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  1. Regional Anesthesia

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

    we don't have residents at our facility, so that isn't an issue. but what we consider our "primary" site kind of has the same policy as yours does. it's a small community hospital though and we go...

  2. Ballon Pump Experience

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

    i would suggest taking the class. it shows a desire to continue learning and all new knowledge is

  3. Georgetown or Pittsburgh

    CougRN replied to tumpler44's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    both are great schools. don't go on so called reputation go on facts you get from students from both programs. reputation won't matter when you apply for a job. personally i looked at issues like...

  4. Science question

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

    The Chemistry of Drugs for Nurse Anesthetists, Lemont B. Kier, PhD, and Cynthia S. Dowd, PhD, 365 pages, AANA Publishing Inc., 2004. "The Chemistry of Drugs for Nurse Anesthetists serves as a...

  5. Science question

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

    check the aana websiite at their bookstore. there is a new book on chem/physics for anesthesia. it is very comprehensive and probably more than you will need but if you want to study ahead i would...

  6. where are the nursing shortages?

    CougRN replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Arizona

  7. Single SRNAs..

    CougRN replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Speaking from a front-loaded program I will tell you how my first two semesters have been. First semester we had 19 credits. We only have classes on Tue/Wed/Thur. So these were long days starting...

  8. "When Anesthesia Fails" on Discovery Health Channel

    CougRN replied to Sarah Kat's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    we just had a lecture on this topic today and if i remember right a recent study found that only 0.13% of surgical patients in the US have reported having recall/awarness. it's an unfortunate thing...

  9. Single SRNAs..

    CougRN replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    apaisRN you will have plenty of time to get everything done. there were about 10 people in my class that worked the first semester. i noticed you are going to the same school that i am at. you only...

  10. What is up with CRNA/AA/MDA politics.

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

    actually this is what "valley review" has done for years and it was ignored until someone made it totally obvious and the council had no choice but to issue a statement on it. you may be appauled but...

  11. Student Loans

    CougRN replied to aithug316's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    your school will provide you with a list of lenders when you get your financial aide package. but check out bankone.com for student

  12. Anesthesia Techs placing lines

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

    it's not illegal. our anesthesia tech's were trained to put in a-lines in our OR before i went to school. it was an MDA only facility and the doc's felt they were too busy to be placing the a-lines...

  13. Anesthesia Websites

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

    http://www.medicinehouse.com/ -good for pharmacology http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart.html -more cardiac

  14. Gre

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

    I took a class at the local university. It cost about 500$ which is still 500$ less than a Kaplan

  15. can i become a crna if i only have a associate degree?

    CougRN replied to MsDrea03's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    you need a bachelorate degree for every school because this is a master's program. not every school requires a bsn but you will have to look at each school

  16. ?? on CRNA programs in Michigan

    CougRN replied to SheRN1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    hey winter, i have heard some great things from a former student at beaumont about the experience working as a crna there. has this changed? we were told that they pretty much leave you alone and...

  17. Left alone in OR

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

    Extubate in the PACU? That's kind of unusual. Patients should be awake coming into PACU unless they are to remain on a vent or the anesthesia provider is lazy and doesn't want to wait for the pt to...

  18. CRNA's & malpractice insurance

    CougRN replied to kachoo414's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    yes they do. the limits are normally 1 million per incident and 3 million per year or policy lenght, i

  19. Interview follow-up

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

    I did and they liked it, I got

  20. Demand for CRNAs in the northwest

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

    There is plenty of work in Seattle. However, they don't pay that well when you factor in cost of living. The Portland area also has a few hospitals that hire CRNA's too. Spokane would be a good...

  21. mental health disorders and CRNAs

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

    it's nobody's business but your own. get the help you need and move on. you will be able to accomplish your goal of becoming a crna no problem. best of luck to you in your future

  22. Future Requirements for CRNA schools?

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

    This is sure to be interesting. PT's are now having to get their PhD's as their basic level of education. And some hospitals are requiring them to not use Dr. when they introduce themselves to...

  23. Can someone explain to me what GPAs the CRNA schools look at??

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

    you don't need to retake courses you got a B in. that is a good grade. don't stress too much about grades. many people get accepted into school with a gpa ranging from 3.0-4.0 because there is more...

  24. question???

    CougRN replied to bk2va03's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    if you do well in your interview and you have participated in your unit as well as continued to take educational classes, ie ceu's, then you should be a good

  25. Correct answer to interview question

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