Bay Medical Center Panama City & Gooding Institute of Nurse Anesthesia
Bay Medical Center is one of nine CRNA schools in Florida.
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 (s) 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 2011 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)
Rural average: $174,214
Metropolitan average: $164,148
Suburban average: $156,630
Average starting CRNA salaries range from: $110,000-$130,000.
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