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  1. Valley Anesthesia review

    London88 replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What worked well for me was reading Morgan and Mikhail, and supplementing my valley notes with the info from M&M. I would read for example the resp. chapter in M&M and add notes to the resp....

  2. High School Student Looking for Input on CRNA's

    London88 replied to KarlaSue's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I had a good feeling that kiteman was a cop. Man he sounds really unhappy, and angry, almost bitter. Do not take your bitterness out on us CRNAs. Lucy54 please pursue your dreams. Being a CRNA is a...

  3. Questions Unanswered!!

    London88 replied to CRNANUPE_2B's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    deepz: Thanks for the reference that was pretty

  4. GRNA with time running out

    London88 replied to TravisMcgee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I studied valley review notes, Morgan and Mikhail, as well as questions on a disk by Nagelhout ( excuse my spelling if it is wrong), and R&R board review question and answer book. Just when I...

  5. Clinical Question

    London88 replied to rn4cicu's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    SedareDolorem It is good to hear from our colleagues from different parts of the world!

  6. Clinical Question

    London88 replied to rn4cicu's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We also use a lot of pavulon on our heart cases, however we do take into account the type of lesion we are dealing with. If we are dealing with AS then I draw up vecuronium as opposed to pavulon to...

  7. Tips for IJ placement

    London88 replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks for the

  8. Tips for IJ placement

    London88 replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I seem to have more of a problem threading the guide wire more than anything else. The last couple of times of I have placed a central line in the IJ, I have had to restick the pt to locate the IJ...

  9. RRNA/SRNA clinical problems

    London88 replied to zzzno2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    WntrMute is right. It is not about strength,but it is about technique. Make sure the table is at the right height, namely the xyphoid process, and it will eliminate the need to feel like you need a...

  10. December graduates

    London88 replied to NCgirl's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Graduated last month. Took that god forsaken quiz yesterday. Start my new job tomorrow, and will be going on a cruise in

  11. Minority SRNA/CRNA's

    London88 replied to srnabound3997's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Villanova University / crozer medical center has a ethnic diversified class. A third of this years class that just graduated were ethnic minorities out of 21 students. As long as you have the...

  12. Warning: Political Contents Inside

    London88 replied to TheLemur's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    TheLemur: As others have stated, do not worry so early in your career. A lot of what is said about the issue on SDN are by residents and interns who are clueless about hospital policy and the real...

  13. The AANA, the ASA, and the SDN

    London88 replied to kmchugh's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Why are you guys even bothering to entertain this troll. DeepZ gave him the reference on the 35 million dollar law suit. There is no come come back to that from him. I personally would like him to...

  14. Atropine and Amiodarone

    London88 replied to versatile_kat's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Atropine produces its effects by blocking muscarinic receptors in the heart. Amiodarone, although considered a class III antidisrythmic has class I and class II actions, and like said above prolongs...

  15. Position of arms

    London88 replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I do it like mwbeah. The arms are in a neutral position left thumb at ten, rt thumb at 2 0 clock. Draw sheet rolled over arms and directly under pt. No problems so

  16. CRNA Exam Review Course

    London88 replied to TraumaNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The official name for the howard review is R&R Board review. Howard Armour can give you info.

  17. AA lost battle to perform regionals in Ohio

    London88 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Court in Ohio upholds BME rules prohibiting AAs from performing regionals, or central lines. I find this rather intersting. There seems to be a battle between AAs in Ohio and the Ohio ASA. Go to the...

  18. AA lost battle to perform regionals in Ohio

    London88 replied to London88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    When I am trying to insult somebody I do not beat about the bush I get straight to the point. I want to hear from JKW on the real issues and how he views this ruling, not all the BS

  19. AA lost battle to perform regionals in Ohio

    London88 replied to London88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I would like to hear from JKW on the real issue. Forget all these petty side skirmishes. Why is it that the Ohio ASA is at war with the AA? Who remembers the good old GRE for CRNA school! You Know I...

  20. Using phenylephrine in spinals

    London88 replied to heartICU's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I used tetracaine with 3mg of phenylephrine to do a B/L total knee, and it worked beautifully.We started the case at 8:30a and got done at 12;45p. The pt was very comfortable and had no complaints. My...

  21. Do you have any anesthesia helpers?

    London88 replied to Laughing Gas's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am a senior SRNA and was in the room by myself doing a pediatric case. The procedure was a short so I did not want to use too much muscle relaxant. The pt bucked so I reached over and turned up the...

  22. Sedation by non-anesthesia personel

    London88 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I recently took care of a pt who went for an ERCP, where anesthesia were not the providers of sedation. At this particular facility, the RN's who work in the GI suite push the drugs for sedation....

  23. CRNAs in Florida to require anesthesiologist supervision

    London88 replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is usually a good indicator for the CRNAs when the case makes it to the supreme court as is the case in New Jersey. If the supreme court agreed with the ruling of the appellate court then they...

  24. SRNA's!!! How hard is it being a student!?!!

    London88 replied to miloisstinky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What I have found is that it gets harder and harder as time goes by to have somebody continuously telling you what to do. During my first year I was always with a CRNA at the one facility as I was...

  25. SRNA's!!! How hard is it being a student!?!!

    London88 replied to miloisstinky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think it was nilepoc who posted way back that you must learn the rule of the three S's show up , suck up, shut up. Just remember that the clinical area can make or break