Derek's Schooling? How much Longer??

Derek is ½ way done with his RN Associates Degree Program at UVU. Because he is ½ way done he is able to a State Test to get his LPN. After he gets his LPN, he will work Part time as a LPN, While he Finishes his Associates Program as a RN @UVU.

Once Derek has his Associates RN Degree (December 2009). He then will work for a Mountain Star Hospital. (Because he signed a contract with them a year ago, in agreement that they will help pay for Tuition for the RN program he is currently in, for a trade of his employment for a year.

During this employment time as a RN Associate, he will work full time, and do a online RN Bachelors Degree. Also During this year Derek is going to need to try to get a Position in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) A.S.A.P.

-Why 1 year in I.C.U as a Associates RN?
It is One of the Requirements along with a RN Bachelors Degree, For a CRNA Medical School Program.
Derek will have all this Done and will have his Bachelors Degree by December 2010.

-What Derek will do now?
He will apply to a couple different Medical Schools for there CRNA Program’s.
CRNA program in medical school is a 3 year Program. So we are looking at December 2013, when he finishes School With His Master’s Degree as a CRNA.

-What is a CRNA?
A Nurse Anesthetist, or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), is a licensed professional nurse who provides the same anesthesia services as an anesthesiologist (MD). After completing extensive education and training, CRNAs become nationally certified; they may then practice in all 50 states.
Performing a physical assessment
Participating in preoperative teaching
Preparing for anesthetic management
Administering anesthesia to keep the patient pain free
Maintaining anesthesia intraoperatively
Overseeing recovery from anesthesia
Following the patient's postoperative course from recovery room to patient care unit .
Nurse Anesthetists stay with their patients for the entire procedure, constantly monitoring every important body function and individually modifying the anesthetic to ensure maximum safety and comfort. CRNAs administer approximately 65 percent of the 26 million anesthetics given to patients in the United States each year.

-Where do Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) work?
CRNAs practice in a variety of settings in the private and public sectors and in the US military, including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms, ambulatory surgery centers, pain clinics, and physicians' offices. They practice alone, in groups and collaboratively. Some CRNAs have independent contracting arrangements with physicians or hospitals.