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  1. CRNA School in AZ

    Midwestern is an outstanding school. They have lots, and lots of independent practice clinical sites, and lots of all CRNA
  2. Iowa is usually considered to have the best conditions for CRNA practice. But there are a lot of states now with no supervision and with CMS
  3. Malpractice

    It makes sense that CRNAs would be in litigation more than Midwifes, because we see tremendously more patients and do more cases than they do. Additional, if you look at insurance rates, and actuary...
  4. 1. The vast majority of schools out there do not accept NICU experience. Best to check with them before you exhaust time, effort, and money. 2. Assuming a busy, active unit, it does not matter...
  5. CRNA school admission

    Don't apply. One year is really, simply, not enough time. As a Clinical Coordinator for 3 programs for over 20 years, I can tell you with absolute clarity, that we can tell who are the one year...
  6. CRNA school with 1 year ICU Experience

    If you honestly feel that you have learning everything there is to know about your ICU in just 13 months, you are either in the wrong unit, or you are painfully incapable of objective self-reflection....
  7. CRNA: Will my stats qualify me?

    Most all applications can have one hole in them, if the rest is outstanding. You currently have two holes, both GPA and experience. Go spend the next couple of years being the very best ICU nurse...
  8. What procedures do CRNAs do regularly?

    If you work OB, most likely no lines. If you work in a surgery center, maybe no lines, but lots of regional. Do lots of trauma, you do lots of resuscitation. And on and on. Infinity variety. No...
  9. Cleveland Clinic for CRNA School

    Also, the name of the hospital and its national ranking are completely meaningless. It is the quality of experience which you get, and skills you obtain, that matter. Nobody, except maybe other CC...
  10. Cleveland Clinic for CRNA School

    Please don't get caught up on the Level 1 thing. It is the experience you are getting, not the designation, that
  11. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    There is no conspiracy. She is not "Blocked". If a CRNA group has the contract right now, they have the contract. If an MDA group had the contract, they would have the contract. If she gets...
  12. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    Doesn't sound like CRNAs locked her out. It sounds like she locked herself
  13. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    You connect dots which just don't connect. She has not been "blocked" by CRNAs at all. Period. You just said she would never want to work for the money that we do, or maintain the lifestyle and...
  14. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    20-25 beds. I believe they have to do less than 800 cases a year, to qualify as a pass through. Again, that is why the feds pay for CRNAs to cover the rural hospital, because there is no billing and...
  15. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    SuziQ, We do not care if MDAs tried to go to rural pass through hospitals and work like we do, because none of them ever will. There is not a single MDA in the country who would choose to work 24/7...
  16. ICU advise please

    Any big, active, busy ICU will be fine. I personally feel surgical trauma is the best, but MICU or CVICU will both work as well, as long as you are getting a nice mix and learning lots. If you have...
  17. Most applications can have one hole in them, if the other parts are very strong. You have two. Right now, I am sorry, but you are not competitive. With your GPA being a variable that at this point...
  18. IF it is a big, busy unit, your Neuro-ICU will be just fine. Not sure the sedation and helping in the radiology OR will help you all that much. But neuro ICU will be fine. There is this continued...
  19. CRNA Mills?

    There are a lot of good programs. Most are smaller, and most are West of the Mississippi. Of course, you can start with either military program-they are top notch. Sacred Heart in Washington is an...
  20. Who told you they only look at BSN GPA? That is patently false. They look at everything. The more current the classes, possibly the more weight that would carry. However, they look at everything....
  21. Being from an "IVY" league school, at least for CRNA, is just meaningless. Just does not matter at all. The actual hands on, clinical training from the Ivy league schools is just not what one would...
  22. It really does not matter. You will be fine, no matter where you choose. Maybe, MAYBE, you stand a slightly better chance getting your BSN from the same school in which you desire to attend for...
  23. Ya, stay where you are. Level 3's can be pretty sleepy, at times. There are quite likely far more quality learning experiences to be had in the larger place. But..absolutely NOTHING wrong with a...
  24. There just isn't a "type" for anesthesia. The bell curve of life is very wide, and other than most of us being driven professionals, you will find every personality under the sun. You have done well...
  25. Southern California CRNA Schools

    As an experienced CRNA in California, and 25 years experience, I can give you a little input for what it is worth. I have had the pleasure of working with about a half dozen USC graduates, and they...