beedog13

beedog13

OR, ICU, CRNA

Member

  • Content

    94

  • Visitors

    2,631

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by beedog13

  1. Anyone utilizing Army Reserve STRAP program?

    beedog13 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Anyone using Army Reserve STRAP? Just doing some evaluation and soul searching... I am currently applying to CRNA schools and have an interview lined up in Nov. @ U. of Cincinnati...awaiting other...

  2. University of Cincinnati (UC) CRNA

    beedog13 replied to retuRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Wow, I had not checked this thread for awhile... A year or so out from finishing at UC I would say that my experience more than adequately prepared me for my job as a CRNA. I was indeed ready to go...

  3. University of Cincinnati Interview

    beedog13 replied to determined2be's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Congrats!

  4. University of Cincinnati (UC) CRNA

    beedog13 replied to retuRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am a recent UC grad. I would say that I may share some of your friend's sentiments. That being said, most of my didactic was strong--there are a few instructors who are not that great in class....

  5. University of Cincinnati (UC) CRNA

    beedog13 replied to retuRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I just graduated from UC in Dec. 2010. I had not taken physics since high school and took the chemistry required for nurses during my BSN--chem/physics is not that bad in CRNA school. All of what you...

  6. Help with advice on CRNA programs

    beedog13 replied to bmarie712's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am a recent CRNA school grad. The key is to start working in an ICU as soon as possible. Get your CCRN. If you can become an ACLS instructor etc. it helps. Start educating yourself about what...

  7. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

    beedog13 replied to jrec's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Good rationale for choice. I am graduating from UC's program in a little over a

  8. University of Cincinnati students....any contracts available?

    beedog13 replied to Eileen2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Jump, UC senior student with 5 months left to go here. I took the basic chem included in my BSN. No physics. My GRE was like 1050-ish. No CCRN. No committee time. ICU time was same as yours....

  9. University of Cincinnati students....any contracts available?

    beedog13 replied to Eileen2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Natasha, As previously stated, there may well be contracts out there in the Cincinnati market, but they can be few and far between. I have classmates who have gotten them from B North, Good Sam, and...

  10. University of Cincinnati Interview

    beedog13 replied to determined2be's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Johnson, I am in UC's program and have about 6 months to go. There is plenty of info available searching these threads on the interview process...I posted alot myself...search and find it. I the...

  11. University of Cincinnati Interview

    beedog13 replied to determined2be's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi, I am a second year UC CRNA student. That should mean you are in...you will get the official letter (along with the list of 10,000 things you need to do prior to Fall 2010) this month. Good luck....

  12. Age upon admission

    beedog13 replied to KY RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I gradauate in Dec. 2010...the day defore I turn 40...

  13. University of Cincinnati students....any contracts available?

    beedog13 replied to Eileen2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Eileen, I like my program just fine. I am sure they are all challenging in their own ways--many the same...some different. While my didactic instruction has been pretty good, I feel the clinicals...

  14. University of Cincinnati students....any contracts available?

    beedog13 replied to Eileen2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Eileen, I am a first year student at UC. Your GRE may well land you a 60%-ish scholarship, but I heard recently that they are re-looking at the current policy of using the GRE as an exclusive tool to...

  15. Map of CRNA schools

    beedog13 replied to cole1321's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Wow, That is a great tool for anyone looking into CRNA school. I it had been available when I was applying in 2007.

  16. Quick question, need some advice

    beedog13 replied to FOCKER0014's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Focker, I am in the last qtr. of my first yr. in a good program. You do not get to choose which GPA they will look at--they are going to look at everything and there is no hiding from any past...

  17. Anyone used/using/repaying Army Reserve STRAP?

    beedog13 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anyone using/used/repaying Army Reserve STRAP? Just doing some evaluation and soul searching... I am currently applying to CRNA schools and have an interview lined up in Nov. @ U. of...

  18. Will I struggle in CRNA school with only NICU experience?

    beedog13 replied to babynurse06's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    babynurse, I am the second qtr. at U of Cincinnati. I think it will be a mixed bag; don't let that discourage you! I have not done peds anesthesia yet, but I think that many of us from the non-peds...

  19. CRNA Program or Law School Harder?

    beedog13 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am a first year SRNA and my wife is a 3rd year JD (Law) student. We are engaged in a friendly wager about the volume of info and/or level of difficulty concerning our two fields of study. Anyone...

  20. I got in University of Cinncinnati

    beedog13 replied to drdolittle0622's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hope for the best! And if that does not work out, you got picked as an alternate to one of the top programs in the country--I know of several fully qualified people who interviewed and did not get a...

  21. I got in University of Cinncinnati

    beedog13 replied to drdolittle0622's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The vast majority of my classmates are taking all of them during the first qtr. like me--I guess anything you can do ahead of time helps as long as you clear it with the department. Personally, I...

  22. I got in University of Cinncinnati

    beedog13 replied to drdolittle0622's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Perkizme, Alot of my classmates got either Adv. Health Assessment, and Adv. Physiology done early--the first Qtr. is pretty challenging--anything you can get done early will help--just make sure you...

  23. I got in University of Cinncinnati

    beedog13 replied to drdolittle0622's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am a first year student at UC. PM me if you need any advice.

  24. Pre-TX w/NDMB prior to SCh?

    beedog13 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am a first-year SRNA at U. of Cincinnati and I would like to know how common it is in your practice to pre-treat with a low dose of a NDMB in order to decrease post-op soreness R/T fasciculations...

  25. CRNA Program or Law School Harder?

    beedog13 replied to beedog13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Keep it coming...