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[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

I am honestly not trolling.

I am currently very seriously considering transitioning from my current path of medical school (with the intention of anesthesia) into getting my RN, BSN, and eventually CRNA school. The CRNA forums I have read are slightly terrifying, indicating new schools are popping up, pay and demand will plummet, as will respect among peers.

I'm trying to take the other forum with a grain of salt, as I know that the internet is a fantastic forum to vent, and many of these rants have a lot of emotion and little fact, but I wanted to ask here, on a much more calm forum, if there was any merit to these concerns. It is about 3-4 years from today before I will be eligible to apply to CRNA school, are the rumors true, will the market be flooded by then?

Please don't automatically dismiss my post as trolling, I'm asking an honest question here, one that determines whether or not I'm registering with Excelsior this week or not.

[clintcron]

For what its worth, I do not believe the market will be saturated. A lot of new grads yes, but the profession itself has a very nice shortage still yet. You also have to remember the competitiveness of the programs, and the relatively small class size each year. All of this combined with hospitals looking to decrease cost provides for a nice outlook for the future. Also, I might reconsider the option of the degree program aforementioned. There much cheaper alternatives with as good if not better quality in education.

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Thanks for taking the time to answer, this truly isn't a light decision and there are many things to consider.

As for cost, as a medic I'm not sure I see anything cheaper than my current path. Excelsior looks to cost about $6000 and can be done pretty quickly, then I have a few more classes at the community college I'm already at, then my BSN at OU which is about $8000. I have an income that will probably allow me to do most of this without loans, but if you have a cheaper option than that, I'm all ears.

[clintcron]

True, but they will fail you at least twice on the clinical eval. You should figure an additional 6000 for this. I know this for a fact. I'm just letting you know. Secondly, a close friend of mine had some issues with transfer credits to the school and into the masters. Just giving you something to think about..

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Hmm I've not heard that about the CPNE, and I know people who have passed on the first go, unless they are lying. As for the transfer, the BSN program I'm interested in has already told me that the nursing classes transfer 100% but not the remaining classes (which I wasn't planning on taking there anyhow) and the CRNA program I'm interested in says they don't care where my ADN came from, only my BSN..

[clintcron]

Cool. Just giving you something to consider. It may be a personality issue or something. Regardless, as long you stag motivated, you will get there. Any questions feel free to ask.

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Thanks very much, I appreciate the assistance!

[missnurse01, MSN, RN]

passed cpne first time, transferred credits without issue to bsn program, haven't heard of a crna program that cares where your adn came from-at least not from looking at most schools websites and from what I have heard on here. do what you need to do. and ask away! good luck!