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  1. Lost Pre-Med Student: CRNA or AA?

    jj224 replied to MementoMori's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Accelerated BSN, 2 years ICU, and your strong science background will make you a shoe-in.. Don't become an assistant. Also, you mentioned that physicians make a common salary. I'm not going to...

  2. CRNA school in IL

    jj224 replied to MissGarcia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Are you full time in

  3. Advice for CRNA program

    jj224 replied to jljucovic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Please do yourself a favor and wait until you have at least a year of experience before you apply. Don't use your ICU time as a box to check off as complete and a hoop you have to jump through. You...

  4. do fellowships and residences count in the years of ICU experience?

    jj224 replied to savyj96's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Please do yourself a favor and wait to apply after you have at least one year of experience, so you'll have at least 2 by the time you

  5. stats

    jj224 replied to labradorlove01's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    GRE score is garbage. Everything else looks great. ACLS instructor is awesome. Do CCRN. Apply places that don't need

  6. How many hours you work or worked?

    jj224 replied to Gassadist's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just took a job - four 10s, no mandatory

  7. Can you fail Nursing School once and still be a CRNA

    jj224 replied to fall7timesstandup8's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Unlikely, yes. Impossible, no. If you're identical to someone on paper, but they didn't fail out of nursing school, they're obviously going to accept that person. That means you have to be above and...

  8. Self-plagiarism?

    jj224 replied to SoCalSN's topic in General Students

    Nursing academia is such a joke. Self plagiarism? On a care plan? Care plans, after doing a handful, are utterly useless. Some instructors truly don't have a

  9. IM injection mistake

    jj224 replied to Roscoe95's topic in General Students

    I've never once aspirated with an IM injection. You're fine. Your aunt's fine. If it was inadvertantly injected intravenously, you would have known by

  10. CRNA vs. MD

    jj224 replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Oh. Well have no fear, anesthesiologists make 350-400k. Thats a lot of

  11. CRNA vs. MD

    jj224 replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    With who's loans? What about

  12. Complaint from preceptor

    jj224 replied to almostaccunurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    When I was a clinical instructor, one of my only rules was no

  13. CRNA school w/ family

    jj224 replied to JustForToday's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Would not be feasible for me if my wife didn't make as much money as she does. I saved a lot before applying. I worked a lot of overtime Worked first semester and saved as much as possible. I also...

  14. Avoiding versed?

    jj224 replied to offlabel's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    For elderly I skip the midaz and use precedex 0.25 to 0.5 mg/kg. Usually split the dose in 1/2 and wait 10 minutes

  15. how hard is it to get into CRNA school?

    jj224 replied to mlshouldis36's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    check out any one of the 100s of posts on this topic. not trying to be a d***, but you'll likely learn more and get a better idea by doing

  16. How to prepare in these 6mo prior to school starting

    jj224 replied to RN0429's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sleep

  17. shocking news about Kaiser's program

    jj224 replied to mgfam's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Do you think it'll remain affordable? I thought tuitions increased at schools once they made the

  18. Propofol in the ICU

    jj224 replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You're in the anesthesiology subreddit asking the same questions. Seriously, what's the

  19. shocking news about Kaiser's program

    jj224 replied to mgfam's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think the OP's point might be that this was only presented after he or she was admitted / paid a deposit. Maybe they turned down other schools they got into because Kaiser was a less expensive,...

  20. Skype interviews

    jj224 replied to jmelinte's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    One of the schools i was accepted to gave me the option of in-person vs Skype since I wasn't

  21. What is CRNA school like?

    jj224 replied to Nuru's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I hate when I see that nurses are the only ones that view the patient as a whole. What does that even

  22. University of Minnesota DNP CRNA interview

    jj224 replied to RNMN44's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not many clinical questions. It was fairly laid

  23. University of Minnesota DNP CRNA interview

    jj224 replied to RNMN44's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have.. what do you wanna

  24. GPA Calculations for DNP/DNAP Programs

    jj224 replied to Living2Learn's topic in General Students

    Not necessarily.. if he / she took chemistry, physics, orgo, biochem earlier at a different school, they will definitely need to be answer for poor grades (if grades were

  25. Baby or CRNA School?

    jj224 replied to RNgonz's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think this is not a great idea. I'm 2/3 of the way through school with an 8 month old and the last 8 months have been a challenge. My wife and I don't sleep (I'm now getting less than I used to)....