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Hi capitalNY. I received an email from the VA coordinator for the CRNA program earlier this week. She told me about the lack of funding and halting the program for VA applicants. She provided this web link https://vaww.va.gov/ANESTHESIA/Nurse_Anesthetist_Education.asp and said to check again after the end of the fiscal year. It's disappointing for sure. My facility hasn't been especially helpful, but they haven't deterred me either. We had a nurse get accepted to the program two years ago, and I remember she had some setbacks with the getting application assistance locally. I'll keep rechecking the site for any updates, but in the meantime I'll apply to other programs and go wherever I can get accepted. I was really hoping to avoid student loans. Good luck to you!

Hi BK_VA_RN. Thanks for the info! I'm not able to send pm's on here. I've tried emailing the VA Nurse Anesthesia Education Program coordinator, but I haven't heard back from her in a while. She responded to me at the first of the year and mentioned the funding issue. At that time she said the program funding should be settled by the end of February 2018. I've emailed her since then to find out more about the program's status but haven't gotten a reply. From what you've said it sounds like things are still up in the air. Congratulations on getting accepted! That's awesome! I'm interested to hear how things go once you get started in the program.

Thanks. Ms. Johns confirmed that 3-4 slots per cohort are set aside for VA applicants.

Is anyone out there applying to USAGPAN 2019 as a VA candidate? Also, does anyone know exactly how many VA applicants are accepted each year? I've read that they accept four per cohort, but I'm not sure how accurate that info was. Good luck to everyone!

This is very helpful info! Thanks for sharing! I'm applying to UAB and Samford this year, and I've been most concerned about the interview (hopefully I'll get an interview).

I'm sort of in the same boat... Planning on applying to USAGPAN for a 2018 start, also not getting any younger. I have to take either a biochem or organic chem class the year so I can apply. I'll be really interested to hear how your application process goes. Good luck with everything! Including the GRE!!! I took it over 10 years ago for a non-nursing grad program. Definitely not looking forward to another go at it. Just curious... What back-up CRNA programs are you planning to apply to?

Thanks futurenurse1211! That's definitely encouraging news! Do you happen to know which facilities the ADNs were hired into? I'm not from Dallas, but my plan is to move in with my sister and brother-in-law when I graduate, and they live in Little Elm.

Thanks for the response. I'll apply when the time comes.

Does anyone know if Baylor ever considers hiring new grad ADNs for the graduate nurse internship spots? I've worked in hospitals as a psychometrist for ten years and last year returned to school to change careers to nursing. So I have lots of hospital experience, but I'll only have an ADN when I graduate. I think Baylor would be an awesome place to start my nursing career, but I'm wondering if they'll even consider me without a BSN?

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