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I am a man proud to say I am on my way to becoming an RN. I have a long while to go yet, but am the type of person who likes to plan my attack ahead of time. All you CRNAs and students out there, would you feel like it was a better route to get a Master's degree before CRNA school? Or would I be wasting time/energy doing it separately? I read on another post that someone had a MSN before school and that saved them a little bit of work all at once. If there is any advice for me I would be forever grateful!

SRNA4U....I am currently a 5-year xray tech turned to a first year nursing student at a nicely ranked hospital in PA. I have dreams of becoming a CRNA. I know I have a lot of time to see what I like, but from XRAY school I LOVED the OR atmosphere. In your mind, is it a better route to get the MSN before applying for CRNA school? Would that make much of a significant change in cost of attendance? I hope everyone is still following this thread! I am a hands on kind of person by the way..I think if I could lighten the academic load and focus on strictly anesthesia training that would be great. Thanks for your input ladies/gents.