Bay Medical Center Panama City & Gooding Institute of Nurse Anesthesia

Bay Medical Center Panama City & Gooding Institute of Nurse Anesthesia will not be accepting class in 2013. They are hoping to commence a new class next year.

Bay Medical Center Panama City
Gooding Institute of Nurse Anesthesia
615 N. Bonita Avenue
Panama City, FL 32401

Contact Information
Amanda Brown, CRNA, MSNA, Program Administrator
Donna L Baird, JD, RN, Vice President, Bay Medical Center Panama City
ph: (850) 747-6918
tf: (800) 422-2418
fax: (850) 747-6115
email: gooding@baymedical.org

NURSE ANESTHETIST SCHOOL INFORMATION

CRNA Degree offered
Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia

Program Length
28 months

CRNA School Rankings - U.S. News & World Report (2011)
This nurse anesthetist school received a score of less than 2.0 out of 5.0 and is considered “less than adequate” by US News and World Report. It received no rank.

Starting Month(s)
August

Application Deadline
November 1, Interviews will be held on January 13 and/or January 14

Cost of Bay Medical Center Panama City CRNA School
Cost of Tuition: $$57,400
*Fees and expenses: $3,000
Grand Total: $60,400

Tuition Calculation; Per semester $8,200, 7 semesters = $57,400.

*This estimate is provided by all-crna-schools.com and represents the average cost of text books, anesthesia supplies and test fees.

Accredited CRNA Programs are reviewed regularly.

Date of Last Review: 05/2002
Next Review Date: 05/2012

NURSE ANESTHETIST SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS

CRNA Program Requirements

BSN
Or a baccalaureate degree in Health Related Sciences (e.g. Biology, Chemistry,Physics), obtained in the U.S.

RN:
Current, unrestricted RN license. If accepted into the program, Florida RN license must be obtained by May of the year of class August start date.

Critical Care:
A minimum of one year recent RN experience in an area of acute/critical care. Average experience of accepted students is 2.7 years (4 year average)

Minimum GPA:
Cumulative 3.0. Average cumulative GPA of accepted students is 3.32 (3 year average). Average science/math GPA is 6.3 (2 year average)

Minimum GRE scores:
Must be completed within 5 years of application. GRE scores of 1000 or greater (combined verbal and quantitative) preferred. An analytical writing score of 3.5 or greater is preferred. Accepted students have average combined GRE scores of 1001 and analytical scores of 3.875 (4 year average).

CCRN :
Current Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification is highly encouraged.

Certifications:
Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.

CRNA Educational Requirements
There are no specific course prerequisites

Class Size
18

School performance

Pass Rate for first time test takers in 2011 is 82%

Employment Rate for 2011 is 100%

Attrition Rate for 2012 is 6%

CRNA SALARIES

An average nurse anesthetist salary in Florida

Florida CRNA salaries hover right around the national average and fluctuate between $150k-175k. Starting salaries for nurse anesthetists in Florida tend to be lower than that range.

An average annual nurse anesthetist salary in the US is $163,467 (according to a 2008 study)