zaga21

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1. Questions about Utah CRNA jobs

   zaga21 replied to ih8neuro's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   CRNAs are not used very much at all in UT. There are a lot of med school grads that stay in UT or return to the state after school. Most MDs take lower pay to stick around close to family. There are...

2. Economics of The New Grad CRNA

   zaga21 replied to zaga21's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   How would you know if its my business or not??????? He happens to be a very close friend and a business partner, who readily discussed the issue with me and asked my opinion before he purchased the...

3. Economics of The New Grad CRNA

   zaga21 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I have a friend that graduated recently from CRNA School. He loves his job and got a pretty good salary, 120 - 130k. He just bought a $360,000 home in the area; he doesn't have a lot of debt outside...

4. Future CRNA income

   zaga21 replied to alumno's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I notice that a high percentage of CRNAs are those who were trained through some sort of on the job/ non-masters program. Does this mean that the same percentage has been in practice a longer period...

5. CRNA salary in 1980s

   zaga21 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   In light of some of the legislation in the works a few people in the anesthesia dept were talking about the MDA and surgeon salaries in the 80's. I was wondering if CRNAs had a big down turn during...

6. Everyone and their dog

   zaga21 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Just wondering if any other BSN students or recent grads have noticed a lot of people with a goal to become a CRNA. I can name 20 to 30 right off the top of my head, when I started 3 years ago I found...

7. Westminster in Salt Lake City

   zaga21 replied to ICUDOUCME?'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Congrats on getting in to Westminster. I saw that they lifted the phys. req. How about Chem...how much did you take?, how many students do they take? where are the clinical sites? I heard it is spendy...

8. Is ER nursing Floor nursing???

   zaga21 replied to zaga21's topic in Emergency

   I think some of you took my question in the wrong light, I am well aware of what comes with the territory. I did my clinical hours in a hospital where the R.Ns spent a great deal of time messing with...

9. Is ER nursing Floor nursing???

   zaga21 posted a topic in Emergency

   This may be a dumb question but is ER nursing considered to be floor nursing? Do you do as much of the not so pleasant codes, bringing food and other things I really don't like so much about floor...

10. ICU life Before CRNA School

    zaga21 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    In the next year I will finish my ADN and seek a job in an ICU. I don't really know what to expect life to be like in the year/s while I get experience and finish my BSN. What kind of experiences did...