Is it okay to go to a community college?

[Chloe8043]

Okay, three questions:

1. Do CRNA programs care about which school you go to?

2. Will going to a community college affect my chances of getting into

the program?

3. Would it be okay to do most of my lower division courses at a

community college then finish at a good university for nursing, like

UAB?

[beedog13]

Bama and Shandsburn have made some more good points:

When I decided to finish my BSN, my wife had just been accepted to law school, we also found out she was preggers with baby #1, I was working full-time plus alot of on-call hours in the O.R...I needed the flexibility of alot of online classes. I emailed no less than 20 CRNA program directors with questions about online BSN's (esp. Regents, Phoenix, etc.)--the vast majority said "no way" and a handful said that it would be "ok", but they heavily handicap online-only GPA's in their applicant pools r/t over-inflated GPA's. My wife deferred her admission for one year (just long enough for me to finish). I found light at the end of the tunnel through several online classes, some videoconference classes, and a handful of on-campus classes (the harder ones--CHEM series, pathophysiology, etc.)

I will agree to disagree wih Bama about going straight through a BSN program--I personally benefitted a great deal from practical RN experience gained at work while finishing my BSN classes, not to mention the fact that you get into a situation where you surround yourself with alot of experienced people (intensivists, maybe anesthesiologists, senior RN's, RT's, etc.) whose brains you can pick about/for ideas. The ICU time is as important as any component of your application process. While I regretted having to spend time in the ICU after my BSN because I worked in the O.R. while finishing my BSN, the O.R. time is what inspired my desire to be a CRNA--all's well that ends well. You will serve yourself well to only need the BSN to draw to a close to apply--ICU ime already in your pocket. You will easily save at least one year...maybe more...plus the $ you earn working with your ADN will help defer your BSN costs (some of your BSN-only classmates will be working as CNA's or in some name-tag job at a mall or something--YOU will already be a NURSE!)

Bryan

[RRT2RN2CRNA]

I will agree to disagree wih Bama about going straight through a BSN program--I personally benefitted a great deal from practical RN experience gained at work while finishing my BSN classes, not to mention the fact that you get into a situation where you surround yourself with alot of experienced people (intensivists, maybe anesthesiologists, senior RN's, RT's, etc.) whose brains you can pick about/for ideas. The ICU time is as important as any component of your application process. While I regretted having to spend time in the ICU after my BSN because I worked in the O.R. while finishing my BSN, the O.R. time is what inspired my desire to be a CRNA--all's well that ends well. You will serve yourself well to only need the BSN to draw to a close to apply--ICU ime already in your pocket. You will easily save at least one year...maybe more...plus the $ you earn working with your ADN will help defer your BSN costs (some of your BSN-only classmates will be working as CNA's or in some name-tag job at a mall or something--YOU will already be a NURSE!)

Bryan

I have to go with Bryan on this one... time and moneywise ADN seems to be the way to go, then concurrent BSN time with ICU experience so you're killing two birds with one stone and getting paid for the whole thing... and possibly getting your RN-BSN at reduced tuition if you can get a job at the University hospital that youre getting your RN-BSN at.

I also agree that where you get your RN-BSN is much more important than where you get your ADN. I would never do my RN-BSN through Excelsior if I was applying to CRNA school.

Cheers

[Pedsccrn]

:yeahthat:

Pedsccrn