Sarah, Congratulations on starting your journey to become a nurse. Almost all of the CRNA programs in the area have the same admission requirements as these are dictated by both our professional accrediting body and our universities. At a minimum, yo...
Skytrane replied to condanchri's topic in Government
Having taught in the Army CRNA program - I'll try to answer your question. The Army program is a 2 phase program; Phase I is all didactic and at the Academy of Health Sciences at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio TX, Phase II is all clinical and at one ...
There are several research articles on this very issue, unfortunately I don't have the citations for you. I am sure you could easily find them by doing a pubmed search. Most of these articles say that the "magic" number is between 50 - 80 repititions...
The real question is what you want to do after becoming a CRNA. If you want to be a clinician, then the degree doesn't matter - the certification matters. If you want to teach, do research, etc. then the degree matters. It also matters where you w...
Very breifly and in a nutshell, the answer to your question is...it depends....upon the type of anesthesia machine you are using. The textbook answer is that most machines have a minimum O2 flow of 200ml/min (even with the flow meters all the way of...
I am an Army Reserve CRNA and have "mobilized" once already in support of GWOT (the global war on terrorism). Here is the story, the 90 day rule applys to certain critical specialties - one of which is CRNAs. The rule is 90 days "boots on ground". ...
This has caused me to question my own practice and we are in discussion amoung our group and with the OB dept. I usually let the father/significant other participate by sitting in front of and "holding" the mother during placement of the intrathecal/...
CSE for L+D - I don't use this technique for a primip. The analgesia you get with the intrathecal administration of a low dose local anestheic and opioid is phenomenal. They get almost total pain relief. That's a good thing you say. Yes it is, un...
I am a CRNA in a small community hospital in rural Wisconsin, and we do about 65% of ALL cases with a block of some sort. Regional experience in your practice setting is much like regional experience in your program. There are places that do it and...
Skytrane replied to angelique777's topic in Government
You ask a very vague question which is difficult to answer. I spent 14 years active Army and last 5 in Army Reserves. The first question you need to ask yourself is what you want ot do? The follow on to this is how will the Army Reserves will help...