blazeboy97

It really depends on the hospital or group, how many MDA/CRNA employed, and size of operating room, and what you are looking for. Before school I came from a hospital that employed their own CRNAs. The schedule was M-F, work five weeks off the sixth ...

The Georgia nurse anesthestist programs take the COA standard as "direct" supervision of the SRNA. Meaning a CRNA or MDA must be the preceptor for the student or else the school can LOSE its accreditation for the program. This was the reason we could...

Anesthesia tech (AT) jobs vary according to the facility. The job can range from as little as just changing out machine circuits after each case to almost completely setting up for the next case. Where I currently work, our ATs change out our machine...

It really depends on the extent of your injury, what aggravates it, and if you are able to "guard" it carefully during your practice. I injured my back when I was 17 and 18 years old. I did not have trouble with it again until after I had started wor...

I recently graduated from a local anesthesia program that used the Augusta, GA VA as a clinical site. If anyone is interested in how things work there for SRNAs or the CRNAs just send me a PM.

For those with PONV history we are giving: Pepcid 20mg and Reglan 10 mg IV in pre-op holding; then Zofran 4mg and Decadron 6-8 mg (depending on the size of the patient) at the end of the case. Just trying to hit all the receptors. I have been to so...

I am in the final stretch of a front-loaded program and I have a best friend who is attending an integrated program. I chose my school for location, not for format. In the end I believe that it all equals out. I think what is important is how you lea...

Interview letters should be mailed out by this Friday.

I think this depends on the school. My school (Medical College of Georgia) offers a spouse/significant other forum on the days of the interviews. This is a time where some of the spouses/significant others of those in the program are there to talk wi...

During my clinicals what I'm hearing some of the MDAs saying is "if I had it to do all over, I would have gone to CRNA school". Go figure!!

The University of South carolina (USC) in Columbia accepts those with an ADN degree and a BS in a science-related field. The nurse anesthesia program is out of the School of Medicine, which is separate from the main campus. The degree granted is a Ma...

My program is a Masters in Nursing (MN) not a Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN), therefore we do not have a thesis. 6 out of 7 semesters we have 1-2 papers to write with each being 10-15 pages. For each paper there is also a powerpoint presentatio...

Medical College of Georgia: Now admitting 16 students, didactic first two semesters, clinicals last five semesters.

GPA: 3.9 RN-BSN (3.2 overall) GRE: 1740 Experience: 10 yr SICU/CVICU and 2 yr Cardiac Cath Lab Recommendations from: Chief cardiac surgery MDA and CRNA, Nurse Manager, and RN-BSN Instructor. Anesthesia program: Medical College of Georgia (2nd semeste...

Medical College of Georgia...Class of 2004. Last final this Wednesday, 6 more semesters to go!!

I still have all my old nursing books and articles but haven't used them and probably won't. The articles that are required, at least for my program, tend to be on a higher level and more to do with anesthesia or medicine than nursing. As for textboo...

I am finishing up my first semester at MCG in Augusta, GA. This program is very good and I am looking forward to the level of knowledge and skills that I will obtain from here. The first two semesters are completely didactic. Simulator lab comes in t...

I had 15 years of experience (3 neuroscience, 2 cath lab, and 10 surgical icu). I have the most experience of my classmates. Most of my class consist of 3-5 years of experience with one having one year and another having 10 years. kimmi

13 students (8 women, 5 men). 4 men are married (3 have kids), 5 women are married (2 have kids). I think alot of it may have to do with what program you chose and how it is set up. Here at Medical College of Georgia, we have classes 3 days a week ...

MCG has a cadaver lab but this will be the first year that the nurse anesthesia students will be able to utilize it since the program began in 1995. I also know that the University of South Carolina has a cadaver lab that the nurse anesthesia program...

At present we don't know much about the simulator except that it can do all sorts of things. It scans barcodes on syringes for drug and quantity and they can program it to act (lungs) like patients with asthma, COPD, ARDS, heart failure, etc. You ca...

I have just begun the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) nurse anesthesia program. The school boasts a 90% graduation rate and 100% pass boards rate. The program is front loaded, two semesters of didactic study with clinicals beginning in the third sem...