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Thank you all ahead of time especially during these unprecedented times. I will be moving to Houston soon and can’t wait, will be a night shifter. I was wondering if you knew of some nice places to rent a safe apartment not too far from TMC? I was looking at Pearland and Memorial City areas, are they pretty cool? Thank you all again. Best regards

I found this nice book called cardiac surgery essentials from aacn I’ve been reading. Lots of useful information too.

First of all I’ve been there. This is not just you it’s a common mistake that happens all the time in fact most pharmacies don’t issue the solutions like this due to this fact. Secondly aside from some mild electrolyte derangement I’m sure you saw that your patient is fine. CRRT is a pain to get used to in the beginning especially if you have a weak nephrology service that is new to it or poor nurse education/orientation/support. Either way you can over come all these hurdles and will get a great handle on it; go in there like a boss, soldier on and take crrt all the time. We are all perfectionists in critical care and are extremely hard on ourselves for the better and sometimes worse. You kept that kid alive; keep it up and take more of them.

I was wondering if anyone has recently taken the csc and how they prepared ?

Outstanding grades you should have no trouble has the class started ?

Hi there! The recruiter gave you excellent information about MEPS; MEPS is not your friend and can only dig into things that you disclose to them. If you have nothing wrong with you the day of MEPS do not disclose anything. Becoming a CRNA is an outstanding goal so becoming an experienced ICU Nurse gaining certifications like CCRN/TNCC etc are things to strive for in the next couple of years. You can serve in the Army Reserve as a Critical Care Nurse after a few years experience, the advantage to this is you then get to work in your chosen civilian hospital gaining valuable, technical experience that you effectively would never see in the military hospital setting. You're going to want to work in a Level I Trauma Center teaching hospital that utilizes things like CRRT and ECMO. Army Reserve is one weekend a month of drill and two weeks a year with the possibility of being called up for active duty to a war zone/disaster and or opportunities to participate on volunteer humanitarian missions. CRNAS have a strong presence in the Army Reserve also, the Army CRNA school isn't the best CRNA school; it's just free. Many Army CRNA's are from civilian schools of which the Army will give you a portion of money and loan repayment to attend while in the Reserve. Also side note, you can live anywhere in the US and move around if you're in the Reserves. Even though other branches have Nursing; Army clearly the most programs and opportunities for Nursing and CRNA Active and Reserve thats why I love it.

CONGRATS on graduation. Army is one of the easier branches to get into; I would highly advise you also to consider Navy and Air Force just because the quality of nursing and life are a lot better; however If you are interested in Army definitely go for it ! Also don’t forget Reserves is also a pretty good option especially if you want to do Humanitarian missions. Military hospitals are pretty mundane and you don’t see much critical care or advanced cases so you may want to do civilian ICU and military reserve on the side. I’ll send you a pm with recruiting suggestions. actually send me a message and I’ll tell you about the tuition assistance program they have through the reserves for CRNA school; I unfortunately can’t pm you. Best regards and welcome aboard !

Just take the class. I've seen some colleagues with very questionable skills running ECMO; of which we have to watch very closely; anybody can learn it.

YOU WILL DO GREAT! Being scared is normal and a good thing it means you're learning and are humble. NP school is a BLAST! You will have some transitory anxiety in the beginning that will go away and as an NP will feel just as comfortable as you are now in your current job. One bit of advice.... GO TO NP SCHOOL ! All the best to you

Hi Spring, I was interested in processing as a 66S Army Reserve RN, I'd love to pm you but unfortunately it will not allow me. One of my biggest questions I wanted to ask someone as yourself directly was if I joined as a Critical Care RN, and let's say in a year or 2 wanted to attend crna school full time, I would continue to drill etc, but was wondering if they would then accommodate a new contract for a crna in the reserves?

This is absolutely and I appreciate your detailed overview. I was wondering if there would be any downside to joining the reserves as a Critical Care Nurses, and if I was then suddenly picked up to atten CRNA school? The recruiter mentioned it was possible to like do a new contract, etc, I'm actively applying to CRNA school so just don't want to get locked into an RN situation and not able to take advantage of STRAP and transition as a CRNA for the Reserves.

Dear Msnapper, just a question regarding the Reserve side. If one was to join Reserves as a Critical Care Nurse, with the intent of ultimately being a Reserve CRNA, would it be possible to still attend CRNA schooling and obtain support from the Reserves to be a CRNA or do you have to finish the Nurse obligation?

Hi Pixie and Laura, I had a question regarding the reserve side. Ultimately I'm interested in becoming a CRNA in the Army Reserve, in the meantime I was wondering if it was possible to join as a Reserve Critical Care Nurse, just worried during that obligation if I was accepted to start a CRNA program would that interfere with my current obligation as a Nurse and then further processing a CRNA contract with the Army.

Hi everyone, I had a question about Army Reserve Critical Care. I was interested in processing as a Critical Care Nurse however I was wondering what would happen if during this time I was accepted to a full time graduate program ie. CRNA ? If at that point would it be possible to then transition/apply to the STRAP CRNA contract all without completing the Nurse obligation?

Agreed, i think the vision requirements are pretty liberal. congratulations!