IndiCRNA

Yes, there is not nursing shortage and there hasn't been for decades. The "NURSING SHORTAGE!" is just propaganda used to extort tax payer money to create and expand nursing programs with the deliberate goal of creating an over supply of nurses. It...

If you choose to work in a non-union facility in a right to work state you can be fired for any or no reason at any time. Signs a hospital MAY be a bad place to work: 1) No union 2) in a right to work state, or any southern state 3) Privately owned 4...

I've no worries. I have never seen or heard of an MDA who would or could be on hand to do an epidural on a 16 year old Amish girl in active labor at a 12 bed rural critical access hospital like I did tonight. I don't see there ever being enough p...

I had a 3.66 GPA from my associates in nursing program, 11 years of solid experience in high level ICU, rapid response and critical care transport, then a 3.4 GPA in my online RN to MSN program (I don't have a bachelors degree in anything). I bo...

I love my job and am super glad I did it. I'm 1/3 owner of an all CRNA practice group. We don't have OR politics. The two general surgeons who I work with regularly are good friends of mine, the rotating specialty surgeons never mess with us. I do t...

Yes! I don't have a bachelors degree of any kind. I have an associates in nursing, then did RN to MSN at University of Arizona that did not include earning a BSN along the way. I was accepted to all four of the CRNA programs I applied to. FWIW I have...

Never a concern for me. There isn't an MDA practicing within 100 miles of here. All anesthesia in all local hospitals is provided by CRNAs. I'm 1/3 owner of an anesthesia practice group made up of three CRNAs. We provide all the anesthesia, and some ...

My old manager tried to make us go from 12's to 8's. I simply refused to do it. I informed her that I was hired to do 12 hour shifts and they were a condition of my employment. Several other key staff did the same. I was 100% ready to hand in my noti...

In my area there seems to be a bias against NA's who were trained at schools in the Southeast. They have a reputation of not being well trained, in particular for independent practice. Schools here in the upper Midwest usually don't require the G...

I would be careful using numbers from those buffoons over at BLS. Those are the idiots who are still claiming a nursing shortage.

There seems to be PLENTY of NP jobs out there. Search USAjobs for NP jobs. I would say that the number of jobs available argues against saturation. On the other hand the relatively low pay being offered argues in favor of saturation so I don't know. ...

You appear to be an outstanding candidate. I wish everybody would realize that getting into NA school is EASY! The standards are low for getting in. If you apply to 3-5 schools you are sure to get into 3 or 4 of them. Some of the nurses I see wh...

I see no evidence of that at all. I am regularly contacted by head hunters and recruiters. All of the health systems here in the upper mid west seem to always have openings. My students all have jobs long before graduation, in many cases they are bei...

I like all the bright, ambitious, hard working and intelligent young women I get to work with. I love teaching these bright young ladies coming out of college every year eager to learn and excited for their future. I also working with the older,...

I only considered programs where all techniques were taught, including all blocks. All 5 of the programs in my area (4 in MN & 1 in WI) offer this. I usually work about 60 hours a week when I am doing my scheduled cases and 21 hours a week w...

If you are qualified NA school is very easy to get into. Pretty much everyone I know who wanted to got in. Good GPA, 3.0 or better, a degree, and 2-3 years of high quality ICU experience should do it. I love my job. All of my CRNA friends like an...

ICU experience is mandatory for CRNA. My school required basic chemistry within 5 years. I took it at a local community college. I also STRONGLY recommend you take a basic physics class. I struggled with it and almost didn't make it through.

Farm work on your days off? LOL! I find if funny because that is what I do too. I don't know much about the south east except that it is a terrible place to be a nurse. I don't have any idea if they even have CRNA owned practices there. Right...

OP you sound like a real go-getter who will have great success regardless of what you choose to do. Good job and thank you for posting your story so that others may learn and benefit.

I heard from a friend who is in clinicals there that U Penn wasn't going to seek recertification. Have you heard that too?

I will second this. When I hear "Magnet" I write that hospital off as a potential employer. Among my friends and colleagues, all experienced ICU & ER nurses, many of whom have now gone on to CRNA school, Magnet = crappy place to work.

When I was in NA school one of my clinical preceptors was a super sharp older gentleman who had been a CRNA since the early 70's. He didn't have a degree in anything. He had a diploma RN and was trained in an 18 month long hospital based certificate ...

I just wanted to point out that for those who have the skills and confidence, and who are willing to work in a rural, underserved area the compensation can be WAY higher. We enjoy a fantastic quality of life and live in an area that is the vacati...

There are three things I really love about anesthesia. First is the autonomy. I work as the sole anesthesia provider when I am working. I am not supervised in any way. I AM the anesthesia department. As an ICU RN I was often frustrated when trying t...

Any good ICU training program for new grads is going to strat them off on a busy med-surg floor with a preceptor. For a few months anyway. I would question any program that didn't.