EmeraldNYL BSN, RN

Where you attend school does not matter with regards to salary or job opportunities when you graduate. All future employers care about is whether or not you pass your boards. However, some schools offer master's degrees in a field other than nursin...

Well, you probably wouldn't have gotten into school if you didn't already have a firm grasp of pressors, vents, and ABGs. We were required to do summer reading before school started which included info. mainly on pharmacology and the autonomic nervo...

.... and if the poster really is a CRNA, well then I am ashamed that they are a fellow member of my profession. Oh, and no doc I know sat through quantum physics-- it is not required for med school admissions! You can be an English major and get int...

One of the students in my graduating class just accepted an offer at a children's hospital-- so yes, there are jobs out there!

Okay, so a few months ago I was in the ENT room at my clinical site doing some peds cases. A 2 yr. old presents for BMT (ear tubes), otherwise healthy besides seasonal allergies and freq. ear infections. Upon reviewing the anesthesia pre-op assessm...

I usually do not like to deflate because sometimes I think with those cheapy disposable LMAs the cuff can curl under. I usually remove them inflated too to catch all the mucus in the back of the throat as it is coming out.

Great job, wtbcrna, for not even being an official SRNA yet!! This is what we ended up doing: The kid already had p.o. Versed on board, but was still kinda squirmy, so we gave some IM Ketamine (I can't remember the exact dose we gave but I was told ...

Well as a student of course I was working with an MDA but as a CRNA you are just as liable as the MDA. You can't just turf the case because you don't want to deal with it!! We came very close to cancelling the case but in the end we proceeded under ...

I have never seen a CRNA performing this role in the ICU. First of all, they would probably take a huge paycut. Secondly, many hopsitals that do not have residents have nurse practicioners in the ICU. As a CRNA in PA, I won't even have prescriptiv...

Where are your friends working if you don't mind me asking? And what is the starting salary range? I already have a job so we will probably stay in Philly for a few years, but may eventually be interested in moving to Phoenix.

Good question. My bf would love for us to move to Phoenix (where he is originally from), but I have looked around and most jobs are 1099 positions for doing endo or cataracts all day, yuck! I heard it is very MDA dominated. I like to do the bigger...

Wow, there are places still using Halothane? I was under the impression that they stopped making it last year. Personally, I'm a Desflurane girl myself.

Hello fellow SRNAs, Are any of you consolidating your student loans before the interest rate jumps at the end of June? I still have more loans to take out so I am wondering if I should consolidate now or just wait. I have private loans as well-- ar...

I was accepted with 8 months nursing (ICU) experience, and started school with 20 months. I now have less then a year to go in anesthesia school and I am doing great and can't wait to be done!

Congrats!!! I remember reading your posts when you were an RN applying to CRNA school-- and now you are finished! It makes me remember that CRNA school flies and the time I am spending there will be over quickly. Right now it seems like it will ne...

I don't know about that. With 6 CRNA schools in the Philly area, I see the job market becoming more tight around here very soon!

I'm a current student, and overall it is a great program.

One of the jobs I was offered is a 40 hr work week, no call, no weekends, no holidays. Obviously it pays a little less then if you take call, but it just depends on what you want out of a job and what kind of lifestyle you want. There are also jobs...

It is called PBL, but it is only a supplemental thing we do in our senior year after most of our coursework and lectures are done. Everyone in the class has to present a case scenario and kind of get the class to figure out the problem without revea...

My program does PBL to supplement the regular lectures. We all had to develop a case and do a presentation in front of the class. It was actually really helpful in reviewing for the SEE exam, it helped to put the pieces together and think criticall...

Well, I have my first job interview next week. I haven't done clinicals at this particular hospital, so I don't really know what it's like. Does anyone have any tips about interviewing for CRNA positions? I know it's not all about the money and th...

There are currently jobs in Philly, but I see the market becoming saturated very soon because there are so many friggin students here!!! I was also told the Phoenix, AZ area is bad for CRNAs d/t MDA monopoly.

Like another poster said, it depends what you mean by family friendly. In my program, we can complete all of the basic MSN courses first if we want, then do just the anesthesia classes, making the course load in those 27 months a little lighter beca...

I'm almost a year into my program and I am finally comfortable with intubating and placing a-lines and spinals. I am slowly becoming more comfortable with central lines. I am still not comfortable with blocks and epidurals as I haven't really had a...

I too am one of those people who requires a lot of sleep and I HATE mornings. I was a night shift nurse and it still kills me sometimes when I have to wake up at 5 AM for clinicals. But anyway, your body does gradually get used to it. I try to sne...