Alexxoxox

Alexxoxox BSN

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  1. If you became CRNA for the money did you end up......

    Alexxoxox replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If you could go back in time (knowing that bedside nursing wasn't for you), would you have pursued becoming a Nurse Practitioner (FNP or ACNP) instead? Or would you have remained a bedside

  2. Pros and cons

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What do you enjoy most about being a CRNA? What are some pros and cons to this career? Just trying to find the right path for

  3. Benefits of getting an MPH degree?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What are the benefits of getting a Master of Public Health degree while being a nurse? I am interested in becoming an APNP, and am wondering if it will look better to APNP schools and employers to...

  4. Working independently

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For those nurse practitioners who work 100% inpatient (not in a clinic, only in a hospital inpatient setting): Do you work independently or do you have an MD supervising you and your

  5. Opinions on ACT model?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What is your opinion on the ACT model? Do you prefer to have an Anesthesiologist MD overlooking you, or do you prefer to work as an independent anesthesia

  6. Opinions on ACT model?

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anesthesia Care Team, where an MD is in charge of 4

  7. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Did the different multiple ICU jobs help get into CRNA

  8. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello, I am wondering what makes a Nurse Anesthetist school applicant a strong candidate. I've heard that more than 3 years in ICU is good, but what else will help an applicant be chosen (ex-...

  9. Best specialty for ACNP

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is there a nursing specialty that is best for an RN to work in if they know they want to apply to ACNP school? Would ER be best, or ICU, or does it not

  10. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

  11. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Is the interview similar to a job

  12. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Is Trauma ICU experience as good as

  13. Benefits of getting an MPH degree?

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How do I move the topic to a NP

  14. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thank you so much! When you say high acuity ICU, which ICU department do mean? CVICU, trauma ICU, or do you mean any ICU at a major hospital? Also, what graduate courses should CRNA applicants

  15. What makes a good candidate

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    In a previous post I made, I stated that I was interested in becoming either a CRNA or a Surgical ACNP. I am so fascinated by the cardiac system, as well as anesthesia. I'm just trying to keep my...

  16. What is a typical day?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Emergency

    For those of you who work in an emergency department, specifically a trauma center (level 1 or 2), how many traumas per day are treated? I'm just trying to get a feel for a typical day in a trauma...

  17. ER/ Trauma vs Trauma ICU

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Emergency

    Does it usually take an RN a few years to get into the trauma part of the ER? Do trauma ER nurses, or trauma icu nurses get more trauma

  18. Feel like a horrible nurse!

    Alexxoxox replied to Verygreennurse's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that you feel bad about this just goes to show that you are a very caring, dedicated nurse. It's the nurses that don't care about issues like this that are not meant to have gone to nursing...

  19. ER/ Trauma vs Trauma ICU

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Emergency

    How long do the trauma patients usually stay in the ER? How many traumas come in each day (on average) at a Level 1 Trauma

  20. Which would you choose?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just out of curiosity, if you had to opportunity to become a CRNA or a Surgical APNP (first-assist), which would you choose, and why? Why would you choose one over the

  21. Which would you choose?

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Bump.

  22. How to get into the OR?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello, I am graduating nursing school May 2018 and am very interested in becoming an OR nurse. Is it possible to become an OR nurse right out of school? If not, what would be the best unit to work on...

  23. Failed nursing class need help

    Alexxoxox replied to mecha-sorah's topic in General Students

    I have been in undergrad school for 5 years now. By the time I get my BSN, it will be 7 years. I started out pre-med, then switched to nursing. As far as I know, the length of time it takes to become...

  24. Which would you choose?

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    I am very interested in the cardiac system. Do you know if CRNAs are able to specialize in certain surgeries, such as working only cardiac

  25. I hate my CNA job!

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Usually the most anxiety-producing things about the job for me include: my patient load, and the fear of multiple call lights going off at once without any