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  1. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    stevierae replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Exactly. I did a travel assignment at Kaiser Oakland, and I've done travel assignments in more than one rural hospital. At Kaiser Oakland, the CRNAs are independent practitioners--PERIOD. The...

  2. Question

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

    Just out of curiosity, I googled it by typing in "MDA" & "animal tranquilizer." MDA is Methylenedioxyamphetamine. MDMA (ecstacy) is MethylenedioxyMETHamphetamine. Whatever; they are both...

  3. What's your craziest story of the ER

    stevierae replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    We used to always use oil of wintergreen--you can get it from the pharmacy. If you put some on a 4X4 and hang it from an IV pole, the entire department will smell good. A teeny drop on the inside of...

  4. Question

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

    Well--I never worked with CRNAs until the mid-'90s--always worked with anesthesiologists from the early '70s and through the early '90s. But it COULD be because the CRNAs I worked with had a different...

  5. Question

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

    Oh, OK, makes sense. I remember back in the '60s there was an animal tranquilizer (probably similar to Ketamine) called "MDA." Don't know if it's still around, or what the real name

  6. Question

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

    i know that. i guess a better way to word my question was this: "why do people who post on the nurse anesthetist section of allnurses ---who are, for the most part, crnas (that is, nurse...

  7. Embarrassing anesthesia question that I really should know

    stevierae posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Can anybody currently viewing tell me the correct spelling of "besiculation?" or "basiculation?" For years I thought it started with a "V!!" I can't even seem to get my spelling close enough to...

  8. Question regarding prisoners' right to refuse meds

    stevierae posted a topic in Correctional

    Just a quick question--is it true that prisoners, whether in prisons or jails, do NOT have the same right to refuse meds or treatments that inpatients (non-incarcerated, everyday patients) have? I...

  9. Please, Fran Needs Our Prayers

    stevierae replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

    God bless you, Fran. You will remain in my

  10. Nursing shortage

    stevierae replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    Well, if anybody is willing to consider hiring me as a traveler or a per diem who can travel out there and work occasionally (scheduled) I wouldn't mind doing some work in Colorado, especially during...

  11. Nursing shortage

    stevierae replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    Hey, if you use travelers, will you p.m. me? I scrub and circulate--can't take a 13 week assignment, however, due to having my own business to run--also don't particularly want to take call--but I...

  12. A surgeon from Hell

    stevierae posted a topic in Operating Room

    I never want to hear anybody complain about their surgeons again. Ever. Once you read this, your surgeons will seem like docile little lambs. I read this on http://www.malpracticeweb.com H. H.,...

  13. ER Standards of Care in Level 4 hospitals

    stevierae posted a topic in Emergency

    Does anybody here work in an ED in a Level IV trauma center? Can you tell me if the same guidelines that are in place for trauma patients apply to patients that are brought in, either unaccompanied,...

  14. ER Standards of Care in Level 4 hospitals

    stevierae replied to stevierae's topic in Emergency

    Thank you, Suzanne!

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    stevierae replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Ya know--this almost seems reasonable, when you consider that they are on a fixed income and struggling with poverty (I know, I KNOW, there are the ones that are struggling with the choice of whether...

  16. I need an answer please

    stevierae replied to hospicemom's topic in Operating Room

    This question is better directed to a PACU (Recovery Room)nurse--but, NO, it is not normal to send a patient to the floor without being fully recovered, either from general or spinal anesthesia, and...

  17. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    I think carcha is referring to conscious sedation, which American nurses do frequently. I don't, because I refuse to do an anesthesia provider's job on a nurse's salary, especially when it done only...

  18. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    I know. I was reading the Standards of Care for Emergency Nurses today--and it said on the first page, something like this, "Emergency nurse refers to a Registered Nurse working in the Emergency...

  19. Using same syringes all day

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

    Bad choice of words I used. What I meant to say was, and as prmenrs and jwk pointed out, in the '70s and '80s it was common practice. If you read post # 9, it is a note that an anesthesiologist...

  20. Using same syringes all day

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

    I agree it is a matter of preference--that's why I am defending it. As an OR nurse, I would find it a real pain to come to work one day and find out that all our individual non-safety needles had...

  21. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    And you are to be congratulated for finishing school; it is, indeed, hard work, and you should be proud! And, you are a licensed practical nurse working in the operating room--but I would certainly...

  22. Swans in ER...Who wants them?

    stevierae replied to HLopez's topic in Emergency

    I agree with everyone that Swans would not be needed in an ER--the whole point of a Swan is to be able to do cardiac outputs and wedge pressures; if a patient is THAT sick, he is either on his way to...

  23. Using same syringes all day

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

    Yes, but--in every operating room in which I have worked or taught, the anesthesia department is a separate entity which makes its own rules, and is not interested, for the most part, in the input of...

  24. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    Ah, Marie. This is not a battle to take up with operating room nurses, all of whom are RNs. This is a battle to take up with AORN and the nursing boards of each and every state. I know of no state...

  25. Using same syringes all day

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

    Huh?! What? I think maybe you misunderstood my post, and I certainly have no secondary agenda! Nowhere did I say or insinuate that "every" anesthesia provider I work with in today's environment (I...