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He sounfs like s narcissist to me, in addition to any shady stuff going on. If that's the case, he has set up this situation so that you can't win and he will continually have evidence that he is superior.

1) Work as much OT as you can, pay off everything you can 2) Reduce expenses as much as possible 3) Borrow the rest

Well, you'll soon find that the majority of your patients are not young, healthy & ideal body weight. And that worst-case scenarios drive your practice.

Her best bet if she wants a trial of labor & attempted VBAC is to labor at home as long as possible & forgo the epidural. At the hospital she will be managed the way the hospital is comfortable, not necessarily her preference. And there are...

There's no reason to use sux with an LMA unless a pt. has a laryngospasm. It certainly wouldn't provide you long enough duration of action for surgical relaxation. The reason providers in the US don't like to use LMAs for lateral or prone position ...

Not only will it not block smooth muscle, it won't cross the placenta.

Sorry to be a wet blanket, but that's a 32-month program. Talk to them or check the AANA website.

Most procedures for which CRNAs give anesthesia are surgical procedures. If you don't like blood, you wouldn't like being a CRNA. At all.

It's true that a huge amount of motivation and commitment is necessary to endure the sacrifices that anesthesia school will entail. But you can make an informed decision. Shadow a CRNA, more than once. Transfer to an adult ICU or NICU. If you enj...

Is your accelerated program a BSN? Most schools require a BSN, some will take students who have an ADN + a BS in certain fields. You won't find out their attitudes about accelerated programs by looking up reqts on a website, you can do that by call...

Many or most will want your hard sciences (A&P, chemistry, biochemistry, etc.) to be within the last 5 or 10 yrs. Contact the schools you are thinking of applying to to find out their specific requirements. For what it's worth, I'm an older SRNA...

You don't have to have a BSN to get into every school, but you do need it for most. Call the school(s) you are interested in to find out which GPA they will look at.

It's not just the tuition you need to consider. My tuition is in the low 30's. Living expenses are much more than that for the 2+ years, no matter how frugal I am. I have a mortgage, kids, and distant clinical sites which require overnight stays. ...

They don't really look down on it in my program. But I guess I'd say they look a little harder at people's motivations to become a CRNA. If you're doing it mainly for the money, you might hate working in the ICU and you are not likely to be motivat...

I can't speak for all programs, only mine. There are a significant percentage of people in my class who have accelerated BSN's. Comments I have heard--on one hand, if you can handle an accelerated BSN and get a good GPA, you show them you can perfo...

There are no certificate programs left in the US, only Masters-level or above.

I agree with "Basics" if only one book I had purchased Guyton & Hall's Medical Physiology as a reference prior to applying, and found it helpful for the A&P

The point is, that you are then tied in to that hospital. I have not heard of a single hospital system that does NOT give sign-on bonuses or loan repayment to new CRNA grads. But signing before you know what you are looking for in a job, or the cul...

I'm completely speechless. These are baseless opinions. What is your goal here? And what IS your background? You've managed to insult AA's, MDA's and CRNA's. And perhaps you could inform those of us who thought NURSE anesthesia predated physicia...

another consideration--if you will change insurance when you start working, I'd suggest waiting so your pregnancy is not a pre-existing condition, especially given your diabetes.

don't know what they mean by 'depict'. They are reported in the same units as total pressure, perhaps that's what they mean? They will vary with conditions, in nursing we typically deal with body temp (37 C), could be something like that--maybe oth...

elevated ICP? renal issues?

Let's start with Dalton's Law. Each gas in a mixture of gases has a partial pressure, and the total pressure is the sum of all of them. Let's say we're talking about air w/ zero humidity (to keep it simple). Atmospheric pressure is 760 mm Hg, and ...

You might get more relevant answers if you changed the title of the thread. I'm a non typical RN (techie career 1st) but what you really want to know about is overcoming a low GPA from the past.

Admission committees have a well-honed ability to detect those who are motivated primarily by money. Someone whose main motivation is money will not be willing to put themselves through 2+ years of hell to complete an anesthesia program. Even those...