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1. Honestly...Did I over-react?

   ACNP replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

   I adamantly APPLAUD you for standing up for yourself and taking charge of your personal health! This is exactly what is wrong with the nursing profession today!! Why can't we look out for ourselves and protect ourselves? Who knows what diseases this ...

2. Anyone put in a-lines?

   ACNP replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

   Ask a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) at your facility. We are trained to insert and monitor arterial lines. It is much like placing a 20g angiocath, except in an artery.

3. Valley review materials?

   ACNP replied to almostthere08's topic in CRNA

   Is there any way to contact the nurse anesthesia students ahead of you in your NA program? Perhaps you could send out an e-mail when you get a list of everyone in your program asking if anyone is willing to part with theirs. I know a few of the gradu...

4. Gift for my preceptor who was just accepted into CRNA program

   ACNP replied to jamst149's topic in CRNA

   How about an anesthesia resource book/card? The Handbook of Anesthesiology 2008 edition by Mark Ezekiel is a great resource that I carry with me in the OR. It's a down and dirty quick facts book. You can get it spiral bound as well at Kinko's and als...

5. The secret's out so give up now!?

   ACNP replied to Mannursemike's topic in CRNA

   Please do not believe this CRNA! I am a senior student in a nurse anesthesia program in Virginia and believe me there are tons of job opportunities. I graduate in Dec. 2008 and I get asked everyday in clinical where I'm going to work or if I've signe...

6. Anesthesia Careplans

   ACNP replied to kkrnkk's topic in CRNA

   Hi AmandaSRNA, The Handbook of Anesthesiology by Mark Ezekiel (the 2008 edition just came out) helped me a lot when writing my careplans. It has a lot of the anesthetic implications for ex. HTN, COPD, DM, Renal Failure, Obesity, Latex allergy, etc. I...

7. Regional Anesthesia

   ACNP replied to Little Fish's topic in CRNA

   Hi lacedmm1, I attend Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. The Anatomy Camp is something that the school started 2 years ago to help with our regional semester. We travel to East Tennessee State University for 4 days and use their cadave...

8. number of cases

   ACNP replied to gooseafrn's topic in CRNA

   My program has its SRNAs keep an Excel spreadsheet of all the cases you perform. The minimum required cases is 550 with 650 preferred. I think we are also required like 800 hours of anesthesia time. We also keep track of the different types of cases,...

9. Regional Anesthesia

   ACNP replied to Little Fish's topic in CRNA

   At my current NA program we have a regional semester where we cover everything from spinals, epidurals, peripheral blocks, local anesthetics, acute/chronic pain, and regional complications. We also attend an Anatomy Camp at the beginning of the summe...

10. Anyone here both an RN and RT before CRNA?

    ACNP replied to JOEYZ's topic in CRNA

    There is a former RT in my CRNA program. I believe he worked as an RT for several years before obtaining his BSN. He then worked as a critical care RN for about 2 years before applying to the program. He has helped me several times in explaining pulm...

11. Deciding whether to drop out CRNA school?

    ACNP replied to micugirl's topic in CRNA

    Hi Micugirl, First off, hang in there and don't withdraw. CRNA school is too hard to get accepted! I, too, am in my first rounds of clinical rotation except we have class 3 days/week and clinicals the other 2 days. I'm only on my 2nd clinical site bu...

12. Cymbalta

    ACNP replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in NP

    Okay, here goes. From the dinner/lecture I attended the most common side effects from Cymbalta were nausea, constipation, and dry mouth (anti-cholinergic effects) in the studies. The nausea should subside within the first week. The speaker also kept ...

13. Cymbalta

    ACNP replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in NP

    I work with pain management patients. I prescribe a lot of Cymbalta due to the SNRI effects. A lot of my patients have the depression, sleeplessness, as well as pain. It also works well with neuropathic type pain (numbness, tingling, burning, sharp, ...

14. Fight burnout but pay bills?

    ACNP replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I feel your stress and exhaustion. Have you thought about working agency in your area? I was in the same predicament when I graduated from nursing school and had to start paying back student loans and wanting to live decent. When I would work age...

15. Need help with essay for NP program

    ACNP replied to TooMuchFun's topic in Post Graduate

    If you need something else to discuss in your essay you might talk about how NPs aid in health promotion, disease prevention, and thereby decreasing hospitalization expenditures and rising healthcare costs. As a NP you are not only able to diagnose a...