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I'm invited to interview at OHSU (the new program starting in Portland, OR) in two weeks. I'm excited because OHSU is one of the best graduate nursing programs in the country. I imagine the anesthesia program will follow in those footsteps. The o...

I graduated last month and will take boards at the end of this month. The schools in your area sound great. It really would make the difference between do-able and impossible if you could be home every night. Good luck with everything.

All the following is my own opinion of course and I don't mean to be harsh. It's just the first thing that I thought of when I read your post. I was 46 when I entered nurse anesthesia school. I would have done it sooner but I was still raising a fam...

Hi Nick, In many hospitals, but not all (especially rural areas) the anesthesiologist will do the pre-op interview and then turn the case over to the nurse anesthetist. The doc can then charge for supervising the case. He/She is also required to be a...

It's hard to answer this question in general terms. Everyone's situation is SO different. For me, my excitment mellowed into determination to succeed. It has been a hard road, but when you get it into your head that you are going to do it, no matter ...

I interviewed at Wolford and was accepted but ended up at another school for various reasons. It's true that a high percentage of those INTERVIEWED are accepted but I'm sure that is not the case with the majority of applicants to the school. You will...

I can only speak to my particular school. But I imagine that every school, just as every individual that failed out, is different. In my school, the class started with 15 and four "failed out" or didn't make the 83% overall during a given semester. T...

Awesome!!!!! Congratulations! What a relief you must be feeling. I take boards in January. Did you take Valley and do you think it was right on? Did you use Prodigy software? If so, was it helpful? I took Valley and I also have the prodigy questions....

Wow, Optimistic...that's terrible. I feel so bad for you and others in your situation. Of course we don't know what we are doing sometimes, we are learning (pssstt...it's because we are STUDENTS!). What a load of horse crap that they are dumping on y...

Well, some questions for you...have you met any CRNAs? Or only wanna-bes like this guy you described? Have any of these CRNAs been decent people? Do you know of anyone else in your nursing class (who wants to be a CRNA) with determination and brains ...

I know this post was originally made in March but it's a good one to keep going. I must say, (and I only say this to give people hope), that I have not suffered abuse, physical or emotional, in my clinical rotations. The worst preceptors I had (only ...

I totally agree with the above post. In my opinion, all these topics are good questions to ask a prospective school. Some schools have 1 or 2 primary clinical sites and you don't travel beyond that. Therefore, whatever that site's philosophy is rega...

Mike, As far as I'm concerned, you sound competitive, esp if you do as well or better than 1000 on the GRE. It's not necessary to take additional chemistry or physics if the schools you want to apply to don't require them. The actual chemistry and ph...

You know, this is an interesting question. I don't think all programs are created equal, nor are all the students in a given program created equal. In my experience with my own school and talking to many different CRNAs from other programs over these...

I've never heard of any clinical site that pays the SRNAs. I have heard about anesthesia groups that will give a potential employee some money during school in exchange for a committment when they get out though. I would think that paying a clinical...

Well,it sounds like you know a lot about many different aspects of critical care...it's all good! The interviewers will want to know what types of patients you cared for and then they may ask questions related to that type of patient. So don't mentio...

Motorcycle mama, 1.) If you start working in an ICU while you are an associate degree RN, will that time count toward your mandatory year in critical care? In a word, yes. Any time as an RN in critical care counts. 2.) This may have been covered befo...

nv, I am not a CRNA yet but am in school in my last six months of clinical. I do feel respected (family and friends) for doing something so difficult and rewarding. but more importantly, I respect myself so much more for having accomplished something...

Of course I'm scared. I don't think about it too much because I am afraid I would run and never look back. But somebody has to do it. And I am a good person with good intentions so why not me?. I pay attention to detail and I prepare the best I can. ...

Well, You could find a different career, one that wouldn't cause you to work so much that you can't spend time with your girlfriend...umm...can't think of any right off the bat. But I'm sure they are out there. You could find one that pays a lot more...

Let's see. My program is front loaded so my first year was spent in class and on campus. Yes, it was mostly studying but I got to catch an occasional movie, go to the mall (rare) and fly home every other weekend. Campus life was awsome. I loved the c...

Well, There is the option of not minoring in anything. Just kick-ass in your nursing classes and get a job in a busy ICU, that's stress enough for anyone. That and doing well on the GRE, which is also stressful. I haven't heard of anyone minoring in...

I have been told to go in on the right and sweep the tongue to the left in order to get it out of the way. Some people's tongues are big enough that you would have a hard time just going straight in and pulling up to get it out of the way. The Mac is...

Galaj, What is your current major? If it's not nursing, then you have to begin by going to nursing school. You will have to check with your college to see if you can get into their program or one near where you live. Then you have to work as a critic...

What a nice kid you are! My 2 cents worth is: 1. Have to be a nurse (BSN for most anesthesia schools, or an associate RN degree plus a bachelors in another field) so go to a school that has a nursing program and do what it takes to get in...GPA, prer...