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  1. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    ACNP replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    I adamantly APPLAUD you for standing up for yourself and taking charge of your personal health! This is exactly what is wrong with the nursing profession today!! Why can't we look out for ourselves...

  2. Anyone put in a-lines?

    ACNP replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

    Ask a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) at your facility. We are trained to insert and monitor arterial lines. It is much like placing a 20g angiocath, except in an

  3. Valley review materials?

    ACNP replied to almostthere08's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Is there any way to contact the nurse anesthesia students ahead of you in your NA program? Perhaps you could send out an e-mail when you get a list of everyone in your program asking if anyone is...

  4. Gift for my preceptor who was just accepted into CRNA program

    ACNP replied to jamst149's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    How about an anesthesia resource book/card? The Handbook of Anesthesiology 2008 edition by Mark Ezekiel is a great resource that I carry with me in the OR. It's a down and dirty quick facts book. You...

  5. The secret's out so give up now!?

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

    Please do not believe this CRNA! I am a senior student in a nurse anesthesia program in Virginia and believe me there are tons of job opportunities. I graduate in Dec. 2008 and I get asked everyday in...

  6. Anesthesia Careplans

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

    Hi AmandaSRNA, The Handbook of Anesthesiology by Mark Ezekiel (the 2008 edition just came out) helped me a lot when writing my careplans. It has a lot of the anesthetic implications for ex. HTN, COPD,...

  7. Regional Anesthesia

    ACNP replied to Little Fish's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi lacedmm1, I attend Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. The Anatomy Camp is something that the school started 2 years ago to help with our regional semester. We travel to East...

  8. number of cases

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

    My program has its SRNAs keep an Excel spreadsheet of all the cases you perform. The minimum required cases is 550 with 650 preferred. I think we are also required like 800 hours of anesthesia time....

  9. Regional Anesthesia

    ACNP replied to Little Fish's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    At my current NA program we have a regional semester where we cover everything from spinals, epidurals, peripheral blocks, local anesthetics, acute/chronic pain, and regional complications. We also...

  10. Anyone here both an RN and RT before CRNA?

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

    There is a former RT in my CRNA program. I believe he worked as an RT for several years before obtaining his BSN. He then worked as a critical care RN for about 2 years before applying to the program....

  11. Deciding whether to drop out CRNA school?

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

    Hi Micugirl, First off, hang in there and don't withdraw. CRNA school is too hard to get accepted! I, too, am in my first rounds of clinical rotation except we have class 3 days/week and clinicals the...

  12. Cymbalta

    ACNP replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay, here goes. From the dinner/lecture I attended the most common side effects from Cymbalta were nausea, constipation, and dry mouth (anti-cholinergic effects) in the studies. The nausea should...

  13. Cymbalta

    ACNP replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work with pain management patients. I prescribe a lot of Cymbalta due to the SNRI effects. A lot of my patients have the depression, sleeplessness, as well as pain. It also works well with...

  14. Fight burnout but pay bills?

    ACNP replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I feel your stress and exhaustion. Have you thought about working agency in your area? I was in the same predicament when I graduated from nursing school and had to start paying back student loans...

  15. Need help with essay for NP program

    ACNP replied to TooMuchFun's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you need something else to discuss in your essay you might talk about how NPs aid in health promotion, disease prevention, and thereby decreasing hospitalization expenditures and rising healthcare...

  16. Advice please, re Narcotic Diversion/Rx Forgery

    ACNP replied to Lady InPain's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking from the perspective of a NP who used to deal with pain management patients, have you informed your present pain MD about calling in these Lortab prescriptions? If so, have you also set up a...

  17. ? About not breastfeeding

    ACNP replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After reading these posts I felt that I must respond for all those non-breastfeeding women out there. I delivered my baby 5 days before my last semester of nurse practitioner school began. I had...

  18. Sick, sick sick of IBS

    ACNP replied to TennNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the website http://www.drnatura.com which offers an herbal supplement program (Colonix cleansing) to help with some of your symptoms. IBS is listed as one of the things it supposedly helps...

  19. A little discouraged

    ACNP replied to Altalorraine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Keep your head up and try not to let this incident discourage you from nursing. You can report the incident to your supervisor and risk management at your facility. When I was working as an ICU staff...

  20. Nurse Practioner

    ACNP replied to LisaRn21's topic in Nursing Career

    It's totally up to you when you want to attend graduate school. For me, I swore when I graduated that I was never going back! I was ready to earn more money that was I was making as a CNA and start...

  21. Nurse Practioner

    ACNP replied to LisaRn21's topic in Nursing Career

    If you want to do pediatric NP, then find a school that offers that. University of Kentucky where I received my ACNP (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) offers a Pediatric NP program. FNP is also an...