Biotechnology

Bangwa is talking about Anesthesiologist Assistants, also known as Physician Assistant type B....They are master degree anesthetists also and there programs do not require ICU experience....

:yeahthat: Exactly what I was saying!!!!

I can only say what I have heard from CRNA's that are my friends as WELL as the ones that I have worked with......But I have been told that the ICU experience is basically to learn how to critically think. What is learned in the ICU cannot be translated into what is learned in CRNA school ( to a certain extent)...they are two different animals ( per se). Most nurses have to be retrained out of ICU thinking to Nurse Anesthetist thinking. So the minimum one year experience is satisfactory. Plus (please dont beat me :nuke:) AA's don't have any ICU experience and I know quite a few that are great......so to each their own!! And speaking from someone who has 7.5 years experience in the OR as a surgical assistant...what we do in the OR is night and day to what happens on the floors....You either know your stuff ,OR style, or you don't...... and if you don't, find the nearest exit because you are not cut out for this line of work......my:twocents:

See........Now this is a darn shame!!!!:angryfire What in the world is going on in medicine today? This is scary!!! I heard that an ophthomologist in our area is going to start doing some non-invasive procedure on varicose veins....something that they went to a weekend course to learn. What does an ophthomologist know about veins in the leg (invasive or not)?

I just felt the need to re=post what was already posted by me because ya'll seem to be going around and around what was already mentioned;)

Girl...You need to chill!!! Your time for schooling is coming quicker than you think and you need to relax and enjoy the little bit of time that you have left with your friends and family......You know that you won't have 5 months of time to be free too much longer.....If you can, go on a nice vaction with your girls or family :onbch:*wineThey won't be seeing too much of you in 5 months.

I just thought that I should give my on the issue. Now I understand where CRNA's feel like they should have a say in pain management, because I believe there is a place in pain management that they could be part of...especially when you are giving pain meds during procedures. That makes total sense!!! I gotcha on that.....What I DON'T understand is where CRNA's feel that they should bring a patient to radiology or the OR/.. make a lumbar cuts into a patients back, placing spinal leads for pain stimulators using C-arm, placing Baclacin Pumps (sp?) into patients etc. etc.....ya'll get my drift all after a weekend course. These are the things that separate pain physicians from anesthetist....the physicians do an extra 2-3 years to learn this stuff. Now I understand what nurseKaren is trying to say, that things are evolving...but they are evolving with the proper education to back it up! Now maybe in the future, it will change but for now, at least the part of pain management that I am refering to should remain in the physicians court. (Now I should also note that I am referring to what pain management does in my state and what they do in the OR that I work in....)

Hey Kirbybunny,........Dont give up...you will get in!!!...maybe not when you wanted to get in but when HE wants you to get in!!

:balloons:Congrats!!! Californianurse!!! I could tell from your posts that you really wanted TCU!!!:balloons:And now you are in!!!! I am sure it feels great!!

Congratulations SirJazz!!!........I was hoping that everything would turn out well for you..... Especially after reading some of your post on how worked up you were about your interview.....:chrs:

Congrats!!!!! I know you are sitting on high right now!!:balloons::pumpiron:

Thats great!!! Love it!!

I am never silent when I have worked hard, busted my butt, didn't eat, took a thousand tests and got A's in hard classes all to just APPLY to a program...getting in was the epitomy of all that I have done....I shouted off the highest mountain.... but thats just me... I can't keep a secret!

LOL!!!!...... I am going to add the surgeons in that statement too Ebear!!:sasq:(Don't you just want to do that to some docs....or anybody for that matter)

If you really need a refresher for the quantitative section, I think Barrons GRE prep is the best......The best all around......Chck it out!! I really needed a math refresher and that book hooked me up... I also used Kaplan, but to me, Barrons was better.. more questions to work on and it breaks down the steps to each problem better.....Plus the word list in Barrons is greater... I think they have a 3,500 word vocab list if you want to review versus 300 words in Kaplan.....I guess you are going to have to find what works for you... but Barrons was the best for me..... Definitely use the ETS Powerprep CD, It will help you get used to the types of questions that will be on the GRE.....

Congratulations!!!......I am sure that you will do fine in school!!!...Taking some time off to breathe is a very good idea because you won't be able to do that for a while. I am sure that you are going to miss many people that you have worked with over the years, but we both know that it is worth it in the end.......Hope everything goes well for you!!!:smilecoffeecup:

Just some more facts to clear up this heated debate..... http://www.asahq.org/career/aa.htm There is also great info on the AANA website if anyone else is confused.......

Are you referring to the On-Q pump or the Painbuster ball that is used to quell post-op pain? The ortho surgeons that I work with usually use them on the shoulder cases ( rotator cuff repairs or total shoulders)... I have used them for total joints but only for the elderly and even then, very very rarely. We fill the On-Q pump with .5% Sensorcaine, and give the patients a bolus of 10 cc's before leaving the OR. the On-Q Pump is supose to give the patient 5cc's every 3-4 hours(?something like that. I can't Remember) But I have seen literature where Ropivacaine is also used. the outcomes for the use of the On-Q pump for shoulders is good. The patients, from what I have heard, are able to move their shoulders alot faster during rehab than those that do not get one. we use On-Q pumps alot for plastics also. I guess if it is used on weight bearing joint I guess it could pose a problem for the patients.

I do not know if this applies to any of you that have applied to CRNA school, but I thought that I might ask people on this thread thier opinion on having to send a photogragh on applications. I have just sent in my application to 3 master degree programs and 2 of them asked me to send a passport size photogragh on the application. For some reason, that didn't sit well with me. It made me feel like ....maybe I am being weeded out, or added in based on what I looked like or possibly my race or gender. Now I would like to believe that we are all being looked at for how well we have done in school, experience, MCAT or GRE scores and etc., etc. So, why the pic? Did any of you that applied to CRNA school have to send a photo with your application and what do you think of that? I dont know... maybe it is to know what you look like, so when the interview you, they know who you are......but that seems like a far strech......:uhoh21:

Those are 300 level courses, that is not what I am referring to.....but I still find that interesting.... maybe Kutztown includes Biophysical Chemistry as their #2 instead of a different class....Have you taken them yet? I know Kutztown very well......My best friend went to Millersville University..she was up at Kutz all the time..(this is ages ago)

Inorganic chem 1&2 and General chem 1&2 are one and the same....Just to clarify(People make that mistake all the time).....And.... I have never seen an undergraduate biochem 1 AND 2.....Biochem is a stand alone class...What university or college are you attending? There is Analytical Biochemistry, but that is a class all of its own also.......General Biochemistry 1&2 are usually given at the graduate levels because they are considered 500 level courses... they are usually reserved for those in the biochemical fields... so I am truely interested in knowing what schools would offer this type of course work as a minor....That would superseed any course work that is done by Biology majors, Biotechnology majors and Bioengineers majors at the undergraduate level.....

I think the AANA is shooting itself in the foot on this topic..... There aren't enough nurses going into anesthesia as it is and now with DNAP in place, there will be even less.......

In my hospital the CRNA answers the codes as well as residents, RT, and anyone else available for the patient....... In all honestly, I guess that depends on if you are at a teaching hospital or not....Mine is a teaching hospital......

You will get that ALOT as time goes on......

Thats funny ...... and cute.....Your definitely not used to driving like a maniac yet...... thats ok... you will in due time....