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  1. How Does CRNA school and clinicals compare to RN school??

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

    Ok, sorry about the repeat above! The first response I wrote just disappeared so I thought the ozone ate it & rewrote

  2. Sign On versus Loan Repayment?

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

    I am starting school this fall, and I know it seems really early, but I am already checking out places that will do loan repayment. I'm 42 now so you can do the math on how old I'll be when I finish!...

  3. 5 months & counting.....

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

    Bio, you don't understand. I NEVER relax! I just recently resigned from my job & I am going nuts! My typical week is....2 12-hour shifts, 1 day of lecturing either at seminars or conferences,...

  4. How Does CRNA school and clinicals compare to RN school??

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

    It's like medical school & a medical residency. If you work at a teaching hospital just look at the haggard interns & residents....that will be you. Although I haven't started my program yet...

  5. How Does CRNA school and clinicals compare to RN school??

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

    Compare it to medical scool, and clincials to a residency. If you work at a teaching hospital then just take a look at the haggard interns & residents. That will be you......I haven't started my...

  6. I'm in... with one year experience

    gasmaster replied to Forrest Forrest Gump's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Mango, I appreciate the clarification. My personal opinion is that anyone who is admitted to a CRNA program probably really deserves it because they are obviously a cut-above the rest. No doubt...

  7. Professional dress

    gasmaster replied to Becky423's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I wore a pants suit and heels. At my TWU interview there was a girl who wore JEANS! I kid you not. And then I saw the same girl at my TCU interview & again....jeans. Ok, maybe the first time...

  8. TCU aug. 08

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

    TCU has primary clinical sites in other states just like TWU. If your primary site is in Texas then you won't travel out of state for your secondary sites. Maybe that's what they meant when they...

  9. I'm in... with one year experience

    gasmaster replied to Forrest Forrest Gump's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    i would love to heare your definition of how many years experience qualifies you to become a "old, should not be working any more, nurses that lumber through the icu." would that be 5, 10, 15, 20 or...

  10. You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

    gasmaster replied to Elenaster's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You've ever had to explain to a family that what the neurosurgeon meant when he said the surgery was successful was that the patient lived through

  11. Highest PEEP you've seen?

    gasmaster replied to poppy07's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    My question would be....what the heck was this pt's ICP????? With a peep of 25 (great for ARDS...BAD for brain) I would expect the ICP to be, oh say, 50! I mean think about the pathophys of...

  12. Neuro ICU - "how to test for pain response in comatose individuals

    gasmaster replied to janwebsa's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    :typingtrap squeeze, sternal rub, orbits...all good. nailbed pressure bad. why? a reflexive move from nailbed pressure can initiate from spinal nerves, not cranial nerves...therefore nail pressure...

  13. Neuro assessment @ change of shift

    gasmaster replied to poppy07's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    All the neuro units I've worked in required a hands-on assessment done at bedside change of shift. Think about this: what I might score on a GCS someone else might score differently but we are...

  14. Helpful PDA programs?

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

    Any thoughts from anyone on cell reception in the OR? Those of u with Treo's & Blackberry's please speak

  15. TCU aug. 08

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

    I'm doing my primary clinicals at John Peter Smith, my hearts at Plaza Medical, OB at Parkland, & pedi at

  16. Lighten up....

    gasmaster posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    found this bit of humor to lighten the mood! signs of socialized medicine pedal-powered dialysis machines. use of antibiotics deemed an "unauthorized experimental procedure." head-wound victim in...

  17. GUILT-RIDDEN: inputs needed

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

    Before I was a mother I had planned on applying to anesthesia school. That same year I found out that I had fertility issues & it was a now-or-never situation, so I became pregnant. I made the...

  18. I'm in... with one year experience

    gasmaster replied to Forrest Forrest Gump's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    No, these numbers were number of years experience in ICU before school of actual practicing CRNA's, not

  19. For all the rejects out there...

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

    Congrats snookiepie! Obviously the school that accepted you saw something special in you that the others didn't. Way to

  20. I'm in... with one year experience

    gasmaster replied to Forrest Forrest Gump's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It would be interesting to know, but I think that since all CRNA's start as novice's no matter how many years of ICU experience they have it might not mean a whole lot. I don't know. I think that we...

  21. Aana & Tcu

    gasmaster posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Does anyone know if TCU covers our fee's for the AANA while in school or if we need to join on our own? I subscribe to their emails and get updates frequently on issues, but would like to be a member...

  22. I'm in... with one year experience

    gasmaster replied to Forrest Forrest Gump's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes, we will have to part ways in this area of thinking. I just can't fathom saying that because I was (let's pretend) able to follow my gut instinct in how to trouble-shoot a flaw in a structural...

  23. Neuro ICU - Withdrawl of life support...is this so wrong?

    gasmaster replied to Nacki's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Double check this but I'm pretty sure that per FDA only a CRNA or MDA can use propofol on a non-intubated patient. As I'm sure you are all aware, we as RN's can't push propofol for conscious...

  24. Can anyone help me with Interview Questions??...Please...

    gasmaster replied to crna2blg's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Don't overthink it. I was rather suprised that many of the questions were very basic clinical stuff, like how does a pulse ox work? Basic hemodynamics, know your ACLS drugs, know vent settings &...

  25. TCU vs. TWU

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

    Yeah, I think it will be great. I was just SO impressed with their whole set-up. And MJ, what a gem! Also, one of my interviewers was X and I was really, really impressed with her. She was just so...