CCRNdude

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  1. Shift work and dating

    CCRNdude replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    If anything, as a guy in his early twenties, I felt that working the night shift as a RN left me awake at night on my days off with nothing else to do but go out and enjoy the nightlife. This is how I...

  2. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just passed the CMC. What a pain of a test. Hopefully they let me add it on to my application. Judging from past Barry threads, people who applied in mid to late April aren't interviewed until July,...

  3. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have pretty similar stats. ADN 3.05 BSN 3.59 (transcripts say cum laude), last 60units 3.38, last 120units 3.38 as well (I have > 200 units). I took a biochem course last year and got a B....

  4. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The webinar said we probably won't hear anything until after graduation which is the weekend of May 15th I think they

  5. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks, and Orlando definitely sounds appealing, and similar to the trauma center that I'm at. I'm definitely a believer in the fact that you learn more in a large trauma center. If you don't mind me...

  6. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They're busy dealing with graduation. They said they intend to have interviews every month until August, with at least 2 more for sure happening. It's probably won't happen until after May 15th...

  7. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not sure. I'm sure people from here will happily give you the details

  8. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    you have to sign up through their website. It says they will contact you with login info the day

  9. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks, and same to you. From the looks of it if there are two more interview sessions, I'll probably get invited to the last one! anyone else watching the May 3rd

  10. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Waiting game for me too since I applied late. I'm sure a lot of people accept, but later decline for different schools that are closer to their home or cheaper. When you accept 70 people into a field...

  11. Crna competitiveness

    CCRNdude replied to jed0012's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yeah. Wolford seems way too sketch this

  12. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have everything for my app in. They just haven't finished processing my transcripts. I meet all of the requirements though, and I was told they will 2 more interview dates. When is you interview...

  13. GRE for CRNA school

    CCRNdude replied to xaxxax's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    anything > 300 is acceptable. Go the LSU anesthesia school website and look at their program statistics. Your score is higher than the average accepted student's

  14. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Anybody know how many students they're taking this year? Just wondering why last year only 62 students matriculated vs 72 and 88 the years

  15. ICU experience for CRNA

    CCRNdude replied to iwantaj0b's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you apply to schools outside of your area, the Parkland name will mean nothing because most will have probably never heard of it. If you apply to local schools, then sure it will. A level 1 1...

  16. ICU experience for CRNA

    CCRNdude replied to iwantaj0b's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Option 1 with the second busiest ER in Dallas. You will be exposed to a lot more than just neuro. I work in a mixed ICU trauma center with one of the busiest ERs in my state, and we get more Neurosurg...

  17. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Do they interview for all clinical sites at once, or do they interview at each site independently for that site only? I'm pretty much willing to go to any site, and I think I chose Tampa (on a whim...

  18. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I was told that there will be at least 2 more interview

  19. Barry CRNA Starting 2017

    CCRNdude replied to m1lkofamnesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just shot gunned an app right now. I was told there are still open spots and if my transcripts are dated prior to May 1 I may be good to go! We will see what

  20. Step Down ICU transfering to Medical-Surgical ICU

    CCRNdude replied to CowboyMedic's topic in MICU, SICU

    I did this and did fine. You have a leg up on brand new nurses since you already know how to be a nurse. Now you just have to be coachable and learn how to be an ICU nurse. The ICUFAQ website was...

  21. Lowest GPA for CRNA

    CCRNdude replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Buspar was just pointing out that experience and certs can trump a lower GPA. Multiple nurses at my per diem gig at the VA have gotten into some competetive california CRNA programs and the VA takes...

  22. Lowest GPA for CRNA

    CCRNdude replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Get A's in your BSN because some programs place more emphasis on your last 60 GPA. I have a buddy who got in with a 2.9, but he was on a lot of committees at work, had CCRN/CMC, helped establish our...

  23. Did you wait to pick up OT?

    CCRNdude replied to Nurse3242's topic in Critical Care

    I picked up a ton of OT as soon as I could. If you want to do it, just do it. The more you work, the more you will learn and get in your groove and start to feel

  24. USAGPAN 2017

    CCRNdude replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Government, Military

    I'm applying to USAGPAN direct accession as well. Looking to do my phase II interview in May sometime, but like you I have to get through MEPS first, which will likely happen at the beginning of May...

  25. GRE for CRNA school

    CCRNdude replied to xaxxax's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just take the test. It's not all that