nursenary57

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1. Does time pass slow in the OR?

   nursenary57 replied to Chip_04's topic in CRNA

   Everybody here has made great points. I've only been in school for 6 months (about 130 cases so far) and there are definitely extremes. One day it is cysto after cysto (some done in 20 minutes, some up to 45) and then the next day is an open belly fo...

2. Starting School Monday

   nursenary57 replied to nursenary57's topic in SRNA

   Hey guys! I'm not dead. Brain dead maybe. Just finished week 3. Through 6 quizzes/tests I'm still clutching onto an A. Got two weeks left on this initial orientation period and then I'll be in the OR on 8/28. Thats when the fun starts. We average 4-...

3. Starting School Monday

   nursenary57 replied to nursenary57's topic in SRNA

   I'll update you guys on the weekend. Kind of busy right now!

4. Starting School Monday

   nursenary57 posted a topic in SRNA

   Hey guys, I'm starting my anesthesia program Monday, July 24th. To say I'm nervous yet excited would be quite an understatement. The percentages on each are variable, just like Owen Wilson said in the launch scene from Armageddon "I've got that excit...

5. Where have all the GOOD VEINS gone?

   nursenary57 replied to PCUSheryl's topic in General Nursing

   I understand you getting upset about the difficulty of getting IVs in the "hard sticks". I used to work in a high volume Level 1 trauma ER. The hardest thing about that job was that we were incredibly busy and it sometimes took a lot of time to get a...

6. CRNA dream

   nursenary57 replied to walec1's topic in SRNA

   Walec, No problem. I'm glad to help. PM me anytime if you have any questions. If I can answer them I will. If I don't know I can come up with a pretty good lie!

7. CRNA dream

   nursenary57 replied to walec1's topic in SRNA

   Walec1, I understand your nervousness, especially since I just went through the process in January. I'm very fortunate that I only had to do one interview and I start school in July! The key to getting through the interview for me was to overprepare....

8. Question about titrating pressors

   nursenary57 replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in MICU

   Holy crap! I just figured out Artemis2 identity! I used to work with her! When I was waiting for shift change and I would see her walk through the door inside I would say "Thank God, someone who knows what they are doing and I can count on!" I learne...

9. Question about titrating pressors

   nursenary57 replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in MICU

   Artemis, That was a great post. Wish you had been my preceptor when I got out of school. You took a complex process and made it simple. Or as I like to say "You rednecked it down for us commoners." You titrate by drops? Sounds like you've been in thi...

10. Accepted at MTSA

    nursenary57 replied to nursenary57's topic in SRNA

    I interviewed Tuesday morning around ten and they notified me Wednesday afternoon. That made my night at work go alot better! Most of the class (total 70) were accepted at early interviews last fall. There were 90 people for the last 23 slots. I agre...

11. Accepted at MTSA

    nursenary57 posted a topic in SRNA

    Hey guys. I just found out that I got accepted to the 2006 class of Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. Just wondering if any of my future classmates are out there wandering in cyberspace. Good luck to all.

12. Show me the Money

    nursenary57 replied to Browndog's topic in Male Students

    Browndog, You are right about Nashville pay ranges. I work at Vandy and Baptist. If you want to chat more about it you can get me at [email protected] I've got to work tonight but if you send me your email I will try to answer any questions ...

13. Knoxville Hospitals

    nursenary57 replied to shirleyTX's topic in Tennessee

    I did a 2 month travel contract in their ER last summer. Nice ER, good equipment and clean too. The staff I worked with was great. Out of all of the staff there were only two for whom I didn't care to work with (Sondra can probably name them). The ch...

14. where is the best medical surgical experience in Nashville ?

    nursenary57 replied to Daisy2's topic in Tennessee

    I work ER at Vandy and ICU at Baptist in Nashville. I would go to Vandy's med/surg floors. IMHO based on my experience you get better overall support at Vandy with patient's who take a bad turn on the floor and have to be sent to the unit. I have no ...

15. Move to ED from ICU?

    nursenary57 replied to sleddogrn's topic in Emergency