Wolford College CRNA February 2016 entry

jed0012 · Mar 7, 2016

Your applying for February 2017? The COA is coming in April of this year, they should know accreditation status prior to interviews. As of right now it appears that they are working really hard on getting that accreditation, they are getting all new equipment for the SIM Lab, and restructuring classes to meet all requirements.

Thank you a lot I thought it I applied this early I may get an early interview and know maybe in like August or September area. I want to say yes because they maybe the only ones to admit me. Any further info contact me at [email protected]

SleeperHold · Mar 26, 2016

Really? Wow! Did you just start this feb or oct 2015?
What about the instructors r bad? Do they not know their stuff?

I started in February and I disagree with Turner_SRNA. In fact I think he/she is a troll. Threse nobody in our February class with that name. I've asked around too (our class isn't that big, 27). Turner made an account and they are lame. The Doctor teaching the A & P is cool, and is working hard to make our class interactive.

I know I've said this before. But if anyone has questions. Feel free to PM me or any of the other SRNA's from Wolford. I haven't met anyone in classes or clinicals that wouldn't give you some insight into the program.

loveanesthesia · Mar 26, 2016

If you graduate from this program before they become accredited then your degree will never be recognized. Even if they become accredited in the future it won't matter, they weren't accredited when you graduated. It's amazing to me the number of people who accept this. Someone posted that regional accreditation is a long and difficult process. True, and every other nurse anesthesia program has done it.

AllIcanbe · Mar 26, 2016

.. People accept it because it is an easier way out I think. Someone posted above that Wolford is the only school that will accept him/her.. Talk about standards.

loveanesthesia · Mar 26, 2016

If this is the only program you can get into and they don't charge any tuition, then it's almost rational. Otherwise it's an irrational decision, especially with the number of FL programs.

jed0012 · Mar 27, 2016

I didn't say the only one that will accept me, I said it maybe the only one that accepts me and that could be period not just this year. Your not guaranteed a spot in anything in life, if your dreams are strong enough then whoever accepts you whether it's in Arizona or Maryland you go there. I was simply asking if this was the only one was it worth the risk or risk it with another school in another year. Thanks for your input

ProgressiveThinking, MSN, CRNA · Apr 21, 2016

Anybody know how their COA visit went?

RN_dude · Apr 21, 2016

The COA has not visited yet. The COA actually cancelled the originally scheduled visit and pushed it back to a later time. They are supposed to come sometime in the spring still but no official date has been given by the COA.

loveanesthesia · Apr 21, 2016

You are a very well informed student. When do you graduate? If you graduate before regional accreditation, your degree will never be recognized.

mmbackpacker · Apr 21, 2016

You are a very well informed student. When do you graduate? If you graduate before regional accreditation, your degree will never be recognized.

Simply not true. I know two students finishing a doctorate at other colleges. Additionally, the fact that the current standard of practice is a masters degree, so once you graduate with a masters, you have it, and they can't take it back (despite the common nightmare of this happening). If what you are saying is true, none of the graduates would be able to take boards, but contrary to what you are saying, all graduates take the boards. So really, this argument is #1, not factual, it is misleading; #2, the amount of students who intend to continue in a doctorate program is, percentage wise, pretty small, further negating your efforts to smear Wolford.

loveanesthesia · Apr 21, 2016

The NBCRNA requirement for NCE eligibilty is the completion of a COA accredited nurse anesthesia program. NCE eligibility is not dependent on a degree. So since Wolford is COA accredited, the graduates are eligible to take the NCE exam, and become a CRNA.

I am curious that you know of 2 graduates who are attending a doctoral program (again you are a very well informed student). I assume you mean a doctoral program other than the Wolford doctoral program, correct? Where are these doctoral programs? I'm curious because regionally accredited institutions are required to only accept transfer from other regionally accredited institutions. I wonder if someone in admissions from those doctoral programs didn't notice that the MS degree was from a college that had not acheived regional accreditation.

I think a common assumption in higher ed is that all colleges are regionally accredited because the students would not be eligible for financial aid without regional accreditation. That is where nurse anesthesia, and hense Wolford, is unique. Due to the COA accreditation, Wolford students are elibible for Title IV financial aid, even though Wolford is not regionally accredited. This is due to the history of COA accreditation when many nurse anesthesia programs were hospital based. Most specialized accreditors such as the COA are not gatekeepers for Title IV, so it's almost unheard of for a college to be able to grant financial aid without regional accreditation.

cgmoody · Apr 25, 2016

Has anyone been accepted for Fall 2016!?