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Other than being tired, I am really having a good time. I am in an integrated program that puts you in clinical pretty quick. I mean we started last August and were in the OR three days a week by the end of October. I cannot speak for front loaded pr...

Flight nursing was the best job I ever had. In fact, I actually visited my former program last night and started having withdrawls......If for whatever reason CRNA school ended tomorrow, I would have to go back on the helo. You are right......autonom...

Mike, I know how you feel. I have been a nurse for 14 years- ER, flight, cath lab, CICU/MICU, CVICU. Also did EMS before nursing school. Dude, you are going to have to, as another post said, "bite the bullet" and do what these schools want you to do ...

I tell you folks, our kids are more resiliant than we give them credit for sometimes. I think I "suffered" more than they did-being away from home, guilt, etc. Their routine did not change, I just was out of town now. Initially, my wife and I didn't ...

As Jennie said, it depends on the size and the acuity of the CCU. After spending a year or so in a CCU, I transferred to CVICU because people that come out of CABG, MVR, etc must go to a unit.......they are all vented, most have swans and numerous dr...

I would go for the CVICU. All of your pts will come up on the vent, all of them will have a-lines and chest tubes, most if not all should have swans, and temporary pacers. I enjoy hearts so I guess I am biased. Having said that, it really all comes o...

Back in my flight nurse days the long 14 Jelcos were nice for needle chest decompression and well as for those "in a pinch" femoral IVs.

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Although you get some good experience in the ER, I must agree that ICU experience is the experience that will get you into CRNA school. You are going to need to be familiar with vasoactive gtts, ventilators, hemodynamics. You may start ntg or dopamin...

Try telling that to the nursing coordinator who only sees the open bed and doesnt care if you are in charge with patients. I not sure 1:1 is in their vocabulary.

I guess my first question is do you have to commit to the PACU for 2 years? I ask this because you must keep in mind that one year ICU experience is the minimum requirement for many CRNA programs, and as the competition for seats increases, so may th...

I think you need to introduce Chris to your barber.........

-Interviewed at East Carolina and flat out rejected. -Interviewed at Raleigh and got third alternate. Offered position after the new year and I start in August. Location was a big issue for me and my family, which is why I did not venture anywhere we...

I had one program director basically tell me that all of my experience outside of ICU (flight nursing, ED nursing, interventional cath lab nursing) was not even figured into the equation. Hence, I would tell you that anything other than ICU in prepar...

As everybody thus far has echoed, I believe you should lay in all on the table at your interview. My current unit had just lost three folks to CRNA school when I applied, so they were looking for some experienced staff to fill the void. I told mgmt I...

Congratulations on alternate!! Certainly the chances of getting in as an alternate increase with class size. Also, was the program kind enough to let you know what alternate you were....1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc? I would say if you are in the top five your...

As I know a number of folks with MICU experience that are now CRNAs, I would that, yes, MICU is good experience. You need to get an insiders viewpoint as to just how "sick" the patients are in that specific unit. Since it is in a teaching facility, m...

Take it from a former alternate(not at Middle Tennessee)-there is hope! I guess I was fortunate that I was told what number alternate, though. To this this day, however, I am not sure how many alternates there were or how many were chosen. Certainly...

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