sweetdreams

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1. What's going to keep you motivated????

   sweetdreams replied to SRNACHIC's topic in CRNA

   Thinking of a big house is nice, but a real motivator for some of us is the picture attached to failure: family in rags, 100K in debt, dealing with melana in ICU again, no college for the kids, etc.

2. Just "knocking people out"?

   sweetdreams replied to Salus's topic in CRNA

   Salus 69 Summing the CRNA proffession up by saying "CRNA's just give people some gas and they wake up later." is like saying why do airline pilots require extensive training...they just take the plane off, then it lands. There are a myriad of possib...

3. Experience ~ Charleston/MUSC

   sweetdreams replied to poja_18's topic in CRNA

   poja 18 I'm currently a Newman student. Our program director is leaving to become the new director of the SC program. He is very student oriented and easy to visit with. I would suggest calling him after he takes over the program this summer and aski...

4. High narcotic technique help

   sweetdreams replied to WntrMute2's topic in CRNA

   Smiling_RU Thanks for sharing on this topic. I'm in my third month of clinical and have been impressed by the smoothness of a high narcotic technique. I have two questions 1. Why Iso over Des or Sevo 2. Do you ever use MS after the patient is breathi...

5. Srnas &crnas--advice Please!!

   sweetdreams replied to jebain's topic in CRNA

   Hi jebain, First; Congratualations on being accepted into school!!!! I'm a SRNA at Newman. Understand it is one of your choices. I have been very pleased with the program and would pick it again. To respond to your post: I would advise reading "Clini...

6. Say it's not so

   sweetdreams replied to yoga crna's topic in CRNA

   Yoga, I'm in my first semester of SRNA clinicals and have read the posts on OGP, finding an strong underlying "Back in the Day" theme to it all. The idea that you take the cream of ICU RNs, put them through the academic wringer for 2-3 years and pro...

7. Pharmacology question for CRNA's and SRNA's

   sweetdreams replied to Pooh Bear Girl's topic in CRNA

   One book your husband may want to check into is "Anesthesia Secrets" by James Duke. I bought my copy from amazon.com. One of the senior students in my program said that quite a few of the pimping questions came from it. This book gives concise overvi...

8. Er experience

   sweetdreams replied to rmcgrog's topic in CRNA

   rmcgrog, I agree that asking the individual program directors is the best approach. I got in with 1 yr MICU, 3.5 years ER, and .5 PACU; good luck athomas, "we never know what is going to hit, yet we have to be prepared and calm - i also told them tha...

9. clinical anesth.

   sweetdreams replied to athomas91's topic in CRNA

   It's my favorite text; not as wordy or in depth as Barash, but concise and easy to read. Have several classmates that also have and like this one. I plan to carry it and Mass General to clinicals. Dave

10. Informal survey for those who have applied to CRNA school

    sweetdreams replied to cnmtocrna's topic in CRNA

    cnmtocrna, I believe it may be my post on "should I be a CRNA or MDA thread" that you're referencing. My class at Newman had an average of around 5 five years of nursing experience. The extremes were 1 and 17 years. Obviously mine is not a scientific...

11. Should i go to Crna schol or become m.d?

    sweetdreams replied to akijitsu's topic in CRNA

    From the programs I visited with, ICU experience is not negotiable: and bigger and busier is better. I also had ER and PACU experience and I feel that are both a nice addition to the ICU work that I've done...different drugs used....different patien...

12. Should i go to Crna schol or become m.d?

    sweetdreams replied to akijitsu's topic in CRNA

    akijitsu Welcome to the board. Both professions you are considering provide excellent anesthesia care to patients My answer to your questions. "1. salaries for MDAs seem to be twice that of crna (average). but i have read that you can bill for the s...

13. contacting groups

    sweetdreams replied to athomas91's topic in CRNA

    I would definitely contact them and ask about support. I found my sponsor by taking a travel assignment, (PACU), to a place that had a vacancy. Doing this let me get a feel for the place and decide if I would want to work there. I know with school t...

14. Scope of Practice

    sweetdreams replied to Sandman27's topic in CRNA

    I think the least restrictive states would be the ten states that have "opted out" of the federal supervision law. In these states scope of practice is defined by the individual hospital. As far as most restrictive I'm not sure of the individual st...

15. Legal Issues

    sweetdreams replied to yoga crna's topic in CRNA

    My 2 cents The issue of Anesthesia Assistants in general and specifically how AA programs may endanger clinical sites for CRNA education The ASA and AANA conflict.....seems while we're busy fighting Washington has an easier time reducing Medicare rei...