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  1. Attention NC Residents

    NCgirl posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Okay guys, here we go again. We're the latest state in which the MDA's are trying to restrict our practice, as well as make it legal for AA's to work here. A bill is currently being introduced into...

  2. Attention NC Residents

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

    Skipaway, thanks for your help! I knew if I got this thread started, that there would have to be some NC CRNA's who would know

  3. Attention NC Residents

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

    Deep Z, I think you're my new hero. Preach on. If I wasn't so friggin busy studying right now, I'd love to write some long insightful post. But, Stoelting calls, and I'm off to

  4. Attention NC Residents

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

    Okay, I don't have time for this childish bickering. If you support nurse anesthesia (and this is our bulletin board after all), then contact your legislator. Nothing else to add from my standpoint....

  5. Attention NC Residents

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

    JWK- I'm very well aware of that. However, the bill is saying otherwise. It proposes that allowing AA's to work here is a good idea, b/c it secures pt safety, since the MDA's will have so much more...

  6. Attention NC Residents

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

    JWK, please read my message again. You will note that I said it's my understanding that it's hard to know who is an AA vs CRNA when they're in the same dept. I am not questioning your abilities. I...

  7. Single SRNAs..

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

    I'm in Charlotte. And I don't think being single is lonely. Notice I said I'm single---which only means I'm not dating one person seriously. (Which involves dating multiple people non-seriously.)...

  8. Single SRNAs..

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

    I hear some of what you guys are saying, but in all honesty, I'm loving being single! While classmates are upset about not seeing their spouses/kids/pets/etc, I'm making my weekend plans. My family...

  9. It's a girl!

    NCgirl replied to Trauma Tom's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I will add my congrats to the others! Little Noel is sure to be a granddaddy's girl! Good luck on finals, and enjoy every second of your break away from anesthesia and with

  10. Any Advice for school preparation for this year?

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

    SLEEP, then SLEEP some more, and when you wake up from that nap, go back to SLEEP!!! I am so sleep deprived right now, thank goodness there are only 2 1/2 weeks left in this

  11. Interviews

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

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  12. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    NCgirl replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    From an anesthesia standpoint in my particular facility, we don't give droperidol. It rec'd a black box from the FDA for causing ventricular dysrhythmias in pt's with a predisposition, meaning...

  13. Chicago hospitals

    NCgirl posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I need some help here, b/c I'm not getting much luck searching online. I have about a year left til graduation, and I'm taking a trip to Chicago in January to check things out. I'm pretty sure...

  14. SRNA's: generally, how much...

    NCgirl replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We're normally in the OR about 9 hours, including set up time. That's minimum. If you're doing kids or a complex case, count on extra set up time. That does not include pre or post op visits on the...

  15. mother in law on vent

    NCgirl replied to mollie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but I do not know any specific web sites. My suggestion to you is this: ask her three primary physicians that if it was THEIR mother, and they knew she didn't truly want to live like...

  16. mother in law on vent

    NCgirl replied to mollie's topic in General Nursing

    Your story touches my heart, it is this type of situation exactly that always got to me when I was a CVRU nurse. Did your MIL have a living will? Is your Husband the family member allowed to make...

  17. Brother needs a liver transplant

    NCgirl replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Maggie, I will be keeping your brother and entire family in my prayers. And also for the family of the future donor. Liver transplants can be long and intense. I've had one go 16 hours. They...

  18. Liver Transplant

    NCgirl posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well, I did my first liver transplant on call last night. I have NEVER given so many blood products, or had a pt. with so many lines....even in CVRU with IABP/open chest patients. It truly was...

  19. Liver Transplant

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

    Pavulon....it's not really a big issue in liver's, b/c they stay ventilated and sedated in SICU for a while postop. So, you're not having to worry if it "hangs around", b/c you won't be waking up....

  20. Cath Lab Nurses: Anyone with experience with Femostop and Angioseals

    NCgirl replied to Madmax's topic in Cardiac

    So very true, but those same articles usually include the "drawbacks" regarding their competitors

  21. Cath Lab Nurses: Anyone with experience with Femostop and Angioseals

    NCgirl replied to Madmax's topic in Cardiac

    As a grad student, I've found a nice little trick to getting info like that. Just ask your rep who comes in....their companies usually have dept's that can send you all the info you

  22. Shoe Suggestions and Earpiece Thoughts.....

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

    So here's an interesting bit on earpieces. You can make your own homemade one with IV tubing, a foley catheter, and the little metal piece that connects BP tubing to the cuff. So I bet you're...

  23. Interview at Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC-- any info?

    NCgirl replied to willti1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have many friends who interviewed there, and said it was very intimidating. If I remember correctly, over 15 people on the committee at a huge table with just you. Hopefully someone with some...

  24. MAC help

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

    I just wanted to say that I too was quite confused about MAC, etc., but watched the Eger DVD's, and it made much more sense. I highly suggest them to anyone just starting out in this

  25. Interesting Case

    NCgirl replied to Brenna's Dad's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'd want to know why they have a PM, and if you turn it off temporarily, how will they handle it? And if your post. cervical, I'm assuming you're sitting, so I'd be concerned about VAE and all that...