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  1. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Have not heard anything, but the WF Nurse Anesthesia page has a post from 11/13 saying they enjoyed meeting all the candidates and will will be sorting through all of it and be excited to welcome the...

  2. Online crna programs

    PVCCHoo replied to labradorlove01's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yeah. Just take a look around the web. PA is a a huge state and as a result, has the most CRNA schools of any state. I don't even live there, but have looked at a couple of

  3. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am not abandoning all hope just yet. There are only a handful of people from this thread that got in and there are still interviews. I am just telling myself that those who received offers are...

  4. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nice work DenverRN! You must have really impressed them if there are still some interviews left and they already called. Keeping my fingers crossed that I am still in the

  5. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yeah, one current student said he found out right before Thanksgiving last year. From these posts it seems there were 4 interview dates and I think there were 10 people at my interview, so that could...

  6. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They specifically said not to discuss details, so I will only say you have a paper with instructions and 15 minutes to complete it. It has nothing to do with nursing or yourself, so you can't prepare...

  7. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I guess the group on Monday was the first to interview. It went as previously described here and it goes very quick. 15 minute personal interview, 15 minute clinical scenario, and then a 15 minute...

  8. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sorry for not being more clear. Email came in Friday around 1500. I was asleep, so that may be why there was only one option to pick for interview days. Of course, I really have no

  9. WAKEFOREST 2019 cohort

    PVCCHoo replied to PICUtoCRNAhopeful's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Got an email today for an interview. Email says to click the link and choose a date, but the only date listed was Oct 22, so that's when I am going. I attended the H3A earlier this week and left with...

  10. 130k Student debt for Entry MSN worth it?

    PVCCHoo replied to ns90's topic in General Students

    I see that "don't spend more on the degree than you will make in your first year" thrown around a lot on this forum. While it is a true you can get a nursing degree for next to nothing (did mine at...

  11. Application: What kind of Chemistry?

    PVCCHoo replied to teodoroc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Every school is different - not only the CRNA schools in what they require, but whatever undergrad school you are in in terms of prereqs for more advanced Chem. I had to take pre calc and gen chem 1...

  12. ODU RN-BSN

    PVCCHoo replied to FutureMSN-FNP's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Can't speak to George Mason, but ODU was mostly papers and projects. Any exams were online and open book, but sometimes you had a certain amount of time and could only submit them once or

  13. Are there any VA hospitals w/ onsite daycares?

    PVCCHoo replied to smc26448's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yeah UVA has its own daycares - one pretty close to the hospital. Don't know if they can handle watching a kid for 13 hours - doubtful. Similar rates to other daycares. They always have a wait list...

  14. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) 2019 DNAP

    PVCCHoo replied to Robin185's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't know how it works, but if you move to a state for the sole reason of attending school there, it would stand to reason that you would pay out of state tuition. Otherwise, what would be the...

  15. RN Virginia salary

    PVCCHoo replied to tomjones200824's topic in Virginia Nursing

    If you want the same specialty at UVA, the unit is called the TCV ICU commonly referred to as "the PO" (pronounced like Poe as in Edgar Allan) - used to be called the TCV Post Op. There is also a CCU...

  16. When to take the prereqs?

    PVCCHoo replied to tayloralexus's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I took Organic online with the lab in person. I took it at the community college and online was the only option in the summer. It was not easy, and you will need to come in with a decent understanding...

  17. When to take the prereqs?

    PVCCHoo replied to tayloralexus's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yeah. See what you need first. I am only applying to one school this first go around. It has no prereqs. My second choice requires Organic or Biochem, stats within 5 years, and a pathophys class. To...

  18. ODU RN-BSN

    PVCCHoo replied to FutureMSN-FNP's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I think they were all about a regular length. Maybe less in summer. They outlined an order to do them in that I just went with it. Others forgot to sign up on time and wound up switching them around....

  19. Is a government job worth it?

    PVCCHoo replied to imanfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Good explanation of FERS and the TSP. Any way you slice it that is better than anything else you will probably be able to find in the private sector I would bet. Put in 30 years and get roughly 30% of...

  20. ODU RN-BSN

    PVCCHoo replied to FutureMSN-FNP's topic in Virginia Nursing

    You could totally do this if you wanted to. I did the program over two years (6 semesters) including summers while also working full time and enrolled in a full time ADN program. It's all pretty much...

  21. Nurse extern into an ICU

    PVCCHoo replied to JAG-'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I work in a similar unit. People from my unit leave for CRNA school every year. Yes, you do hear that CVICU is the best unit for getting in, but I worked in STICU while in school and chose to stay...

  22. New grad ADN Salary

    PVCCHoo replied to Beautiful_Beginnings's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Way less than that. I am in Central VA and I think my starting salary a couple years ago was 45K. Thanks to a nice pay bump after the first year, shift diff's, and a little OT I was able to break 70K...

  23. Pass CCRN question bank

    PVCCHoo replied to Turkeylips's topic in Critical Care

    Yeah check with others who have recently taken the test. That book seems to be the gold standard. I went ahead and bought the book from Amazon for around 80 bucks and planned to sell it back to them...

  24. How long did you study for CCRN?

    PVCCHoo replied to EMEddie's topic in MICU, SICU

    Took it this morning. Passed! For studying, I watched the Laura Gasparis lectures and did the practice questions (all 1000 of them) from the Pass CCRN book. I watched the videos over the span of about...

  25. best/most affordable CRNA path for a career change

    PVCCHoo replied to niiicole's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'd make sure you could spend the rest of your career as a nurse before even taking that first prerequisite class. I was in roughly the same spot as you 5 years ago - stuck in a 35K a year job - and...