MayisontheWay

MayisontheWay

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  1. Am I heading in the right direction?

    MayisontheWay replied to ali2ala's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    As much as you may like the OR, it will not count for CRNA school. You MUST have at least 1 year of acute care experience, usually translated as an ICU of some kind. You must take and do well on the...

  2. Student starting ICU rotations

    MayisontheWay replied to MB37's topic in General Nursing

  3. Need feedback

    MayisontheWay replied to KQ777's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I asked one of our surgeons the other day if he had a max levo infusion rate .."whatever keeps 'em alive" was his response. Obviously he meant there are extreme conditions and it sounds like you...

  4. **How to study for the GRE??**

    MayisontheWay replied to SoReady4CRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I completely agree! There is NO way you are going to go from 0 to 1300 in 5 days...that's an outrageous claim. Now, if you study, study, study and then go to the class, or the reverse, that's a...

  5. I'm in... with one year experience

    MayisontheWay replied to Forrest Forrest Gump's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Gump, Congratulations to you! I've been following this thread and just thought I would let you know that while not everyone believes 1 year is enough, I believe the debate is legititmate. This issue...

  6. Online Organic Chemistry Class

    MayisontheWay replied to CaslaRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    None of the schools I looked at required a clinical component. One of the program directors suggested the UNE course. I sent the syllabus link via email to the programs I was applying to, and they...

  7. Good Anesthesia Books

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

    May be premature or may be confidence! I bought this book today after seeing people post this recommendation over and over through the last couple of years. I'll find out in two or three weeks if I...

  8. Online Organic Chemistry Class

    MayisontheWay replied to CaslaRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not as many as I should! Suppose to be 2hours/day. I'm interviewing/waiting and I just can't make my brain go there right now! BTW, the final is worth 100% of your final grade (curved).

  9. Online Organic Chemistry Class

    MayisontheWay replied to CaslaRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm doing the UNE course (I like it a lot!) However, as it turns out VCU has the same kind of "course in a box" offering and it's much less expensive. I have a friend taking it now and it sounds...

  10. What to do when you don't get into a CRNA program

    MayisontheWay replied to phirey's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Phirey, It sounds like they've given you some great advice already! Did you study for the GRE? If 950 is without studying, I think you have the potential to do very, very well on a retake with some...

  11. I'm in. Info for others and what worked for me.

    MayisontheWay replied to paid to pass gas's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Congrats to you! I also want to thank you for prefacing your post with what worked for you. I think folks oftentimes confuse what worked for them with what is right for everyone.

  12. Need some advice!!!

    MayisontheWay replied to jkw_83RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have not been admitted to school yet (waiting for interviews) but just thought I would comment on the idea that the hospital you come from must be Level I and ultra high acuity...while those things...

  13. OR > ICU > CRNA program?

    MayisontheWay replied to giddygiddygirl's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A couple of things...you are not describing either of the ICU's I have worked in. While the patients' stays are much longer than the OR, the care is far from mundane. I haven't "toileted" a patient...

  14. Question on right to refuse

    MayisontheWay replied to jnur's topic in General Nursing

    Research the Patient Self Determination Act In the case of code status: Nurse's responsibility is to inform the MD of pt's wishes. In my experience, docs sometimes take your word for it and write an...

  15. CGFNS do not respect internationals

    MayisontheWay replied to Katkot's topic in International Nursing

    If we are americans and applied for anything, everything will be going smoothly then. I hope so! We work until like March or April to pay the taxes that affords us the luxury of avoiding

  16. Helpful Physio & Chem Prep Courses? Barry & VCU courses?

    MayisontheWay replied to AdonaiLoveable's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I like it a lot...I'm not certain the book is adequate, but you get a set of DVD's with all the lectures. The professor is very accessible. PM me for more information.

  17. Helpful Physio & Chem Prep Courses? Barry & VCU courses?

    MayisontheWay replied to AdonaiLoveable's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This was recommended by more than one person, including one CRNA program director...I'm in the middle of it right now, and it's just the right "hardness". $1100 total...

  18. DKAs on the floor?

    MayisontheWay replied to JazzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    With insulin

  19. DKAs on the floor?

    MayisontheWay replied to JazzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Both hospitals I've worked at REQUIRE insulin gtt's to be in critical care only. Do you at least have an aide to help make sure the glucose checks get done every hour? I agree, that's

  20. CGFNS do not respect internationals

    MayisontheWay replied to Katkot's topic in International Nursing

    What is

  21. Old Dominion

    MayisontheWay replied to turbo29's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Still waiting to hear. I called them to find out when interviews would be, and they said they would send out invites after the holiday break for interviews end of January to the first of February....

  22. Overhaul of health care system needed to address nursing understaffing?

    MayisontheWay replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I'm smart enough to recognize danger and stay away from it. I have no interest in putting my license at risk. Fortunately, staffing and ratios haven't been an issue for me either in the ICU or the...

  23. Overhaul of health care system needed to address nursing understaffing?

    MayisontheWay replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, that hasn't been my experience....as a BSN graduate, I was hired directly into an ICU in May, took the NCLEX in June, and took a "full load" of patients on July 4th weekend for the first...

  24. Overhaul of health care system needed to address nursing understaffing?

    MayisontheWay replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    So, it's your position that BSN prepared nurses aren't as capable because diploma nurses have more clinical experience? That's probably true for a minute, and then the BSN prepared nurse gets a few...

  25. Overhaul of health care system needed to address nursing understaffing?

    MayisontheWay replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not making the connection...maybe I'm a bit dull at 4am. How does less education make nurses