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Hi all, I am placing a list of links to anesthesia related websites for all those interested in anesthesia. If anyone has other great anesthesia websites that may benefit people interested in anesthesia, I will be happy to add them. Please note that ...

As far as I know the only site that has students is Lovelace. I think there may also be rotations on some of the reservations in AZ and NM. If you are interested in ABQ or Santa Fe, the environment is not really pro-CRNA. It is very MDA heavy. The CR...

It makes absolutely no difference where you get your training as far as getting a job when your done. No one actually cares where you went to school. If you made it through an accredited program and pass the certification exam, you will be a CRNA and...

Your only limitations are those that you put on yourself. You are young and can do anything you want. The director of my old program started in the OR as a Scrub tech, Became and LPN, RN, then BSN, CRNA/MSN and soon to be PhEd. No, you are not thinki...

I work two 12 hr shifts (7a-7:30p) and two 8 hrs (7-3:30). My call requires a 48 hr in-house weekend every 7 weeks. (7a on Sat to 7a on Mon). I am only responsible for cases in the OR and intubations/codes on the floor. The Docs cover OB so MOST we...

The interview at Our Lady of Lourdes Anesthesia program is now in panel format. They bring in each candidate individually to meet with the panel that consists of the Director and Asst. Director of the program, the Medical Director, the Director of Dr...

That's awsome, Vinny! Congrats! You had a great attitude towards the whole thing and it paid off...cudos!

Go straight to ICU if you can. Even if you are in a high acuity ER, you may limit yourself to which schools you can apply to if you have only ER. ALL schools accept ICU, not all accept ER. Getting the ER experience will give you no real advantage whe...

Although this article had some valid points. I think they were WAY off base for most of the article. I think it's this type of poor journalism that puts a lot of misinformation out to the general public. Yes, drug abuse in anesthesia is a legitmate p...

No CRNAs in Canada. Anesthesia in Canada is done by MDAs and GP's with special training in anesthesia. There is a huge shortage of anesthesia providers in Canada, especially in rural areas, and I know some places are looking at CRNAs as a possible so...

I think the SEE exam gives you a good idea of where your knowledge base is. Our program requires us to take it but they also pay for it. We are enouraged to take it completely cold (without studying at all) to see where we are and where we need to fo...

Wow, more Newfies on the board! I graduated from GHSN in 1995 (I grew up in St. John's). Moved to Texas that summer and have lived in TX, NM, NH, MD and now NJ. I finished my BSN here in the US and just finished my MSN in Nurse Anesthesia.

jkid, If you want to be a physician, then plan ahead to do what you need to to get into med school. Find out from a career counselor what courses you will need to take to get you going in the right direction. At the same time. Do more research on bec...

Contrats!!!! My fingers and toes are crossed for the next couple of weeks!

Three of our CRNAs recently had babies (And yes all 3 were out on maternity leave at the same time!) They all worked as usual in the OR up until the last days of their pregnancy. No problems were encountered by anyone (except trouble lifting patients...

I'M DONE!!!!! Pass or Fail I took the certification exam today! Wooohooo! It shut down at 90 questions which I really wasn't expecting. I can honestly say I knew about 50% for sure. About another 25% I could easily narrow down to 2 answers and then h...

Ditto. We were in rooms solo from early in our junior year. Sometimes we had only 1 MDA assigned and they would be able to bill 100%. Sometimes they had to cover 2 students at a time. I know there were times when they had to "take a hit" on payment b...

Even if you find a program that offers part-time or online classes, it will only be for the Nursing classes. This will lighten the load a little, but it is still a full time 27 month committment no matter which way you slice it. My program has a post...

Hey Vinny, You have the right attitude. You can't change it now. You may well have passed and in a couple of weeks will have a hang-over in celebration. If not, you know what you need to do and will do it. You may have also been given a lot of the "t...

Yoga, welcome back....I'm glad you decided to stick with us! AT, congrats. I always love seeing people who have been with the BB for a while progress through their program and become CRNAs! In a mere 8 weeks or so, I should be able to do the same...I...

Congrats!!! I knew you you would!!!

I was a flight nurse with Lifeguard 1 at the Unversity of New Mexico. I will finish CRNA school in a mere 4 1/2 months. I miss a lot of things about flight nursing, but would not give up doing anesthesia for anything!

I'm sure you did great. After preparing like you did, and shutting off at 90...you'll be fine. For those very rare examples of people failing at 90 questions, I think you'll find they did not prepare very well. I just took Valley and have a lot of wo...

I was also interested in Colorado, but I think CRNA practice is pretty limited do to MDA control. I wanted to move to Fort Collins but when I contacted them, they have 40 MDAs on staff and 5 CRNAs. That will tell you something! I am learning that the...

We do a lot of hearts and use Iso exclusively both on the anesthesia machine and on the perfusion machine. Interestingly we also use pavulon which can be bad if you get the increase in heart rate. However, we attenuate that with a lot of fentanyl.