Air'n

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1. Nurse bloggers/writers?

   Air'n replied to BA.LVN's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I just recently jumped in the game. After getting my bachelors and then my masters, I realized how specialized my job is at this point. If, god forbid, anything happened to my career, I'd like to have other income streams. Many financially savvy b...

2. How much does your school cost? I'll go first.

   Air'n posted a topic in SRNA

   I go to UPenn. Tuition is $125,000.00. If you add cost of living for the 24 month program it is more like $175,000.00. With interest for Grad Plus loans at around 7.5% I'm looking at $30,000.00 in interest conservatively. That doesn't include bo...

3. RRT needing some info

   Air'n replied to Mullis22's topic in SRNA

   I'm an RRT as well and I'm working my way through BSN school right now. During interviews for BSN program the interviewers were very interested in my respiratory background and with vent, critical, and high stress code blue experience that saturates...

4. How do I know CRNA is for me? (INTP/INTJ)

   Air'n replied to kc_jellybean's topic in SRNA

   I live in K.C., KS and am in nursing school. I just called Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill I said I wanted to shadow some CRNA's. With no background check or confidentiality paperwork they had me in OR scrubs and observing a gastric bypass in 1...

5. respirator mask for copd patients

   Air'n replied to nu2this's topic in Pulmonary

   Wait a minute. . . COPDers may have a lower sat than 98% but it sure isn't as low 70%. If you allow it to go this low you had better have a ventilater on hand because that pt will begin hyperventilating to increase oxygenation then tire out giving ...

6. Dsitinguishing Breath Sounds

   Air'n replied to TennRN2004's topic in Pulmonary

   Breath sounds for pleural effusions usually sound like a coarse rubbing together of leather as well as diminished.

7. Respiratory Therapist

   Air'n posted a topic in CRNA

   Hi everybody, I'm a respiratory therapist who wishes to pursue a CRNA degree. I'll begin 2 years of nursing school this Spring. Can anyone attest to the experience provided by several years of Respiratory Therapy in critical care toward the duties o...