Pedsccrn

Pedsccrn has 8 years experience and specializes in PER,PICU,Flight,SRNA 2008.

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1. TCU aug. 08

   Pedsccrn replied to cfarley's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Neurogeek, Sent you a

2. Has anyone gone through school WITHOUT loans?

   Pedsccrn replied to Raas4555's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   My husband and I have been working on our financial plan for about two years now, about the time I started to work hard on preparing my application. Although, I can't say that we payed for CRNA school...

3. Blood Patch

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

   Speaking from a patient's perspective....it is awesome! My spinal headache was truly the most painful and incapacitating event of my life and I've had 3 children!!! Thank the Lord someone figured...

4. Helpful PDA programs?

   Pedsccrn replied to AmandaSRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Thanks for the post about the IPAQ 111. After shopping around, I decided that it really was the best device for information retrieval and haven't quit playing with it since. It was fairly expensive,...

5. srna, pda's helpful during school?

   Pedsccrn replied to wildflower rn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Casesrna, I am interested in knowing more about your IPAQ 111, what is it, where did you get it, and more importantly how much? I have been looking for a really great PDA that I won't have to...

6. TCU aug. 08

   Pedsccrn replied to cfarley's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Congrats CCUROB!!!!! I know how you feel, I told my unit I'd bake them something at christmas, but otherwise "adios". Enjoy your next few weeks and see you Aug

7. TCU aug. 08

   Pedsccrn replied to cfarley's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Hey cohorts......anyone up for a pre-orientation get-together? I would really like to know a few faces before orientation, anybody else? Send me a PM if you're interested. If not, we'll see you...

8. Love the kids!

   Pedsccrn replied to Focused&Determined's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   yes, schools do prefer that you have adult icu experience. that being said, however, pediatric experience can be a real asset to your application. if you are really interested in pediatrics, try to...

9. A day in life of front-loaded program

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

   Vich, Thanks for the info, you give me hope that there will be life after all

10. Should you mention your kids in the application/interiew process?

    Pedsccrn replied to lovegasRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I guess that my opinion is vastly different from the majority that has posted here, but I feel obligated to share my experience. I was asked about family and even produced a picture (my good luck...

11. A day in the life of a SRNA

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

    :yeahthat:

12. Question about getting PALS

    Pedsccrn replied to jfk6668's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just a thought....... If your hospital has a PICU and you would be willing to work some prn hours there, they may be willing to pay for your PALS class. Although PICU is totally different from adult...

13. Treated as a peer....

    Pedsccrn replied to gasmaster's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I did take the MDA up on his offer and shadow him for a day. It was a pretty light schedule, but a great learning experience. Glad to hear that you are feeling better, neurogeek. Armynse, best...

14. Treated as a peer....

    Pedsccrn replied to gasmaster's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Neurogeek, I'm glad that you had a really positive interaction with the MDA..... I recently had a lap chole and experienced the same thing, in fact was invited to shadow the same MDA after my surgery....

15. Laptop Computers for Class

    Pedsccrn replied to GmanRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Neurogeek, Many months ago, I was in the same dilemma about PDA vs. Blackberry. I went with the Blackberry and was assured that I could easily use it's PDA functions, but I have found that many of the...