sweetsleeper

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1. Why did you become a CRNA?

   sweetsleeper replied to ktg's topic in CRNA

   I became a CRNA because I wanted to do something more challenging than what I was doing at the time (working as an RN in Critical Care/Recovery Room). I was working on an MSN at the time and one day I asked myself "what am I doing this for?" I was ...

2. CRNA only partner groups

   sweetsleeper replied to sweetsleeper's topic in CRNA

   Jim, I must say you have a way w/ words! You hit on the head what I am trying to do, and you expressed it quite eloquently! I guess for me, the money of the profession is fine, but I did not go into anesthesia for that. I went into it because I wa...

3. nursing student observation

   sweetsleeper replied to shirleyTX's topic in CRNA

   As a CRNA for several years, I promise you there is an "attitude" there. It is almost like we CRNAs disowned the nursing profession! Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, I do most of the things an anesthesiologist does, but I was a nurse ...

4. MAC help

   sweetsleeper replied to gravitycure's topic in CRNA

   Think of MAC (minimal alveolar concentration) this way: With a certain concentration of say Sevo 1 MAC, that means that half the patients tested at that level of percentage of agent moved to noxious stimuli, and half did not. It is simply a measurem...

5. CRNA only partner groups

   sweetsleeper replied to sweetsleeper's topic in CRNA

   I have been doing anesthesia as a CRNA for 15 years and I really enjoy it. I honestly think I found my niche after doing ICU/CCU/PACU for several years. Right now I work in a state in the southeast in a major univ medical center (sorry for being kin...

6. Less than optimum anesthesia?

   sweetsleeper replied to UCDSICURN's topic in CRNA

   I would agree I would not do the general anesthesia like that. Burn patients hurt like h**l when the debridement is finished. Sevo is sevoflurane, a gas we use, and vec is vecuronium, a muscle relaxant we use frequently in anesthesia. Because the ...

7. CRNA only partner groups

   sweetsleeper posted a topic in CRNA

   Hey Everybody, This is my first time posting to the forum. I have been a CRNA for several years, and I am interested in joining a CRNA only group w/ the potential of becoming a partner. I live in the southeast, so if anybody has any leads or ideas,...