mbrian46

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1. GRE scores

   mbrian46 replied to pgreen's topic in CRNA

   I had a GRE of 950 quan/verbal and a much lower GPA of 3.2 and got accepted to an anesthesia program, so far have a 4.0 in school. My point........the GRE does not reflect a person's success in grad school. Most schools look at the overall picture in...

2. Triple H therapy and ICP question....please

   mbrian46 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Neuro

   In the NSICU where I used to work Decadron was mainly used on brain tumors, not for ICP control. Opioids, benzodiazapines, along with paralytics were used mainly for ICP control. Steroids have undesirable side effects, such as delayed wound healing, ...

3. Hamot/Gannon school of nurse anesthesia

   mbrian46 replied to crozb's topic in CRNA

   I'm sorry, I did forget to mention some minor details of Erie's snow (about 150 in. per year) and the wind off the lake can cut through you now and then, but other than that it's an ok place to be............ :)

4. Would you still take the CCRN exam...?

   mbrian46 replied to MaleAPRN's topic in CRNA

   If you have the extra money and time, go ahead and take it. It would be more initials behind your name. But, be sure you will be able to satisfy the CE requirements to keep your CCRN when it comes time to renew. I believe you have to have 100 CE's w/...

5. Hamot/Gannon school of nurse anesthesia

   mbrian46 replied to crozb's topic in CRNA

   Oh yeah, tuition for the 28 months is around $23,000 (give or take a little), which is cheap compared to some other schools I have looked at in the past.

6. Hamot/Gannon school of nurse anesthesia

   mbrian46 replied to crozb's topic in CRNA

   I live in Erie and I am attending Hamot's anesthesia program. I am in my first year and really like the program. Clinicals start your first semester, the classes are taught by CRNA's and the staff MDA's. It's a very clinical based program. I have not...

7. dexmetatomadine

   mbrian46 replied to jbro's topic in CRNA

   We used Precedex in the neurosurgical ICU where I used to work. From my experience with neuro patients it did not work very well on this patient population. We would extend the loading dose to about 20 min. instead of the recommended 10 min., but sti...

8. dexmetatomadine

   mbrian46 replied to jbro's topic in CRNA

   We used Precedex in the neurosurgical ICU where I used to work. From my experience with neuro patients it did not work very well on this patient population. We would extend the loading dose to about 20 min. instead of the recommended 10 min., but sti...

9. charting...dialed in or end tidal?

   mbrian46 replied to mbrian46's topic in CRNA

   I agree monitoring end-tidal concen. during a case is more of a reliable indicator of the brain p.p. as opposed to the dialed in concen. A CRNA (charts dialed in) gave this example: If a pt claims to have been awake/aware during surgery, case goes t...

10. charting...dialed in or end tidal?

    mbrian46 posted a topic in CRNA

    Quick question for SRNA's or CRNA's...When charting concentration of the anesthetic agent, do you chart what's dialed in or end tidal concentration? There seems to be mixed opinions among the CRNA's at the hospital where I am doing my clinicals. I ha...

11. old pre-req grades for CRNA program

    mbrian46 replied to JoJozay's topic in CRNA

    I was in a similar situation last year when I first applied to anesthesia school. My prereq. science grades were C's in Chem I,II, and Microbiology; of course all taken about 9-10 yrs. ago. My overall was about 3.2. I applied to different schools l...

12. Anybody a GANNON University applicant/Alum?

    mbrian46 replied to MaleAPRN's topic in CRNA

    I am currently in my first semester at the Hamot/Gannon Univ. program. So far, so good. Based on my experience, they interview at the end of July for admission in Jan. Our class consists of 16 people. The interview was very relaxed, consisting mai...

13. Hey, it's another o-chem question...

    mbrian46 replied to dianacs's topic in CRNA

    I took O chem last year and missed an A by 1.5 points. Ahhh. Anyway, ended up with a "B" in the class. If you can make an A, do it, if not don't worry about it. I started an anesthesia program this year, so far no B's in my classes. In my physics...

14. Southeast schools

    mbrian46 replied to HawaiiRN's topic in CRNA

    I'm currently attending Hamot Medical Center School of Anesthesia/ Gannon University in PA. I am in my first semester, so far, so good. There are 16 people in my class. In the past admissions were Fall and Spring, but now it's just Jan. classes. ...

15. KU SRNA???/Advice

    mbrian46 replied to Tia's topic in CRNA

    I am in my third week of a program in PA. So far, it's not that bad. I just spent time with my family and friends before the year started. There's really no point in reading ahead .... chances are you won't retain most of it. You will be doing pl...