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I can assure you, pain doc that my patients could care less about whether I have an advanced degree or a diploma in anesthesia. (I have both and a law degree) It is not a good idea to disparage us diploma grads, we are quite good anesthetists, becau...

What you have to remember is that physicians have UNLIMITED LICENSES, which means, based on their medical license they can do anything. Whether or not they can get hospital privileges for anything is another issue. We have seen that a lot with offic...

Anesthesia is not for everyone, that is the plain simple truth. When I was a program director, one of the hardest things I had to do was dismiss students from the program. The reasons usually were not academic, but were related to difficulty learn...

I notice from your profile that you are a student nurse, so I can't help but wonder why you think you are such an expert on CRNA independent practice? You are simply mistaken and I want to take this opportunity to enlighten you. CRNAs practice indepe...

Vince, Congrats on passing your boards and welcome to a wonderful profession. Back to the original question. I agree with VInce, think a lot about what your real goals are and if the sacrifices are are worth obtaining those goals. Do you have any i...

It is clearly the best profession there is--if you don't mind working hard, being very alert, using your brain and your knowledge, your hands and your intuition. I can bring the best of nursing--calming the fearful patient, relieving pain and making...

You guys will not like my answer, but you need to have a very good chemistry background to make it through anesthesia school. Inorganic, organic and biochemistry are necessary to understanding anesthetic agents, physiology and pharmacology. If you...

Ok Mac I am guilty of posting that I NEVER use droperidol. First, please be careful how you state your posts, I have been doing anesthesia for over 46 years and am very current im my techniques and use of agents. You may VIOLENTLY disagree with me a...

I agree with Vince. It needs to be related to anesthesia practice, such as pain management. I wan't sure if this was what you were asking, or if you want to do cosmetic botox. Why do that if you are an anesthetist? yoga

PONV- Post operative nausea vomiting I usually don't like acronyms, but this one is easier than typing out the entire thing. y

Yes, stevie I indeed do use ephedrine in certain cases. If you observe post-op patients, you will find that most of them start vomiting when they are moved. I think this is a combination of middle ear issues and postural hypotension. We sit up our...

Well, there is labor and delivery, radiology, psychiatry (ECT) and various places in the hospital where deep sedation and anesthesia are used. But, anesthesia is primarily administered in the operating room. I am puzzled by your question. If you ...

I'm back!!. As you know, I was upset about the multitude of posts with the lethal combination of ignorance and arrogance. For several weeks, I didn't read All-Nurses, but decided to check in this evening. I guess I just can't let those people wi...

At this point in my profession, I am interested in mentoring students and young CRNAs. Having given so much and received so much from anesthesia, I want to make sure the legacy continues. Nurses have a tendency to "eat their young", nurse anestheti...

Vinny, Congrats for a great achievement. Now your education will really begin--anesthesia is lifelong learning. Welcome to the best profession in the country. Hope you will have time to participate in our professional activities. yoga

I agree with the above posts about market forces and a VERY stong professional organization. I would like to add to those by saying that we are the only area of medicine where a doctor and nurse can do the same thing and get paid the same money. The...

From your description of the reaction, I think you had either an overdose or an intravascular injection of the local anesthetic. The ringing in the ears in one of the most common signs of overdose. It is VERY rare to be allergic (true allergy) to a...

I give you credit for asking the question. My opinion. 1. Circulating nurses be more concerned about the patient and less concerned about the surgeon and "things" --equipment and supplies/ 2. OR warm and QUIET during induction and wake-up. 3. Lea...

etomidate is a general anesthetic, midazolam is a sedative, fentanyl is a narcotic, combine them together and you have a general anesthetic. You are not going to like this--but if you have to ask the question, you shouldn't be giving the drugs und...

I hate to get into this discussion again, but... If you are not a professional anesthetist (CRNA, MD, AA), you should NOT give propofol on an unintubated patient, particulary in the ER, if they have a full stomach (most ER patients), if there is a c...

Yes, I will be there Saturday evening through Monday evening. Then I must get back to work. I am most anxious to hear President Clinton. It was a major coup getting him to speak. As you know his mother was a CRNA. yoga PS, If you want to meet, s...

The AANA is celebrating its 75th anniversay next month. Just look at its history--the first nursing specialty organization, over 90+ percent of CRNAs belong to the AANA. This is better than the ASA and AMA. The AANA is known in Washington, DC to b...

While the student doctors are agitating, myself and tens of thousands other CRNAs are in the operating room administering safe and cost effective anesthesia. The future is strong for our profession and don't let the jealousy and arrogance of others ...

While I am always open to learning new techniques, I have very healthy respect for succinylcholine. Years ago, I saw a small dose (10mg) given for an ECT and the patient vomited coffee ground fluid from a gastric bleed, aspirated and died. I was a ...

DFK, You may want to check out my sticky on the Pre-CRNA forum about money and reality. It has a lot of information regarding private practice. I have been in private practice for over 20 years and know many, many CRNAs who are in the same or simil...