Pete495

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  1. Interviews in General

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

    Here's how my interview went for the school I was accepted to. I posted this on a different thread. You can do a search for interviews, and find lots more info if you want. I have since switched...

  2. Undermined Education

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

    hoopjumper makes a good point. Smaller rural hospitals may actually offer crna students a better experience when it comes to epidurals, spinals, and experience with intubations. this is because...

  3. What is your background ?

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

    I started out pre-med, took all the bio, organic chem, and all that crap. My parents are both RN's and discouraged me heavily from the nursing profession. After my sophomore year in college, I went...

  4. Interesting Read

    Pete495 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I pulled this off of another thread. Can any SRNA/CRNA explain why this happened?

  5. Interesting case of hypothermia

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

    I would agree that there has been a lack of clinical posts

  6. SICU or CVICU?

    Pete495 replied to kiki9095's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Honestly, you are going to get a great experience at both hospitals it sounds like. In that case, I would go with whatever is the best off as far as staffing, money, benefits, tuition reimbursement,...

  7. Buying a house and attending school

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

    Who did you get your home warranty through, and how old is your

  8. What would you do? Recommendation Letters

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

    Just wait until you start graduate school. Anything administrative, you will never be able to get in touch with anybody. Nobody wants to deal with it, so don't worry, it gets worse. You just have...

  9. Future of CRNAs

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

    Is that all Anes. providers do is push propofol and fluids? Damn, maybe somebody should have let me know before I got into this. Just remember this was one person's opinion, and anes. providers...

  10. Iabp

    Pete495 replied to mcline's topic in Cardiac

    Fiddle to the Middle. Very good

  11. Insulin Gtt

    Pete495 replied to SCNuttyMeg's topic in Cardiac

    My suggestion is to try and advocate to the docs to get rid of the drips quicker. If you're patient is taking PO, there's no reason they should be on an insulin drip, even if they were poorly...

  12. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    If you don't mind, what hospitals are you guys doing these at? That would be awesome to be involved in something like that. I guess it doesn't change the anesthesia much, or does it? By the way, how...

  13. Critical Care Differential

    Pete495 replied to land64shark's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get a CC differential in our hospital, but I for one am in favor of such a change. The fact that nursing promotion and salary is not based on experience and education is not comparable to...

  14. ER RN salary

    Pete495 replied to newfloridaRN's topic in Emergency

    Starting pay for a Grad RN in PA is 20.23/ hour in our hospital. Yes there is a shift diff, and weekend diff. the shift diff is like 1.10 whereas the weekend diff is only .49 or some crap like

  15. Clinical Doctorate in Anesthsia

    Pete495 replied to Lambert5883's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Try this thread. it is a recent thread about clinical doctorates.

  16. New program in development at York College

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

    Just goes to show you the strong presence of CRNA's in Pennsylvania. The more, the better as far as I am concerned. That will only make the CRNA profession stronger in PA, and hopefully more...

  17. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    Pete495 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Eliminate Mandatory

  18. CRNA contract-Let me know what you think

    Pete495 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here is a current offer on the table near where I live. I am just throwing it out there to see what others think of the offer. I haven't decided what I will do yet. The contract with a local...

  19. Are there presentations/public speaking in CRNA school?

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

    Well, I can tell you this. In all of my Master's classes thus far, I've had to get up and do a presentation in every single one of them, if not two, at least one. It's not my favorite thing to do...

  20. Undergrad nursing texts - save or trash?

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

    I keep mostly all of my books, esp. the big ones like pharm, physio, anat. they always help out every now and then in certain situations. I would never throw them away. That is just sacraligious....

  21. Single SRNAs..

    Pete495 replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I found this thread somewhat useful as well. As someone already said, it is all relative. My dilemma is a little bit different. I've been with the same person for a little over a year now. I've...

  22. Sedation protocol

    Pete495 replied to sockov's topic in MICU, SICU

    Had a patient vented the other day on a fentanyl drip, 230mcgs/hr, and he was sitting up writing notes to use. I later found out he was extubated on 130 mcgs/hr of fentanyl. the nurse forgot about...

  23. The Pre-crash hint

    Pete495 replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    Happens more often than not on my unit. That is part of the reason I am leaving, and trying to become more autonomous. It pisses me off to no end, let me tell you. All you can do is make your case...

  24. Is Heparin and Mag compatible

    Pete495 replied to angelique777's topic in Cardiac

    Magnesium and Heparin are definitely compatible. I run them together on a regular basis. You'd be surprised that heparin is actually compatible with a lot of things Anyway, How much Mag were you...

  25. Paroxysmal Atrial Fib....Can you tell me more about it?

    Pete495 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Cardiac

    Atrial fibrillation is a disturbance in the electrical conductivity of your heart. Some of the causes of atrial fibrillation are: history of rheumatic heart disease Thyroid disease valvular heart...