Passin' Gas

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  1. CRNA working as PACU RN

    Passin' Gas replied to DKSH's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    After hours PACU nurses recover patients in one of the ICUs, second pair of hands readily available if needed. No second PACU RN. Our ICUs are pretty busy but very rarely have we had a problem with...

  2. Are CRNAs ashamed of being nurses?

    Passin' Gas replied to loisane's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have been a nurse for 20 years and a CRNA for 10 years of that 20. Anesthesia is an extension of the nursing I did initially....and I grew up through the ranks...nurses's aide, LVN/LPN, BSN, then...

  3. Big Reject

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

    Also contact the other two schools. Make sure your application is complete. Ask to speak to the director or other person on the admissions committee. Ask for an honest assessment of your...

  4. Big Reject

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

    Molly, keep it simple: call the school, talk to the director and find out why you were not accepted. Ask what you can do to improve chance for next year. CCRN is a great bonus for applicants....

  5. Roll Call for the Class of 2006

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

    TCU had about 65 students start August 2003 TWU had about 120 students start August 2003 I don't know how large the classes are this August...it's determined by how many clinical sites the schools...

  6. Roll Call for the Class of 2006

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

    Congratulations to everyone beginning anesthesia school within the coming months!! Good luck to each and every one of you!! Keep your focus on the goal: the going will be tough but the end results...

  7. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    Passin' Gas replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    TEFRA requirements -- In supervising concurrent cases, the anesthesiologist must meet the so-called TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act) requirements, which are: Perform a pre-anesthesia...

  8. Not learning to place central lines

    Passin' Gas replied to AmiK25's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Amen.

  9. Not learning to place central lines

    Passin' Gas replied to AmiK25's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs: Standards for Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs, Jan 2004 requires a minimum of 5 central line placements, preferred number...

  10. Embarrassing anesthesia question that I really should know

    Passin' Gas replied to stevierae's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Acetylcholinesterase metabolizes acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft into choline and acetate. Choline is reuptaken into the presynaptic neuron and reutilized. Succinylcholine terminates its action...

  11. anesthetist vs anesthesiologist

    Passin' Gas replied to caffine's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have copied Tenesma's original post and interjected my comments after his/her comments. Please refer to the original post if clarification of who said what is needed. I'm going to preface this...

  12. Question to srna's

    Passin' Gas replied to tcrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Quote tcrn: I feel like we should be saying "praise God" and spending more time TOGETHER. Not just trying to have me spinning my wheels trying to score more hours at the hospital. AMEN. Yeah, and...

  13. The most challenging anesthesia cases?

    Passin' Gas replied to UCDSICURN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Wntrmute: Out of curiosity, what anesthesia technique are you using for the awake craniotomies? What anesthetic agents? We do some craniotomies at my facility but they're usually tumor excisions....

  14. ICU nurse managers lack of support.......

    Passin' Gas replied to melrey11's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Quote yoga crna: "Respect is earned and goes both directions. I am proud to have a wonderful working relationship with all of the nurses in our surgery center. We respect each other, compliment each...

  15. Any technique tips for Miller Blade?

    Passin' Gas replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Quote: Athlein1 "But, as one preceptor told me, the trick is to be good at whatever you have in the drawer...." There's a lot of truth in that statement. Responding to a code on the gyn-onc floor,...

  16. Missing a week of Classes

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

    As stated before: It's a whole different ball game. You can read all you want in the texts, play in the labs, the true test comes when you have the patient with hypertension, CHF, IDDM (this am's...

  17. Missing a week of Classes

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

    Roland: Your experience does not encompass enduring any nurse anesthesia courses from any accredited nurse anesthesia school. The courses you have mentioned pale in comparison to any accredited...

  18. charting...dialed in or end tidal?

    Passin' Gas replied to mbrian46's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't document the vaporizer setting; I do document the FI and end-tidal concentrations as measured by mass spectrometry. Also document liter flow rates of air/oxygen/nitrous oxide--whatever the...

  19. Missing a week of Classes

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

    Originally posted by Roland: wouldn't the world be a better place if professors/schools would lighten up an realize that it's learning the information that is important not HOW you learn the info....

  20. Missing a week of Classes

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

    Talk to the program now. Plan on Jamaica in December (assuming you're still married

  21. High narcotic technique help

    Passin' Gas replied to WntrMute2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Great explanation of the technique. I use a very similar technique and found it works well. And you pointed out a key thing: keeping the gas steady and using opioid to control hemodynamic changes...

  22. extubating deep

    Passin' Gas replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Stage One anesthesia: slight sedation, slow regular breathing, some amnesia Stage two anesthesia: period of excitement; unconsciousness, dysconjugate gaze, reflex activity--laryngospasm**, vomiting...

  23. extubating deep

    Passin' Gas replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    CRHSRN "personally, NEVER, EVER, EVER want to know about being intubated. soooo ... that being said, if any of you are, God forbid, to have to intubate me ... please, PLEASE, PLEASE extubate me deep...

  24. Murphy's eye

    Passin' Gas replied to RN-RD's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    And "show me the

  25. Murphy's eye

    Passin' Gas replied to RN-RD's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ring-Adair-Elwin...took three guys to come up with this one! I only remembered Ring and Elwin. Had to revisit Dorsch and Dorsch