EmeraldNYL

EmeraldNYL BSN, RN

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  1. Regional Anesthesia - How much are you doing?

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

    OMG, that is really impressive!! Where do you go to school?? Not the Northeast I am sure.....

  2. Work While In School?

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

    I currently work about 2 12 hr. shifts a month in the ICU. I am one of 3 people in my program currently working and it is REALLY discouraged by our program director. I work because my ICU paid for...

  3. Anal Retentiveness

    EmeraldNYL replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just when one person tells you one thing and another person tells you the exact opposite. See my thread on mixing

  4. C's in LPN program

    EmeraldNYL replied to mitch8lem's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I flunked o-chem when I went to school for my first degree (biology). I still got

  5. Miller vs Mac Contraversey!

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

    Has anyone tried a Bullard laryngoscope? We had an airway seminar yesterday and Dr. Bullard himself was there, it seemed freaking awesome. Although I'm sure intubation would probably be more...

  6. Regional Anesthesia - How much are you doing?

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

    The students in my program seem to get tons of spinal and epidural experience, but experience with other blocks is kinda hard to come by. They don't seem to do them all that often, and when they are...

  7. mixing meds?

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

    According to my didactic instructors, you shouldn't mix Lido and Propofol because of the potential to form micro lipid emboli. Technically you can just give a little IV lido before the Prop to stop...

  8. mixing meds?

    EmeraldNYL posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One of the old-timer CRNAs I work with routinely likes to mix Etomidate and Profofol 50/50 in the same syringe for induction or sedation for colonoscopies. I really like doing this as well, but got a...

  9. mixing meds?

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

    Haha, that cracks me up, White Lightning? I never heard it called that before. Really, what is the difference between mixing Prop and Ketamine or Prop and Alfentanil vs. Prop and Etomidate??...

  10. mixing meds?

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

    Actually the reason this one CRNA likes to mix them is because you can lessen the disadvantages of both. If you use half the dose of Propofol, you minimize the CV depressant effects as well as the...

  11. About the Gasses

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

    First of all, versed hangs around forever, so if you want your patient to wake up in a resonable time frame to be extubated when the surgery is over, this is a really bad idea. Especially in older...

  12. Dr. EGER and his book/dvd on the pharmacology of inhaled anesthetics.

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

    Desflurane flows from a fountain where I am doing my clinicals and I have come to love the stuff. A lot of our cases are shorter so the patients always wake up faster and you seem to have faster room...

  13. First Job as a CRNA...

    EmeraldNYL replied to TheLemur's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have the same question. I assume you want to work for a place that will let you do everything, lines, regionals, etc. but is it better to work for an anesthesia group or be a hospital

  14. youngest SRNA

    EmeraldNYL replied to blee1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Me too heartICU. I'm now 25, and there is a girl in my class who is 24. Most people in my class are in their early to mid 30's though. My age didn't even phase me until I started clinicals, and I...

  15. ever miss it?

    EmeraldNYL replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I miss it sometimes..... I still work part-time every now and then. I worked with a great group of people who were really fun and interesting, and there was always drama to be had, either with...

  16. For All SRNA's/ RRNA's

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

    Hey peeps, I'm in my second semester at Villanova/Crozer-Chester, grad Nov. 2007. I love school but still feel like I'm really task-oriented and all thumbs when it comes to putting the big picture...

  17. Mayo Clinic in Arizona?

    EmeraldNYL posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm looking to move to Arizona when I finish CRNA school, but I know the job opportunities are scarce there. I have heard that the Mayo Clinic hires CRNAs. Does anyone know anything about the Mayo...

  18. Mayo Clinic in Arizona?

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

    Aaahhh, so are there any decent places in AZ to work??! The boyfriend's family is in Scottsdale and he desperately wants to move back; I would also like a change of pace and warmer

  19. Decadron for PONV prophylaxis?

    EmeraldNYL posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    How many of you routinely give Decadron for PONV prophylaxis? Two of the CRNAs I work with always give 8 mg of Decadron and 4 mg Zofran, while one of the MDAs I work with says never give Decadron...

  20. Decadron for PONV prophylaxis?

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

    Thanks for the input guys. As a student I'm always interested in how different people do things. I used both Zofran and Decadron on a patient today, she was adequately hydrated, etc. and she still...

  21. Does anyone work?

    EmeraldNYL replied to KannRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I work as an SRNA but only part-time, a few shifts a month for some extra spending money. If you want to do CRNA school bad enough, you just take out the loans to cover tuition and living expenses....

  22. Thomas Jefferson Program

    EmeraldNYL replied to rose234's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know as an SRNA in Philly this is something that I am definitely worried about. Not sure if I am staying in PA or not after graduation, but it would be nice to have that option. Honestly I am...

  23. prone positioning and pt. blindness

    EmeraldNYL posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Today we were doing a repair of a popliteal aneurysm on an elderly gentleman with a cardiac history. He needed to be placed prone for the procedure, and we were having trouble keeping an adequate BP....

  24. New guy here, a question and brief intro.

    EmeraldNYL replied to scott07's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes you can go straight to the ICU as a new grad. But don't tell the nurse manager about your CRNA aspirations in the interview. As for pre-reqs, most places will accept science classes no older...

  25. is a suit too much...

    EmeraldNYL replied to dfk's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Definitely wear a suit, men and women both. It makes you appear more put-together and serious about going to CRNA