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  1. ICU experience to become CRNA

    louloubell1 replied to LeeBee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    CT(S) ICU = cardiothoracic (surgery) ICU CVICU = cardiovascular ICU Both mean just about the same thing. I said earlier that I work CVICU, but to say I work in a CTS ICU is really more accurate since...

  2. Advice question follow up

    louloubell1 replied to TJCRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was accepted with right around a year and a half experience. Overall GPA was 3.91, science and nursing courses 4.0. I think I interviewed very well, and I made sure that I had awesome references...

  3. ICU experience to become CRNA

    louloubell1 replied to LeeBee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm sorry, it's petty, I know, but its ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), not echmo. I do agree though that the implication that CVICU is without septic patients is wrong, wrong, wrong,...

  4. Speaking of restraints.....

    louloubell1 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was just perusing the thread re: RN extubation, and reading several posters comments about restraints for intubated patients. The hospital I work at has recently become soooooo uptight about...

  5. Any other new students getting really nervous?

    louloubell1 replied to louloubell1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am so glad to hear others expressing the same feelings I have. It's a big relief to know that we share common fears. Thanks guys!

  6. Roll Call for the Class of 2006

    louloubell1 replied to versatile_kat's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Southern Illinois University Edwardsville starting in August....YAY

  7. Out ot town travel

    louloubell1 replied to user69's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The school I'll be attending, SIUE, has some of its clinical experiences about two hours away from the school's campus in Springfield, Illinois. The university did just recently buy a house there for...

  8. Need a good ICU book

    louloubell1 replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I also really like the fast facts book, and I've found it very useful. It's nice too because its a little three ring binder setup, so you can add pages of your own notes

  9. Need a good ICU book

    louloubell1 replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also really like the fast facts book, and I've found it very useful. It's nice too because its a little three ring binder setup, so you can add pages of your own notes

  10. Which should I do first? RN or Midwifery?

    louloubell1 replied to Emery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The other thing is that if you want to do both, be an RN and a midwife, it make no sense to go the route of the lay-midwife, because the training you may receive in that arena will mean absolutely...

  11. Which should I do first? RN or Midwifery?

    louloubell1 replied to Emery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    CNM = certified NURSE midwife. Yes, you must be an RN first to be able to then further your education for a certification in nursing midwifery. I do believe, however, that there do exist "midwives"...

  12. Would you still take the CCRN exam...?

    louloubell1 replied to MaleAPRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Last year I spent several months on bedrest because of a complicated pregnancy, and I spent much of that time studying to take the CCRN exam, but then I ended up getting accepted to anesthesia school...

  13. Her body burned by drug, not fire

    louloubell1 replied to nursebedlam's topic in Burn

    I've seen this in one patient. It was indeed

  14. Nurses who smoke

    louloubell1 replied to Fivestar22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Lisadlpn2brn, I would like to congratulate you on being so perfect and professional. You are hereby invited to join a new utopian society created for individuals such as yourself. As a member of this...

  15. Swan Ganz Cath Question

    louloubell1 replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't think the extra cables and such are all that much trouble. As far as patient mobility goes, we may be getting someone up to the chair that is still swanned, but they're not going to be...

  16. I'm In!!!!

    louloubell1 replied to RLSU4CRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Oh HAPPY DAY!!

  17. Swan Ganz Cath Question

    louloubell1 replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We generally use CCOs too, except on the rare occassion that specifically calls for having to shoot cardiac outputs instead (like a patient with a heparin allergy since the CCO caths we use are...

  18. Need advice on moving...

    louloubell1 replied to MaleAPRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We've used Mayflower a couple of times. Both times were short trips, each one under a mile and half away, but we decided the cost was worth it just to not have to lug all that heavy stuff ourselves....

  19. Were you turned down?

    louloubell1 replied to OrigamiAirplane's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I applied to only one school after about a year and a half experience on a CTS ICU. I start this fall too

  20. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    louloubell1 replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's not a myth, just a little bit of an exaggeration. Most caucasian babies are born with bluish/gray eyes, though certainly not

  21. 'Dumbing Down of Healthcare'

    louloubell1 replied to rhiannonwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I know that commercial. That just irks me everytime I see it!

  22. Debt Load after CRNA School

    louloubell1 replied to msummar_smc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The max for stafford loans for grad students is $18,500 per academic year, but there are also Perkins loans. I'm not sure what the max is on them per year, but the financial aid office at my school...

  23. Nonreactive Hep B titre

    louloubell1 replied to louloubell1's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was thinking too, Nurse Ratched, that maybe they tested me for the disease rather than drawing a titre. Guess I'll be on the phone with them again tomorrow. Thanks

  24. Making it through Nursing School with Children

    louloubell1 replied to mommyrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You can do it....it's rough, but you absolutely can do it. I began working toward my BSN when I had a two year old and a newborn at home. Had my third child during my junior year over Thanksgiving...

  25. Speaking of restraints.....

    louloubell1 replied to louloubell1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I absolutely understand and have a respect for the risks of restraint use, Melinda. I also absolutely understand and have a respect for the damage that can be caused to a patient d/t self-extubation...