If the MD tells a patient that he is putting the patient to sleep and that a "nurse" will be "monitoring" them, and then fails to in fact administer the anesthetic in its entirety from induction to...
I wholeheartedly endorse my alma mater, St. Elizabeth Health Center/Youngstown State Univ School of Anesthesia in Youngstown Ohio. Not until some years after graduating did I come to realize that...
Individuals who are "mac Blade users" always find that they have to abandon their blade of choice in certain patients and grab the miller blade. "Miller blade users" NEVER find they have to abandon...
I agree...unless you want to work in a large university academic center setting doing the most challenging of cases across many disciplines, using the most cutting edge technology, and be able to...
Your CRNA practice can be as routine and mundane or as challenging and stimulating as you desire. Your choice of employment setting AND your personal initiative within that setting determine it. I...
I have never heard the term "MDA" used in anything even remotely approaching a derogatory or disrespectful connotation in 25+ years. It is simply a shortcut for saying anesthesiologist, and frankly it...
I realize that I am a bit late to the conversation but hopefully this will still be helpful to someone when they read it. First a bit about the Florida Intervention Project For Nurses (IPN): The...
"She was then asked to submit a urine test which came back positive for marijuana. This was because she smoked at a party a few weeks before." Actually, more like a few DAYS
PRO: Apparently eases your conscience or something since recertification is not dependent on membership. Giving something to the organization that "does a lot for our profession in general". Paying...
Agreeing with everyone else. You never know how this might come back to bite you. I assume these classes would have been possible credit towards your BS? And that the school which granted you your...
While I did not want to make a career out of the ICU, I did enjoy it...but ONLY when I had the sickest patients. But if you are not keen on doing ICU for a year I don't think anesthesia is for you....