Qwiigley

Qwiigley BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist

Doctorate in Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP)

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  1. specialize in L and D anesthesia? if so , previous experience as L ?and D nurse

    Qwiigley replied to thekid's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Anesthesia can get boring, like anything else. Keep your doors open and the thrill alive. 30 years of OB will get very

  2. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    Qwiigley replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    True. I did not know just how much I didn't know until I went further in school. Now with a master's in nursing practicing anesthesia, I am shocked at the drugs I pushed so cavalier in the past. PS I...

  3. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    Qwiigley replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    It depends what kind of nursing you are comparing a paramedic to. Some types of nursing is very similar, some nothing like a paramedic. A nurse can do many more thing that a paramedic can not by...

  4. Pacemakers

    Qwiigley posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi All! I had a patient yesterday that caused a bit of a stir on the OR. Data: 74 yo F, IDDM, hypothyroid, htn, PONV: severe. Allergies: ASA, tape, codeine. In for R mastectomy. Problem;...

  5. Any one getting down sized yet?

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

    I'm interested in any CRNAs who are getting laid off or downsized. UCLA in Los Angeles made the new hire CRNAs go down to ICU nursing with the promise to be the first to go back into the OR as CRNAs....

  6. CRNA's as Exempt Employees

    Qwiigley replied to Mommom60's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We get on-call pay (from home at $15.00/hr) and get paid a min of 2 hrs on top of call pay if we get called in. In-house call is at regular pay. If Im in house/on pager I'm paid regular rate. We can...

  7. Any one getting down sized yet?

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

    I really feel sorry that people are being downsized/laidoff. I am interested in knowing what is going on with CRNAs out there,

  8. If i have a bs degree in biology how can i become a RN?

    Qwiigley replied to wcrowell's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I missed that she/he did not already have the bio degree. I agree with

  9. Clinicals

    Qwiigley posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Let's come up with some clinical questions everyone. I'm going to make up a case. Everyone put in your 2 cents. Then someone else come up with another one. Sound fun? MMMMM, let's start easy. Pt is a...

  10. Clinicals

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

    Good Stanman. Can you explain your abbreviations in case a SRNA is reading please.

  11. Any one getting down sized yet?

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

    Staff ratios in California only applies to RNs. I don't know about other

  12. AANA National Meeting

    Qwiigley posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists National Meeting will be this fall August 8-12 in San Diego, CA. Plan on attending! I've been to the national meetings, they are great and well worth the...

  13. Decrease in surgeries relative to the economy?

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

    I have found that people are losing their insurance, so plastics etc is down, but overall surgeries are steady (the same or even more). People who get a hot appy or cholelithitis have no choice but to...

  14. Why so Interested????

    Qwiigley replied to Screen name's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    personally, I gor bored with Level One Pediatric ICU and Trauma. Not much else to go up to. Need a

  15. Pacemakers

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

    mmmm. Maybe we can revive this. I'll see what I can come up with.

  16. Conscious Sedation for Colonoscopy

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

    Everyone's tolerance is different. I, too, have done a lot of colonoscopies for people with propofol (I don't give narcotics or versed) since out program is called, "Fast Track" and propofol goes out...

  17. If i have a bs degree in biology how can i become a RN?

    Qwiigley replied to wcrowell's topic in General Nursing

    Depending where you live, there are many schools that will transition you from a BS degree to a BSN in usually 1 hard core year. (12 full months). In Los Angeles, there is Mount St. Mary's College in...

  18. taken boards max. times and failed

    Qwiigley replied to Jax13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think that if you have not been able to pass the test after the allotted times, that, I'm so sorry, maybe you should look for another career. There are so many careers in nursing, you don't have to...

  19. IVs

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

    Sometimes IVs just need your best juju-medicine man dance and howl at the moon. Damn things can seem difficult and they slide right in (I just placed a 16 g this afternoon) and other times the vein is...

  20. Pacemakers

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

    WOW! I just re-read this info. When I wrote this question I was a student and I do not remember asking this question. It is so weird to read something that was written/asked 5 years ago. Thanks to all...

  21. Next steps

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

    Couldn't hurt, but won't necessarily help either. You can always use more education. It may not help you get into a Master's program for CRNA. I would suggest that you learn your current job. Focus...

  22. DNP required soon?

    Qwiigley replied to deadsoul's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Although I love this debate, I cringe at the thought of having to endure more Nursing Research and and another thesis. Holy Toledo, I've been out 5 years and I still haven't recovered from the...

  23. CRNAs Educate Obama on Supervision Rules- www.change.gov

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

    Their is plenty of work to go around for both MDAs and CRNAs. Baby boomers are now starting to need new hips, new knees, carotids, plastics, etc. Supply and demand is true. There will always be...

  24. How did you prep for CRNA School?

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

    Really, if you haven't been in school for 15 years, you may want to repeat a couple of classes. Namely statistics (upper level) and maybe O-Chem. Do you even know what an APA formatted paper

  25. CRNAs Educate Obama on Supervision Rules- www.change.gov

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

    Remember, if you do not become involved, you have no one else to blame when you lose your