school WITHOUT the GRE?

    DreameRN replied to nitroaveragenurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The bigger name schools have a heftier price tag as well from what I've seen on here. Paying more money to fight for case time with residents just does not sound appealing to me. My school is around...

  24. What lending did you use for school?

    DreameRN replied to Defibn''s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It'll depend on each person and other factors like credit, etc. I did grad plus for the first year but this year I got a better rate with Sallie Mae private lender--think it was a health...

  25. How/when to reach out to prospective employers?

    DreameRN replied to DreameRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have a resume, which I have tweaked over the years depending on what I job I have applied for and is about a page long, and I used that to apply to school as well. My understanding is that a CV is...