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  1. First Day in OR

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

    Hey Vinny sorry to hear about your story. Like everyone has said, it will get better. But then, just when you think you are doing so well, something very humbling will occur. Like this. Today I am...

  2. Daughter had sedation for procedure, found out pregnant 2 days later...

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

    I recently did a case report on anesthesia in the first trimester. Currently the drugs you mention are not proven to cause teratogenicity (except nitrous which is a known teratogen). Including...

  3. References

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

    One of the recommendations I used was from a resident (third year ortho). I graduate from the program he wrote to this December, so I say go for it.

  4. CRNA in trauma

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

    I just spent a month there, and can confirm that the CRNAs do everything and more. Everyone is treated as a member of the team. I unfortunately for me and fortunate for the patients brought my white...

  5. what would you consider GENERAL anesthesia

    nilepoc replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I say, general and not as freaky as the time I was with a CRNA who showed me how to run sevo through a nasal cannula. It is not hard to do, which scares me. Anyway, he was using sevo with the nasal...

  6. DC area CRNA's/SRNA's

    nilepoc replied to hopeful04's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I will be graduating from Georgetown in December, and decided to live and work in Baltimore. In Baltimore, you have Jonhs Hopkins (actively recruiting 40 CRNAs is the rumor), University of Maryland...

  7. ATTN: SRNA's with approximately 3.0 to 3.1 GPA

    nilepoc replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Georgetown University, My GRE score was very good, and if you figured my nursing or science GPAs seperately, they were much higher. The 3.0 was for 212 credits, and included the first time I went to...

  8. CRNAs and SRNAs, what's in your fanny..

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

    Nothing, two pens and a sharpy in my pocket, precordial steth also, if its a kids day. Sometimes I have the Mass Gen book in my back pocket. I used to carry a bunch of crap around, then realized I...

  9. Why don't CRNA's like AA's

    nilepoc replied to ep71's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Let me equate this to something you should be able to relate to if you are an RN. there is currently a shortage of RN's. To fix this shortage, I am going to allow anyone who is interested to become...

  10. Epidural question

    nilepoc replied to Kim44's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the medicine injected into an epidural is injected into a closed space. The area of influence of an epidural is determined by the spread of the drug in that confined space. Every patients epidural...

  11. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    nilepoc replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I would like to take you up on your offer. During my nursing preperation to gain entry into CRNA school I worked indirectly with an AA. he seemed very competent and was a very amicable person....

  12. CRNA Contracts

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

    The clinical site I am currently at offered me one. You should begin pursuing these offers, by calling or writing to the groups you are interested in joining. Many of these offers, only exist because...

  13. Epidurals in the obese

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

    Speaking from my vast experience (40 epidurals about 10 of them in the obese). If you look at an obese patients back, there is usually a crease in th skin around the L3-4 level. I don't know why it...

  14. CRNAs in Washington D.C.

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

    Most likely the site is not showing all of the availible positions. Currently the hospitals of DC are not doing the best. GU just cut back on its use of anesthesia providers. Howard has a huge...

  15. my laptop, in hindsight

    nilepoc replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ditto that thought. An apple fits fine in a windows world.

  16. Were you turned down?

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

    5 years ICU (CCU/Trauma/Surgical experience) Applied to seven programs and was granted interviews at all seven. Actually interviewed at one (my pie in the sky school) because of the flight...

  17. finals

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

    The attitude at my program, is that if you have seen it, it is fair game. they have been known to pull out questions from the first anesthesia exams and put them on a current one (one year later)....

  18. Why the high pay in Texas?

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

    Hello, everyone needs to reread the parent post, this thread is about high CRNA pay in Texas. Currently it is far off topic.

  19. SRNA's: Study Schedules, Sleep, Sanity?

    nilepoc replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Pimped means, being asked questions that while relavent to the delivery of anesthesia, are not relavant particularly to the task at hand. Imagine during your induction and intubation, the attending of...

  20. SRNA's: Study Schedules, Sleep, Sanity?

    nilepoc replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would say that no that is not the case, most of the people in my class had to take classes to get into the program and were used to studying. Additionally, a full time graduate student in most non...

  21. SRNA's: Study Schedules, Sleep, Sanity?

    nilepoc replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    GOTO http://www.nilepoc.com and click on the srna link

  22. Hello, Hello

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

    Congratulations on your BSN, and welcome to the posting side of allnurses.

  23. ICU nurse managers lack of support.......

    nilepoc replied to melrey11's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Not necessarily each school has pretty different requirements for

  24. Debt Load after CRNA School

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

    70-80,000 here. I am attending one of the more expensive programs also.

  25. Awareness during surgery and BIS monitors

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

    Here is a link to a thread where this was previously discussed.