traumaguy8

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1. UAB 2015 CRNA application stats

   traumaguy8 replied to RNdiscipulus's topic in SRNA

   Hi phantom. All schools are a little bit different in how the interview is set up and the type of questions they ask. Typically, a school will ask personality based "get to know you" type questions and/or clinical based questions. I will copy and pas...

2. Applying to CRNA school in 2016

   traumaguy8 replied to JLV5646's topic in SRNA

   I got a 305 (quant=152, verb=153, writ=3.5) which equals 1160 on the old test equivalence scale. It's not the greatest but was good enough to get me an interview at both schools I applied too. I guess it really depends on how much weight the school y...

3. How can I best increase my chances for admission?

   traumaguy8 replied to kyllae11's topic in SRNA

   I was reading this thinking the same thing as lady_stic (love that username). Short of literally craping your pants during the interview, you will be fine.

4. USF CRNA Fall 2015 Roll Call

   traumaguy8 replied to nursemaReN's topic in SRNA

   Congrats! I was very interested in USF's program. I even flew down for their open house at the CAMLS center (which is super impressive BTW). Im not from Florida but I have spent some time in Tampa and absolutely love it! If hadn't gotten accepted to ...

5. Is there really racism at Wolford College?

   traumaguy8 replied to RNDude2012's topic in SRNA

   As a fellow white storm trooper who lives in the South, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Black storm troopers do take a lot more crap. But they all have huge blaster rifles. Serious reply: I agree with the post above mine. You may be surpr...

6. Not one to give up

   traumaguy8 replied to lkoch002's topic in MICU

   It does get better, you will get faster, you will become more knowledgable about your patient population. The biggest thing is that with time you will learn better time management skills. During orientation and immediately off orientation, you are so...

7. flushing iv

   traumaguy8 replied to ocdstudent's topic in General Students

   You most certainly chose an appropriate username.

8. Applying to CRNA school in 2016

   traumaguy8 replied to JLV5646's topic in SRNA

   You're welcome! Im glad it helped someone.

9. Suggested Schools?

   traumaguy8 replied to SouthALRN's topic in SRNA

   After reading back through my post, I see that I got caught up rambling and forgot to say why doing the imaginary scenarios are helpful for clinical type interview questions. It's helpful bc typically the interviewers are going to be rational and kee...

10. Suggested Schools?

    traumaguy8 replied to SouthALRN's topic in SRNA

    That is not as bad of a GPA as you think it is. Especially if your science GPA is higher. I would guess that around the time you start applying, you will have about 1.5 - 2 years experience. That won't necessarily hurt you, but it won't necessarily h...

11. Anybody want to discuss pKa?

    traumaguy8 replied to traumaguy8's topic in SRNA

    I've totally used that website before! Your answer does answer my question. Basically, the pKa will help you know to what extent a change in the solution's pH will effect the ionization of the drug. I plugged the pKa of STP into the calculator on tha...

12. Suggested Schools?

    traumaguy8 replied to SouthALRN's topic in SRNA

    I want to say that there are some other schools that do have satellite campuses in Mobile. Maybe LSU and Texas Wesleyan, or maybe it was Texas Christian... Can't remember for sure. They may or may not be set up like UAB's but Worth checking out eith...

13. Suggested Schools?

    traumaguy8 replied to SouthALRN's topic in SRNA

    Once I got squared away with school, I quit getting on here mostly for lack of time but I got on here today to post a question about something in class and I saw your post. I remember being sad when I could never find people on here with info about t...

14. Anybody want to discuss pKa?

    traumaguy8 posted a topic in SRNA

    So, I am taught that an anesthetic's pKa is important because it is important to know how the drug's actions will be altered across varying levels of plasma pH. Well, I get the importance of knowing how the drug's actions will be altered across vary...

15. Applying to CRNA school in 2016

    traumaguy8 replied to JLV5646's topic in SRNA

    Current SRNA so I might can help a lil... * I applied to two schools. One I got an interview but not accepted. The other I got an interview and accepted. I've lurked on this forum for a long time and I'd say most people on here would advise to apply ...