Pete495

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  1. PENN interview!!!

    Pete495 replied to RNNJ's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My story is a little tumultuous. I started out at the Nazareth program in philadelphia, but then my hospital in Williamsport, PA became a long distance clinical site for Drexel University's NA...

  2. PENN interview!!!

    Pete495 replied to RNNJ's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you want to go to PENN, and get the prestige of going to an IVY league university, all the more power to you. From my point of view, I just want to get a good education that will help me pass my...

  3. I'd Love to be a CRNA but...

    Pete495 replied to 30andconfused's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't know if it is different or not. I had the idea I would go onto anesthesia when I got into nursing, but I knew what anesthesia was when I got into it. A lot of people are unaware the...

  4. PENN interview!!!

    Pete495 replied to RNNJ's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know the program is one of the most expensive around, and that is why i did not interview there. Hard to be choosy though, I

  5. group vs. individual interview...

    Pete495 replied to dfk's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Personally, I would rather have an indivdiual interview. This way, I would not hesitate to tell them how good I am, and advertise my attributes without sounding long winded in front of peers, and a...

  6. BIS Monitor

    Pete495 replied to sandman1914's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Excuse the ignorance, but is it true the BIS is not accurate in the presence of electric cautery? Someone once told me this, and I always wondered if it was

  7. Physostigmine + Neostigmine

    Pete495 replied to devine1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If it's comfortable for the patient, does it have to be sad? just playing devil's advocate. I realize it's not evidence based

  8. I'd Love to be a CRNA but...

    Pete495 replied to 30andconfused's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Believe it or not, even though it is a factor, most CRNA's are not in it for the money. Any of the older one's will tell you today that money was not a factor when they got into it. CRNA's are paid...

  9. Post-Op Hypertension

    Pete495 replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just thought I would update you. Right now, there investigating whether patient has a pheochromacytoma. That would explain that amount of hypertension that we

  10. Post-Op Hypertension

    Pete495 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What would you do? Patient is post-operative OPCABGX4, no control over HTN pre-op, smoker, and extreme HTN post-op despite multiple doses of IV lopressor, Hydralazine, OG Lisinopril, Clonidine,...

  11. LVAD Nursing Care

    Pete495 replied to quiltr's topic in Cardiac

    You have brave surgeons. We implant about 7 or 8 a year, and I think our surgeons are brave also. but they do work in many cases, and can be a bridge to transplant for those who are eligible....

  12. Post-Op Hypertension

    Pete495 replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Pt. was getting versed 2mg q1-2hrs prn (shady doctor). My answer was simple diprivan for respiratory distress to let the lungs rest, sedation, and even for blood pressure, since it is so high, and...

  13. prone positioning and pt. blindness

    Pete495 replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    here's some info. off a site I saw recently: The eyes are also susceptible to injury if operating room staff do not take precautions. Anesthetized patients' eyelids should be taped shut to avoid being...

  14. How do I know CRNA is for me? (INTP/INTJ)

    Pete495 replied to kc_jellybean's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm taking a class right now that required us to do the MBTI thing, and I thought it was bogus. I did it twice, and got a different answer both times. Also, we did another scale which was the...

  15. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    Pete495 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I've always wondered how this situation would go if I was unable to oxygenate/ventilate, and unable to get an airway, which I understand it rare, but certainly possible obviously. So this begs the...

  16. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    Pete495 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If he was a nasally intubated patient, then he may have been a difficult airway for one reason or another from the beginning, so there is probably a reason he was intubated nasally. If he was nasally...

  17. gre in less then 30 days

    Pete495 replied to rn91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Take the darn test, and quit procrastinating. you can't study for the damn thing anyway. you can review the types of questions that are going to be asked, but that is enough. the rest of it is just...

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

    Pete495 replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nitecap, That is 7 classes. That's more than a full course load isn't it, that's assuming each class is 3 credits, which equals 21 credits. Just curious. That really blows, so sorry to hear

  19. After being rejected

    Pete495 replied to gettingthere's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    That is an interesting question that I do not fully know the answer to. I can tell you what I have been hearing through the grape vine. A good portion of applicants are not meeting the criteria for...

  20. Vasoactive drugs

    Pete495 replied to WakingLife's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I can see the confusion, and I agree that Diprivan can be confused with the benzos by some persons. By definition, diprivan is a general anesthetic, and also a sedative hypnotic used for anesthesia...

  21. Any Family Friendly/Friendlier CRNA programs?

    Pete495 replied to livefree's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think it's an important thing to consider for CRNA school, esp. if one has a family. Check the specs on some of the programs. A number of them give you so many personal days per year. Also, you...

  22. Katrina's Effect on CRNA programs in LA

    Pete495 replied to Roc_On's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Geraldo Rivera should be taken off the air. That guy is such a whack job. he couldn't report the truth even if he wanted

  23. IV help: specific questions about insertion site and advancing

    Pete495 replied to vampireslayer's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree. You will have days where you might get all the IV's you can, then there will be days where you can't hit the broad side of a barn. Also, sometimes twisting the catheter into the patient...

  24. Sigma Theta Tau

    Pete495 replied to ArnieRNRRT's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Stick it on the resume, don't worry about the rest, cuz it's pretty much worthless. I was in STT in school, and it did not do anything at all. pretty sad really. I think it is mostly a resume...

  25. Interviews in General

    Pete495 replied to WakingLife's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If I remember correctly, they asked how intended to pay. I believe I told them at that time, probably loans, stafford, and who ever else would give me money. I mentioned that there were a lot of...