ufmatt

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1. Srnas &crnas--advice Please!!

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

   For all you guys that told me this before I was actually in school-----thanks a ton! I started reading M & M awhile back, and I just finished my first month of NA school and wow, we have already...

2. Plasmanate or 5% Albumin postop

   ufmatt replied to helix's topic in MICU, SICU

   explain plasmanate to me please...I work in a CT ICU and we use LR/albumin and Hespan for volume resucitation, but I haven't heard of

3. Question: To organic or not to organic?

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

   Sim Barry, MCG, Duke, and

4. Question: To organic or not to organic?

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

   Sim--what school are you

5. orientation for CABG nurse

   ufmatt replied to Sonya G's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   First thing is you should find out if the xrays have shown anything (sometimes they will). And usually, if the patient is fresh out of the OR, they are still slightly coagulopathic and you won't even...

6. Question: To organic or not to organic?

   ufmatt posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   To all you SRNAs/CRNAs: I am at that critical point where I am sending appy's for quickly upcoming programs. I have not taken organic/biochemistry. I am definitely not a chem wizard, but rather...

7. Nitro vs Nipride

   ufmatt replied to braden74's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   You're both right, and braden, you can throw this in if asked in an interview-- Nitro is also used effectively in reducing post-CABG coronary

8. CRNA Debate from www.studentdoctor.net

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

   you couldn't be more right Sam, and the sad thing is most of the future and current med students I have known are a bunch of trust fund cry-babies. I'm pretty sure that their contentions would be that...

9. Nurse Anesthetist Shortage

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

   It is great to know that the demand for CRNAs is way up, but I worry that sooner than we all think that the supply will be up there too. Take for example the boat loads of people we all know that are...