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Hy to all the nurses out there, I`m realy happy to visit the wonderfull Colorado highlands :) in oktober this year. I stay for 5 weeks in Boulder and I`m very intresting to visit a hospital and learn about the work of nurses in the US. If anyone know`n about a visitor program or have the time and will to enjoy passing me around ... I`m a "crna" in switzerland, Germany and a US citicen. C u in Boulder PS: special intrest is the op-unit and anaesthesia, of course

We use for praemedikation a combo with 0.3 mg/kg KG morhin with a parasympaticolytica scopolamin 0.2 mg per 70 KG Patient. Both we apply per oraly 2 hours before surgery. So we found the Patient relaxed and ready for the pain and stress of spinal anaesthesia. The scopolamine provide a aditional amnesia and sedation of the Pat. Also it prevent the little ongoing tonus of the parasympatico-tonus introduced by the morhin. And the morhin is good to prevent pain during the spinal (with lokal anaest.(of course)) and surgery. After the surgery we stay at this opioid to take the pain from the weaken spinal anaesth. So we have a long term opioid controlled by nurse. What do you think ? - good way for smaller operations do you use other combos of praemed ? I think most of you work with Midazolam, Dormicum ? So long Viperus :wakeneo:

Hy I`m Christoph John B. I found this page and hope to find some information about nursing in the US. I`m a US-citizen and grew up in Germany. I hold a "CRNA" certificate with registration in Germany and Switzerland (not the US-one). Now I plan to relocate to USA, my brother live in Boulder, CO. Now i wondering about what is necessary to become a US nurse and what is the best way to reach my final goal CRNA. I figure out that there is no CRNA-shool in Co. Is it possible to work with a CRNA certificate in any state ? Make it sense, to make the NCLEX in Colorado, and then look for a CRNA shool in another state ? Do you recommend a special state, shool ? I read that some CRNA shools require a bachelor in nursing. But anyway, if you living near Boluder and like to meet me in the summer, no problemo, at first I plan a vacation for 6 month or something Thank you for your time answering my questions C u Christoph