by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
(North Carolina)
As I was reading through Wake Forest’s CRNA School page, I was impressed with this advice and by the same (theoretical) group of people you’ll be interviewing with, so listen up.
“Very. Experience shows that people fail to successfully complete programs of nurse anesthesia for various reasons.
“There are no “givens” that a student with a certain GPA or so many years of experience will automatically be able to successfully pass through the rigorous curriculum. The interview is an extremely important opportunity for us to assess the less-quantifiable attributes that may predict an applicant’s success here.
“Based on the interview, sometimes applicants with relatively short ICU experience are admitted and to become the high quality graduates for which we are known.”