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I'm not taking it personally that no one replied, maybe it was a good thing that I didn't have any preconceived notions before walking into each interview. I am a new grad (ADN) coming from out of state (Santa Fe, NM) and I applied through the new grad internship process for both OHSU and Legacy. OHSU only has new grad positions available in critical care right now, according to their HR, and although all of my current experience (HUC, extern, and preceptorship) is in critical care, I'm actually interested in returning to the floor so as to interact with conscious patients again...just kidding, I love critical care, but I would love acute care too, just for a completely different set of reasons. So although I don't want to get my hopes up at this point, I'm really rooting for the Legacy Acute Care Internship. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed. Graduation is tomorrow and I would hate to get a rejection call on the same day as graduation!

Well, I didn't get any responses, but just so you know the interviews went quite well. In addition to the OHSU interviews, I actually ended up interviewing for Legacy Emanuel in NE and I can't say enough about how wonderful a fit that hospital and its staff/client population would be to me. It's not that I wasn't impressed with OHSU, its just that the idea of an inner-city hospital serving underprivileged clients is exactly what I'm looking for. And the idea of self-governance is extremely attractive, never really been a fan of unions, I know it has its place and that it serves an important need but I was impressed that Legacy has not had the need in its 100+ years of existence. Unfortunately my union experience has been that it can develop into an antagonistic relationship between staff and management and that that patients suffer as a result. Regardless, hopefully I get an offer and will be a new Portland resident very soon. Wish me luck!

Hi all, Just looking for a bit of advice. I have interviews scheduled at Legacy Good Sam for their Acute Care Internship and OHSU with their Critical Care Internship...any advice for the interviews? Any thoughts on either hospital and the units, nurses, management, etc? Would love to hear any comments/suggestions you may have since I'm more than a little nervous right now... feel free to PM if you like. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, Was hoping to get some advice from anyone who might have experience with either the Residency program @ UNC-Chapel Hill or the Intersnship program @ Duke. I graduate in 12/07 and plan to apply to both programs this summer for a spring '08 start. thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

CRNA = Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist...

well...I sort of answered my own question. IFNA = International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists... but the website (http://www.ifna.org) does seem to be broken or has moved...does anyone have any updated information? best, john

I apologize as this is essentially a repost of an earlier question from another user, but I'm interested in finding resources for international CRNA opportunities. For instance what countries recognize a US CRNA? Does New Zealand? As I said, I did find an earlier thread that also posed this question but the link it included seems to be broken or dead... http://www.ifna.info/ Any suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, John