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  1. Seattle anyone???

    alansmith52 replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    id love to go. I am afraid Ill be moving to my clinical site at that time

  2. What would happen if someone accepted an offer from a hospital, anesthesia groups ect

    alansmith52 replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    please for the love stop the violence

  3. What would happen if someone accepted an offer from a hospital, anesthesia groups ect

    alansmith52 replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    oh, brother. here we go again. can't we all just get

  4. What would happen if someone accepted an offer from a hospital, anesthesia groups ect

    alansmith52 replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't have anything profound to say regarding this issure, My mind was sparked (unusual occurence) when I read loislane's post. I am not sure If I am Gen-X or not. I might be. i am 28 so... But I...

  5. Pros & Cons of CRNA vs AA

    alansmith52 replied to NurseDiva04's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    lol... rofl

  6. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    alansmith52 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    somthing clinical for a change: I have recently read about the phenomena that exsits where patients in a (lateral recumbent position) for example will have a v/q mismatch. I qualify this with...

  7. HELP--UTvs.TCUvs.TWU

    alansmith52 replied to GeauxFan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    cleared,,, not I am done talk amongst

  8. TWU/TCU Clinical Sites

    alansmith52 replied to TraumaMaster's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    true i think there is only one student at plaza. I would not enjoy harris or my self. i worked there on travle contract before i started school and it seems the students dont get to do as much and...

  9. hey guys (you know those gaswork jobs)

    alansmith52 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    are those jobs for real? I mean come on. are they trying to trick me? when they post a yearly income, whats the spin. is that how much the package is worth? seems a little decieving. or is it...

  10. HELP--UTvs.TCUvs.TWU

    alansmith52 replied to GeauxFan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the defensiveness after my opinion is strange. i was truthful. i tried to state the thing I know are good and thing ive heard are bad. no spin

  11. HELP--UTvs.TCUvs.TWU

    alansmith52 replied to GeauxFan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    yes thats a well documented fact. very

  12. HELP--UTvs.TCUvs.TWU

    alansmith52 replied to GeauxFan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The title of the thread is HELP. I assumed that meant "opinions welcome" True I dont attend TCU as you know so take my opinion with a grain of salt. All I can do is reverberate what I am hearing....

  13. HELP--UTvs.TCUvs.TWU

    alansmith52 replied to GeauxFan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the long and short of it is... due to the graphic nature of this post it has been cleared by the

  14. TWU alert (rumor debunking)

    alansmith52 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Today Dr. Reinkie made mention of that fact that he has caught wind of a rumor wich has recently circulated involing him having a cardiovascular condtion. He explained how noone in his family has...

  15. TCU interview

    alansmith52 replied to maggielee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    last year the interveiw was apperenlty quite easy. many of my friends were told they were in durring the interview. They were probably just hoping to get enough for the first year, which they did....

  16. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    alansmith52 replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    nice to see that when there is a post your interseted in you guys reply. I like hearing all the stuff i will be getting into later. thanks

  17. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    alansmith52 replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    ooo. i like the clamping of the pulm arteries to decrease the mismatch I havn't even thought of that. I am front loaded so i cant visualize much but i dont understand gas exchange durring apena.....

  18. Should Anesthesia Be an only MD Profession

    alansmith52 replied to Oldsalt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree the, the waters have been murky as of late. while normaly this is somthing I might bite on. the post did a poor job of rousing my sns. if he is an agonist hes a partial. I do wish there...

  19. matts update

    alansmith52 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    so far, so good. keeping my head above water at least. I spent most of this week, this weekend and half of the next week pounding pharm into my head for the first of three tests for the semester....

  20. Cosmetic Surgery Death after RN (not CRNA) Administered Propofol

    alansmith52 replied to stevierae's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i agree the basic fact is that no one...... no patient should be given propofol if their not tubed. or have an anesthesia provider present. my old facility there was an adverse reaction just like...

  21. Did anyone else see the show on Anesthesia Awareness on Discovery Health tonight?

    alansmith52 replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    this word mac.. I do not think it means what i think it means. remember i am still new into the didactic part. one day we learned that mac stood for maximal aveolar concentration or...

  22. Front Loaded versus Integrated Programs

    alansmith52 replied to nursemcdonald's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was accepted to both types of programs and choose the front loaded. I could have been in the or rather quickly with the intergrated but i cant see ever really understanding the finer point of the...

  23. I am thinking about going for my CRNA

    alansmith52 replied to RNsneedchange's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I understand what this means "going for my crna" but somhow it rubs me wrong. this isnt the first time ive seen this. when i hear it put this way it sounds like becoming a CRNA is like "going for"...

  24. Say it's not so

    alansmith52 replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    this is rare and i am just doing relay here but I have heard in some cases that crnas are not to excited to have students and somtimes "abuse" them... if thats a word.. (abuse) anyway in those cases...

  25. ill update now

    alansmith52 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    well i am here early so why not take this time to bring you up to speed. we are hauling a@@. we are doing anatomy of the resp and injected anesthetics it's fun. we watched a video where a speech...