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  1. cardene

    arkgolfer replied to ECU_CRNA2B's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Cardene is a great short acting antihypertensive. I use it mostly during CABG, mainly when getting the pressure down for cannulation. I mix it 2cc with 8cc ns for a 0.5mg/ml concentration. I give 1/2...

  2. SRNA Health Maintenence

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

    Extremely comfortable shoes!! You won't sit down for a few

  3. Intra-op MI

    arkgolfer posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Had my first (and hopefully last) one of these today. Pt. was in for p*****-implant. My MDA and CRNA had been gone awhile since induction, succ had long worn off, no real need for non-depolarizers in...

  4. Texas Wesleyan

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

    Go elsewhere Tx Wesleyan will treat you like dirt. A lot of cheating goes on here. Tx Wes Student CRNA. Sorry, But I have to take offense to this. If you are aware of this going on, you should report...

  5. TCU vs. TWU can anyone tell me differences and similarities? PLEASE?

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

    Boy is that ever a quote from someone with inside information!!!

  6. Swan Ganz Cath Question

    arkgolfer replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "Back in the Day", we used the iced solution, that's what the curly part of the tubing was for. Today's thermistors(sp?) are much more sensitive, and are able to pick up the change in temp as the...

  7. Finals!

    arkgolfer replied to duckboy20's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What was the pH of Gluick acid

  8. SRNA's: Study Schedules, Sleep, Sanity?

    arkgolfer replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ditto to what Matt said, without the typos Not sure where you're going, but I'm sure they are all just as painful. Develop a game plan for studying, first and foremost. This will be your job for...

  9. Got the call today from TWU!

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

    Congrats! Welcome to Reinke's

  10. BSN question.

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

    I was accepted at TWU in Jan 03, prior to graduating in May 03 with BSN. Had 9 years experience as ADN. Shouldn't be a prob as long as you have graduated before classes start. Good

  11. how many have applied to TWU ???

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

    I seem to remember something about him being a

  12. flumazenil

    arkgolfer replied to New CCU RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Seems to be some controversy in the anesthesia literature about this. Stoelting and Miller sugggest usage doesn't precipitate, however Katzung, M&M suggest there is an increased risk, especially...

  13. A day in the life...

    arkgolfer posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A day in the life of an anesthesia student. I am posting this for my own therapy. Second semester SRNA (TWU), have research project due to be presented this Friday. Go to meet with study group to...

  14. Advanced Pathophysiology...

    arkgolfer replied to mommyof2grls's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree. Any head start you can get on action potentials, cell functions, etc..., the better off you'll be. And not get totally BLINDSIDED by the action potential concept. I just THOUGHT I understood...

  15. Legal Issues

    arkgolfer replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some of our big discussions recently have included: 1. DNR in the OR 2. Definitely awareness under anesthesia 3. Providing analgesia to peds under anesthesia (the practice of not providing, is it...

  16. The end of my blog.

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

    Thanks Craig, It was a very inspiring, and informative blog. Especially once you started school. I didn't understand at the time how you were battling such emotions while doing something you had...

  17. application question

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

    I interviewed in December 2002, and was accepted prior to graduating in May 2003 with BSN. THe only mention was when my graduation date was. I had been an ADN since '94

  18. physical strength

    arkgolfer replied to mitzi77CRNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey Matt, I saw that same language on the chem test while

  19. Helpful software.

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

    A friend of mine used an IBM program called ViaVoice while he was in chiropractic school. He recorded the lectures via his laptop and this program coverted the lectures into Word documents. I plan on...

  20. Paramedic with CRNA Aspirations

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

    I'm not sure how the paramedic experience is going to shake out yet either. I have essentially followed the same route you are taking. I was an EMT right out of high school, NREMT-P in 1988, ADN RN in...

  21. Texas Christian University

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

    Have they announced where there clinical sites might be yet? I interviewed at TWU, and still have to interview at my choices for clinical sites before acceptance