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  1. Does LTAC count as critical care?

    nurselizk replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Doubt it. Vent experience will be helpful, but you won't see unstable patients in LTAC. When they tell you they want drip experience, they mean pressors. LTAC by definition doesn't take pts on...

  2. Starting From Scratch

    nurselizk replied to baglady215's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Another option is an accelerated BSN program, assuming you already have a BS in another field. There are advantages and disadvantages to both paths. Check into what it would take both ways and weigh...

  3. Tell me what could have happened, and did I miss something?

    nurselizk replied to dorie43rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Were ABGs drawn? If she was already at a K of 6.4 and became acidotic, her K could quickly become life-threatening. I agree with those who said that something faster than kayexalate should have been...

  4. Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

    nurselizk replied to suarc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The more highly ranked schools are NOT necessarily more professional, and students tend not to talk about the negatives except in front of other students. Anesthesia is a small community, and word...

  5. Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

    nurselizk replied to suarc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There's no excuse--none--for pushing, hitting, shoving, slapping, in emergent OR non-emergent situations. But as for being chastised for doing things the way the previous CRNA/MDA told you to do...

  6. Nov 2008 ASA revision of ACT

    nurselizk replied to californianurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This is an ASA position statement, not law regarding scope of

  7. Question about Becoming a CRNA

    nurselizk replied to cdcd67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You do what other nurses do, except with sicker patients, higher stakes, more responsibility, more knowledge required. You do physical assessments, give meds, place feeding tubes, use feeding tubes,...

  8. Just took the GRE ...please help !

    nurselizk replied to staline88's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Most places care more about the math score and yours is great. Call them and ask what they're looking for, and whether strength in other areas makes up for weakness in one area (like GRE verbal...

  9. Advice for an aspiring CRNA?

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

    If you don't get accepted to the accelerated BSN program, call them and find out the stats for those who did get accepted and what will make you a more competitive applicant. Then you need to decide...

  10. Be honest...is the excitement over?

    nurselizk replied to rn2bn07's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in a front-loaded program, just finishing my first semester of clinical. The excitement's def not over. There is more than one kind of excitement, however. There's the supreme hunger for...

  11. Advice for an aspiring CRNA?

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

    The GPA will be an issu for accelerated nursing programs, not just anesthesia programs. Talk to the nursing schools you're interested in to find out what they're looking for, what your chances are,...

  12. Complete 1 yr ICU req. in the first year of CRNA Schoo?l

    nurselizk replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This is not only not the optimal route, it is not a possible route. You suggest that we shouldn't disagree openly about a valid issue of debate, yet you perpetuate this absurd

  13. CRNA cirriculum... how intense?

    nurselizk replied to LPN30's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    yes.... sort of. Anesthesia school requires a time/energy commitment beyond anything you've ever done before. Add a family to that, and it means you have to be super-committed, super-organized, have...

  14. How many nurses say they want to be a CRNA?

    nurselizk replied to Annieee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Many more say they want to than the numbers who really go through with it. Between 1/3 and 1/2 of my accelerated BSN class said they were serious about it, and more were casually thinking about it....

  15. A little frustration with my alumni school Michigan State University

    nurselizk replied to cvicu80's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Congrats to those who were accepted and, for that matter, who were granted interviews. Would you consider posting your stats? It gets a little old hearing "I should be OK with X GPA and Y GRE."...

  16. A little frustration with my alumni school Michigan State University

    nurselizk replied to cvicu80's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If they just had interviews, they're probably really busy. Not all schools will notify you if the answer is no, most have many many applicants for each position. You might have better luck...

  17. gre

    nurselizk replied to MBCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would encourage you to talk to them. Even if they don't have a minimum requirement, that doesn't mean you'll be competitive enough against the other applicants. Find out what they're looking for...

  18. A day in the life of a SRNA

    nurselizk replied to rn326's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's not impossible to work during a nursing program, a great many people do it. Working as a nursing aide makes for a better nursing student, in my opinion. However, nursing classes are generally...

  19. Where do I begin?????

    nurselizk replied to rexfreedom's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Even if a school states that its minimum GPA is 3.0, that may not be competitive enough to get admitted, compared to other applicants. If that's the case, you may need to retake classes or take...

  20. A day in the life of a SRNA

    nurselizk replied to rn326's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I see that my other post went into the ether.... I posted because I went through an accelerated BSN and am now in an anesthesia program. My ABSN was brutal, compounded by the fact that I had an...

  21. A day in life of front-loaded program

    nurselizk replied to srna2008's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I say, the more questions the better. Bring 'em

  22. A day in life of front-loaded program

    nurselizk replied to srna2008's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The way I look at it, you have to know all of that material. You might as well get tested on it. It keeps you on your toes, and it guides your study

  23. A day in the life of a SRNA

    nurselizk replied to rn326's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'd also add that the difference between my BSN program and the anesthesia program is that in my BSN program, I CHOSE to keep my grades up by putting that much time into it. In my anesthesia program,...

  24. ► How do I become a CRNA?

    nurselizk replied to danecharleston's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A higher salary may be required to accommodate the lifestyle you've been accustomed to, but that won't get you into anesthesia school. Being an excellent nurse with a passion for anesthesia,...

  25. Feedback or what would you do?

    nurselizk replied to SFRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    A paralytic would eliminate the movement, but if the patient is restless, paralyzing them sounds to me like treating a symptom. Sounds like the patient needed more sedation. We run fentanyl on a...