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As you enter the nurse anesthesia profession, you will find these Nurse Anesthesia Sites for the Pre-CRNA most helpful to reference.
Founded in 2023, this membership group is designed to shorten your path to CRNA school acceptance. With hundreds of members on this private, paid, platform, you have access to people and information you can’t find through Googling. Your membership comes with access to a robust content library with new content and updates weekly.
“Founded in 1931, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) is the professional association representing more than 44,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and student registered nurse anesthetists nationwide… More than 90 percent of the nation’s nurse anesthetists are members of the AANA.”
Though this community is targeted for nurses as a whole, it has three great sub-forums (pre-crna, srna, and GPA issues. Just keep in mind that the forum is moderated by RNs rather than CRNAs, so there is some misinformation about the CRNA profession.
After scouring through over 100 school anesthesia sites, none were as helpful to the prospective applicant as Wake Forest. Along with describing their nurse anesthesia program, the school offers a thorough self-assessment test that will show you exactly what schools are looking for from applicants.
WFBMC’s program is one of the most difficult to get into, so if you can pass their self-assessment test, chances are, you’ll do just fine when applying to the school of your choice. Obviously, not everything they say will apply to you (if you apply to a different school), but it will be worth the time and show you what you can do to improve your application.
This is the official site for the GRE. Since most nurse anesthesia programs require this test, you’ll want to visit this site to determine when and how to best prepare for it.
National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA)
I feel their title says it all.
International Student Transcript Evaluation
If you are an international student and courses prerequisites transferred into the US equivalents. If you’re confused by all of the options, I recommend WES.org
International Nurses – US work visa
If your RN license is in another country, and you wish to begin working as an RN in the US, you will need to take the CGFNS qualifying exam. This site will also tell you what other steps you need to take before you make this transition. International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists (IFNA)
A great place to find answers to questions about international nurse anesthesia. “The IFNA is the authoritative voice for nurse anesthetists and enhancing quality anesthesia care worldwide.”
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