Be_Moore

Be_Moore has 5 years experience and specializes in Pulmonary, MICU.

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1. Surprisingly simple way to keep organized in graduate school

   Be_Moore replied to BethBSN's topic in SRNA

   Just wanted to add in to this that Google Drive is cheaper on all plans, and offers more free storage up front (at 5gb). So just to let everyone know that there is a very solid competitor to drop box that is cheaper. It's what I use for backing up al...

2. Wesleyan Crna interview math test

   Be_Moore replied to BOOSTISADRUG's topic in SRNA

   I didn't have a math test in my interview, exactly. I was asked questions about gas laws (why they expected me to know this, I have no idea). ABG interpretation and being able to calculate an anion gap from a chem7 is also essential. Other than being...

3. CRNA, Steps to get there

   Be_Moore replied to RNwannbe's topic in SRNA

   It's all about the job experience. A job in a busy/large ICU will be much more impressive on a resume than a job in a small ICU that transfers its sick patients to larger hospitals. CRNA schools love applicants from teaching facilities (university ho...

4. Texas Wesleyan - Mobile, AL site satellite program??

   Be_Moore replied to i10duck's topic in SRNA

   I don't know anything about a math requirement, but it could be. Here's how the TWU interview works. You will interview with a panel of people. One of them will be a professor from TWU, one will be a clinical coordinator at your interview site, and t...

5. Texas Wesleyan - Mobile, AL site satellite program??

   Be_Moore replied to i10duck's topic in SRNA

   They don't weigh it that much, I don't believe. I know a person who got an interview (and accepted) with a 900 (old scoring where the minimum requirement was a 1000)...but that person also dropped out in the first semester. It only matters insofar as...

6. Okay, SRNA's, enlighten me.

   Be_Moore replied to crichards00's topic in SRNA

   I've heard that it is one of the biggest strains on relationships around. I'm lucky in that I don't have kids, but I can see how it would be really tough with them. I don't get to see my girlfriend much, but luckily she is an MD so therefore is very ...

7. CRNA Satisfaction for Creative Adrenaline-Junkies?

   Be_Moore replied to lizzzzzzz's topic in CRNA

   Well, I'm an SRNA, not a CRNA, but since no one else has responded... Anesthesia doesn't really seem like the adrenaline game, definitely much more of a thinking game. It's been described as 99%/1%. 99% routine and 1% sheer terror when something goes...

8. How old were you when you started CRNA school?

   Be_Moore replied to Nolander's topic in SRNA

   I'm guessing that means book smarts. Knows the answers to questions about receptor activation, etc. I'm 27 as a first year. Most of us are probably in the 26-30 range, though there are more than a few 30+ and 40+, and a handful of 50+. And, of c...

9. CEN, ENA, TNCC

   Be_Moore replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

   I have the TNCC and I can say it was a joke. Had about 1 year ICU experience at the time and it's nothing that you don't already know (if you have nursing experience), it's just placed in a format that is kinda new. As far as skills, you just have to...

10. Advice for applying to KPSAN?

    Be_Moore posted a topic in SRNA

    Hello friends. I plan to apply to CRNA school next year, and KPSAN is my first choice. I'm curious if there is any advice that I could get from any current students, or graduates, about the application process and things I can do to strengthen my res...

11. Cool Jobs to do after you gain ER experience

    Be_Moore replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

    Critical Care transport, Flight nursing (helicopter or fixed wing).

12. Aline pressure verses cuff in sepsis

    Be_Moore replied to Darkfield's topic in MICU

    The pressures could be different, but usually you would see the opposite pattern. The fem a-line would have a crap pressure while the brachial cuff pressure would be okay. That's when you are thinking something like aortic dissection. I would almost ...

13. Anesthesia for Dummies???

    Be_Moore replied to alitoala's topic in CRNA

    I second the previous post. They are going to ask critical care related questions, not so much anesthesia related questions. Get a good CCRN book and read that. If you can pass your CCRN before interviews, that would be optimal. Passing your CCRN mea...

14. Lesser Known "Post bedside RN" Jobs?

    Be_Moore replied to NHGN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Informatics. Designing and implementing computerized systems. critical care nursing perspective is invaluable in that area.

15. Very confused about nursing programs

    Be_Moore replied to SimoneWmson's topic in General Nursing

    1) Either satisfy them all or find the most common themes between them and pick the route in which you will satisfy most of them. Most nursing schools run very similar pre-req patterns anyway. 2)Did 2 years of pre-med Chem first, so 6 hours physics, ...