gooseafrn

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1. Infusing peripheral nerve blocks

   gooseafrn replied to RoxannMM's topic in CRNA

   Roxann, I am assuming that you are talking about a combination continuous femoral nerve block and sciatic nerve block for knee arthroplasty. The catheter, however, blocks the nerves of the anterior thigh, most of the knee, and the skin on the medial...

2. number of cases

   gooseafrn replied to gooseafrn's topic in CRNA

   We do something pretty similar. We use a website called "Medatrax". It has pull down lists for everything and keeps track of everything. It's nice because we can enter everything on our palm version and hotsynch it whenever we get the chance. I j...

3. number of cases

   gooseafrn posted a topic in CRNA

   I'm curious to know how many cases most people have/expect to get by graduation. Are most of you pushed to get more numbers, or better cases? Just curious. Goose

4. nueroanesthesia monitoring question(S)

   gooseafrn replied to ECU_CRNA2B's topic in CRNA

   I've got about 6 months of clinical left, so I'm certainly no expert. But, I usually ask the monitoring tech what is the most relaxation they can deal with, and keep in communication with them during the case to make sure that their monitoring is ad...

5. Air Force inquiry

   gooseafrn replied to ramoro's topic in CRNA

   Ramoro, I'm finishing up my 2nd year in the USAF CRNA program. The primary site for phase 1 is USUHS in Bethesda, Md. However, the AF does send 2-3 people a year to the Army program in San Antonio. As far as the VA, I believe they have a slot or 2...

6. Process for Adults vs. Children

   gooseafrn replied to ExCorporateRN's topic in CRNA

   I just finished up my first 2 months of my pediatric rotation. I used Halothane quite a bit and really liked it. As soon as the heart rate started to drop, the patient was deep enough and it was time to dial it back. It was great for mask cases like...

7. Any words of wisdom welcomed.

   gooseafrn replied to SigmaSRNA's topic in CRNA

   Sigma, I'm in a front loaded program and just finished my first 2 1/2 weeks of clinical. Yep, I feel like a complete idiot most of the time. It's tough being with different staff everyday and trying to get used to the way they do things. Lots of anx...

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

   gooseafrn replied to SRNACHIC's topic in CRNA

   30andconfused, There is nothing wrong with advancing your education to make more money. But, don't say that none of us would go this route to make the same money. I just finished up my first year of a front loaded military program, and hope to train ...

9. Self evaluation exam

   gooseafrn replied to gooseafrn's topic in CRNA

   Well, I did not really study anything. My finals were on a Friday and I took the exam 5 days later. I looked over some old notes, but can't really say that I studied. I got my scores today. I'm pretty disappointed with my scores in a couple of areas,...

10. Self evaluation exam

    gooseafrn replied to gooseafrn's topic in CRNA

    Thanks for the reply. My program is frontloaded, and I have done great in the program. We also get a lot of simulator time. I felt really good going into the SEE, but it sucked. Hopefully I did do better than I think I did. I guess I'll see in about...

11. Self evaluation exam

    gooseafrn posted a topic in CRNA

    Well, I finished up the first year of my front loaded program last Friday and took the SEE yesterday. I finished the year strong and I felt really good going into it. I came out of there feeling like I had never taken a science or anesthesia class! D...

12. For All SRNA's/ RRNA's

    gooseafrn replied to Nitecap's topic in CRNA

    Finishing up 1st year at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). I will be heading out to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH in May to start phase II. Hardest part is not being able to spend alot of time with my 5 yr. old da...

13. Whats the next step

    gooseafrn replied to zebetaomega's topic in CRNA

    Congratulations. I've been in the USAF for about 6 years and am currently in the CRNA program at USUHS in Bethesda,Md. You need to stay on top of your recruiter. Alot of recruiters are great, but they are also busy. Get a list of questions together, ...

14. Katrina's Effect on CRNA programs in LA

    gooseafrn replied to Roc_On's topic in CRNA

    I am in my first year at the Uniformed University in Md. I came from the ICU at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS. and am supposed to be going back in May to start clinicals. We have several students that are currently there for clinicals. As of right now, w...