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Hey all- I'm an SRNA with a little more than a year left in school, and I'm here seeking some advice with intubation technique. I started out, as did the majority of my class, using the Mac blade...

Hi there. I would echo what gwapo said to you. It might be best to relocate AFTER you have been accepted to school, for a few reasons. UT Knoxville's CRNA program is very small if I remember...

One thing I kind of wish that I had done before hand is paid more attention to the Anesthesia flow sheets on my ICU patients. (If your hospital has flowsheets) It will give you a good idea of the...

I second the Morgan & Mikhail suggestion. It's a great book to get started with. However, some of it probably won't mean much to you until you start school, and are immersed in the anesthesia world....

WOW on the IV Nimodipine... That sucks.

Haha,- Yes, I was fortunate enough to land a job in a high acuity ICU right after graduation. I basically knew that I wanted to be a CRNA straight out of high school, so that helped me not waste...

I am one of the youngest in my class at age 24. I think our range is from 24 to 40.

Propforall- I think you made the right decision. You will be exceptionally well rounded when you begin your program.

Goody-- I work in a 40 bed ICU. There are probably around 10-15 open heart surgeries per week. So at LEAST once a week I am taking care of a fresh open heart patient who is still sedated and not...

I'm leaving for school next month, and currently have 2 years 4 months experience. At the time I interviewed I had almost 1.5 years.I have felt infinitely more comfortable at my job after about month...

Did you get GradPLUS loans on top of your Federal Subsidized/Unsubsidized loans? I took out the max on both GradPLUS and the Sub/Unsub loans, and that leaves me an excess of $5000 per quarter to live...

I'm still waiting here.. I guess that means maybe I'm still in the running? Kind of expecting to see a rejection email every time my phone tells me I have a new message in my inbox. So I guess phone...

Any updates for anyone? I interviewed in December, and I'm pretty sure the March interviews are done with... I'm expecting notification one way or the other soon. Anyone else heard anything?

That sounds ludicrously unnecessary. Has the surgeon ever provided a rationale for this? A gas on a sedated and ventilated patient isn't going to change that dramatically very quickly. You can look...

Likewise-- Bummer. But I guess I'm Cincy or Pitt bound now. Not bad schools either.

Amiro-- No I have not received an email from them yet. I am hopeful though after reading that they won't be done emailing until the end of January. I put in my application on the last day, so perhaps...

Per the handout that I got when I interviewed in November... In-State: First year $18,148 (Fall, Spring and Summer, full time) Second Year $12,272 (Fall full time and 4 remaining quarters...

Hey, Amiro. I'm from Tennessee. I got a letter in the mail yesteday stating that they needed further information about my stats class. Unfortunately my undergrad school has very uninformative class...

I haven't even received word that they got my application. Have you guys? Where are you all from?

I had problems printing it as well. After three attempts with text running outside of the borders of the page I just copy and pasted it in to word and got it to print well enough. Got that thing...

Hey- I submitted mine in September I think. They called me about 2 weeks ago and gave me a couple of dates to choose from to come interview. I would call them and see what's up. They sent out an...

I believe Hi-Ho is right about ICU vs. hospital wide lab interpretation. The patients in the ICU are sicker, and therefore less likely to tolerate slight electrolyte imbalances than healthier...

Right now I have been accepted to two schools, with an application at Pitt still pending. My stats are as follows.. BSN GPA: 3.7 GRE: 1120/4.0 Experience: 1.5 Years experience CVICU, Openhearts...

Whoa, that's pretty bad. Yes- If you introduce air into a line that is inside the patient, an air embolus can occur. I think the balloon (I assume that's what they were trying to inflate) generally...

For those of you using precedex for open heart recovery-- Are your open hearts already reversed when they come out to you? I can't imagine using precedex for these people! Where I work we reverse the...