CRNA school was by far the worst time of my life. Long distance from my wife and daughter, little sleep, didn’t work out for 2 years, treated like dirt at main clinical site, and like you said all the information. Been out for almost 2 years working, and it is by far the best decision I ever made for myself, my family and career. Keep grinding..I promise it is worth it.
How long did you work as a nurse before applying? What GPA you needed to get accepted to CRNA program? You said 2 yrs isn’t crna program 3 yrs? I’m sorry for asking all these questions I’m in nursing school and everything is overwhelming 😅
@@mahiyimesgen8981 I worked for 8 years in just ICU. You don’t have to work that long but that’s how things happened for me. I would suggest to anyone you need at least 2 years before you apply. You can get in with one year experience, but most people aren’t going to develop the critical thinking skills they need with just one year of ICU experience. I got in with a 3.0-3.1 gpa..what helped me was the experience I had. The first year is strictly classwork then the next 2 years or so is clinical/dnp project/board prep. For that 2 years waking up at 4-430 every day, going to clinical until 4-5 pm every day, then having to study/other work I had no time to work out consistently. Like I said though, it was all worth it. I’ve been out 2 years now, and I still love what I do..never get bored. If you are still in nursing school don’t even think about CRNA school right now. Just focus on graduating nursing school and getting into a high acuity ICU asap after graduation if you want to go the CRNA route. Then take the next steps towards it.
Yah, my situation was kinda different. I started college immediately after high school, got my associates degree in nursing in a community college, 3 years of that. Then immediately started working in the ICU of a major hospital for another 3 years while getting my BSN at a university online, right before covid. Idk if it’s the same where you live but here if you are going to CRNA school, it basically means you can’t work for 3 years, i was lucky cause I don’t have a family so i lived with my parents for those 3 years and just graduated last year. You right the information when you were studying was A LOT, but the job itself isn’t hard at all, especially with the money they are paying you.
I've interviewed CRNAs with whom, I've worked. I had no IDEA how competitive it is, JUST TO GET accepted to a CRNA program! Respect, from a PA! 🙂👋🏾👨🏽⚕️
Sounds about right. Not even an rn yet but im definitely interested in going this far someday. Glad to know it wont be a cake walk since itll make finally finishing all the more worth it
@@Indikka_Rahhhit’s basically a unit in the hospital where they send you to check your blood vessels by using a radioactive contrast to see if you have a block somewhere especially after a heart attack
Already know you're either gonna be or already are great at what you do. Appreciate this kinda advice. A friend of mine is like this and I always appreciate his advice/talks 🙏🏽
Thanks for sharing brother... and hang in there! I love what I do. But in hindsight... CRNA school is one of the most difficult and risky things you can do in your life, let alone academically. If you flunk out you've still gotta pay back all that money. One bad test in three years can do it. One family issue or medical problem can do it. One bad day where you mouth off to a preceptor and you are d. o. n. e. DONE. 3 years of Sorry, I can't do that I have to study. Sorry, I can't do that because I have to dive 16hrs to clinical sites, work 40 plus hours of clinical, and then study another 20 more this week when I get home because really THIS time honey this test is AGAIN make or break... It's totally doable... But is it worth it? Will your family or relationship survive? Is being in the OR between 0530 and 0630 every day even something you really want to do 5 days a week? How's your support system? No, how is it really? How many layers of redundancy are there? What's the plan for getting your kids to school, making dinner, after school activities? Is it just you and your dog or are you a single parent? How many months worth of savings do you have? Are you prepared to dramatically lower your standard of living while in school or are you going to go into even more debt to maintain it? Where is that money going to come from? Do you rent or own your home? How old and or reliable are you cars? If one goes down for a week or two, how big a problem would it be? Do you love the idea of being in one of the most litigated professions? You get distracted and accidentaly give a baby a lethal bolus of fluid. How would you handle that? Are you the type of person that does well with a dozen things going on? Would other people say the same about you? This is not a profession where a doc comes running in to save you. In fact a doc or the "powers that be" might be pushing for something that you believe will be harmful to your patient. Can you tactfully be confrontational when you need to be and persuasively support your position with evidence? These are just a few of the things to think about before you think the money sounds "worth it". If these types of things excite you... you have broad shoulders and say bring it on, it is certainly a rewarding profession. Just think looong and hard, and then commit to committing probably far more than you ever planned to and acknowledging that even if you do your best it might not be in the cards. Whatever you do, dont sacrifice you family on the alter of a degree.
Whats the hype of being crna ..im an RN and wanted to do crna but came to realize you become worst of a slave tovthe trade then have freedom. What i did i bought 10 properties and make more or less almost the same as aCRNA not even working .just buy properties and live off your tenents doctors and nurses pride and goal its so over rated grow up already you .dont wanna work all your life you want to live work free.smh
@ACoupleNurses thanks being on the game I knw how nurses are too dramatic and pride themselfs in hiw hard they have it and it shouldn't be influenced to the new generation .it's more then what it is.
How did you start doing this? My dad has talked to me about it, saying the same thing you said. He owns his own business though, so he doesn’t know how the real estate side works.
You have to love it to do it. I don’t like their working environment… the O.R. is too confined, but I praised those who are in it. Got to love what you do, life is too short and make the best out of our one chance in this world, then we move on.
@@s.w2934 Yea thats probably a big aspect of it. these schools know that you've already got a big grasp of these things they just want to make you take it again because they'll get a lot of money from it.
@@QueenElsa1999 Possibly. But I will say, the CRNA school anatomy and physiology that I'm taking right now is on a completely different level from the A&P I took before (both in my nursing and undergraduate studies). Its really a night and day difference. The anatomy that we had to memorize is down to the every single nerve in the entire brachial plexus, lumbar plexus, sacral plexus. I'm forced to learn to draw out the entirety of the brachial and lumbar plexus from memory. Which nerve affects which area. This is nowhere near what I covered in any of my other A&P classes-- not even close. We also incorporate ultrasound and POCUS from day one. Some of our homework assignments are to submit ultrasonography of a certain nerve visualization, or a cardiac view. I'd even go so far to say its absolutely essential, and my opinion is that ALL CRNA programs need to redo A&P to this level or higher.
Not super necessary. But if you really want, Nagelhout is our most studied textbook. Podcasts like ACCRAC, Core Anesthesia, and Anesthesia Guidebook have gems of information scattered throughout their podcasts. Deranged physiology is excellent for understanding deeper physiology and pathology.
There are people that glorify crna school? All I've seen is how difficult and shitty it is. I'm glad I havent seen the misleading info. I need to go in prepared with the facts!
Ive heard most CRNA schools wont accept applicants who work (becauee CRNA school is a part time job) so as long as you dont have to work and you have a good support system to handle the kids.
Most of you go into this for the money, so shh 🤫. For those who do it because they actually care to help, are genuinely kind (and obviously the money doesn’t hurt) YOU HAVE ALL THE RESPECT. 💪 🧠
They are not like anesthesiologists don’t even compare it. A doctor has studied a minimum of 12-15years to get his degree and is well more trained in medicine than any NP CRNA CAA And PA in existence. The vast amount of pathology doctors have to study compared to mid level providers is extremely large and not attainable to learn on a post 2 year program.
