The small class size, and the way the students in it looked out for each other during the 18-month nursing program, figure high on the list of reasons why Anne Parson 鈥�09 enjoyed her experience in the RN to BS degree in nursing program at 91短视频鈥檚 Lancaster (Pa.) campus.
鈥淚鈥檓 a small-group, 鈥榟omey-feeling鈥� kind of girl,鈥� said Parson. 鈥淲e all started together, stayed together, and supported each other.鈥�
Parson, a native of Lancaster County, worked full-time as an RN at Lancaster Regional Medical Center while she attended classes at 91短视频. Ever since she鈥檇 begun training as a nurse, Parson had been attracted to anesthesia. Because a bachelor鈥檚 degree is a prerequisite for further training as an anesthetist, and because she needed to fit further education around her work and life responsibilities, the ADCP program through 91短视频 was a natural choice.
While the writing component of the program stretched Parson 鈥渋n a way that nursing hadn鈥檛,鈥� by the time she鈥檇 finished it, her desire to work in anesthesia had been confirmed.
Now enrolled full-time in a competitive Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist program at York College of Pennsylvania, Parson expects to graduate in May 2012. After that, she already has a job waiting at York Hospital.
In the midst of clinical rotations, life is busy these days, but any time she finds herself with a few spare minutes on the east side of town, Parson stops in to say hi to the ADCP instructors and staff who played important parts in the development of her career as a nurse.
* The website of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 鈥� www.aana.com 鈥揹etails the high entrance requirements for admission to CRNA programs and states: 鈥淩eflecting the level of responsibility, CRNAs are one of the best paid nursing specialties. The reported average annual salary in 2005 was approximately $160,000.鈥�