BRobison

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1. Horrible experience

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

   Tia: RE: CCRN exam: I say, go for it! If nothing else, you get some "practice" preparing and taking a national certification exam. It looks good on your application. It boosts your confidence a bit...

2. hair color and anesthesia, no kidding

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

   well, sometimes, that anecdotal medicine has some value; I've never seen any studies that "prove" the histamine thing, but I've seen it happen enough that I believe it, enough so that I prepare for...

3. hair color and anesthesia, no kidding

   BRobison posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Ok, have any of you students or practitioners heard (or seen?) this one? Supposedly, according to a study (only 20 women, hardly merits the term "study" IMHO) at the University of Louisville, "red...

4. West Coast Schools

   BRobison replied to Espresso girl!'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Just FYI: Gonzaga University graduates earn a "Master of Anesthesiology Education" degree. Some of the brightest, best anesthetists I know have graduated from that program. All programs have their...

5. CRNA Instruction

   BRobison replied to Doug Cameron's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I am a Gonzaga grad....good program....I don't know why you'd need another Master's though, as you already have an MEd, so I would think you'd already meet the "degree" criteria to

6. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

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

   with that in mind, (allies, not enemies) there is a good treatment of that very issue on this site: http://www.kana.org/anesthesia.htm which someone on the crna list at yahoo posted (thank you to...

7. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

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

   I'm getting such a kick out of the posts at the future docs site! I wonder how mad they'd get if I mentioned that one of my CRNA buddies made upwards of $275K last year? Unsupervised. Nah, not worth...

8. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

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

   Kevin: Are you going to take on this amazing question? ("amazing" because it seems to be asked with sincerity, "amazing" because these people don't KNOW the answer to that!)(actually, maybe that's...

9. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

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

   Hey Kevin: On behalf of "dumb nurses" and CRNAs everywhere, THANK YOU for your well thought out, very well-stated, factual response to the age-old debate currently going on at the student-doc BB....

10. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

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

    WOW....I'm alternately fascinated and furious reading the posts on the residency board. Good thing I don't have hypertension. I was amazed by the venom in some of those posts. I don't have anything...

11. Nurse Anesthetist Shortage

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

    Brett: Great article, thanks for posting it. What was the original source? I'd like to keep it on hand for future reference (I live in an "all MD" town)