Becky423

Ok guys, I need some help with the alveolar air equation: I know it goes something like PAO2 = PIO2 - (PACO2/R) + F. Scenario is: pt breathing room air @ sea level, PaO2 = 100, PaCO2 = 40. If you double the alveolar ventialtion for 10 minutes, what i...

Oops.. I posted to the other thread before I read this one. Thanks for the info. It seems I've heard about having to pay twice for it. hmmm... it still would be nice to knock it out of the way. But is the summer class not as detailed as if you were...

I was told we should call Dr. Kay Lopez a couple weeks before the registration date (may something) to sign up for the summer class. About the UNO course - it is very easy, I've heard, but it would be hard for me to commit 2 days a week for the stats...

this definition is from webster's medical dictionary. i was speaking of the general dictionary.

I'm going to take the summer class. I wish they were offering 2 but... oh well. I'm also taking the stats at Univ of Phoenix. But I haven't started - still trying to decide if I'm going online or to the Metairie campus.

Doesn't bother me unless the girl/ family is saying she is a registered nurse or a licensed nurse. In my state surgical technicians are called scrub nurses. They don't have degrees or diplomas, just certificates - some of them... Look at the histor...

Interesting, it's almost 6 yrs later and it seems there is still a shortage. If the original poster is still out there, what did you decide? From everything I've heard, CRNAs are retiring at a rate much faster than SRNA are graduating. This means t...

I got one from my nursing school dean, one from the crna I shadowed, and one from my nsg school critical care instructor (who also held clinicals in my unit and occasionally taught classes at the hospital). No nurse manager or charge nurse (I had les...

I'm with you!!!!!!!!! Yay!!

Just found out: I'm going to LSUHSC. I'll be starting August 08!

Hi, I'm an ICU RN, and a NA school applicant (should find out any day now). I want to ask about a pretty common practice I've seen in my unit. A nurse will draw up a medication and mix it in a 10cc NS syringe, label it, and place the unused portion ...

What do you think? Is a suit necessary, or is a pair of dress pants with a nice top sufficient for a CRNA interview? Any ideas/ thoughts?

one crna, I certainly respect your position and your input, but can you tell me what you think are the reasons the AANA and the individuals schools are willing to accept/ interview nurses with 1 yr/ less than 1 yr at interview if it did not produce s...

Thanks, I actually had my interview yesterday. I went out and bought a suit yesterday morning (my interview was in the afternoon) because I did not have one. There were two ladies holding my interview: one was wearing a skirt suit and the other was d...

A couple questions I plan on asking pertain to new graduates finding competitive jobs and rumors I've heard of CRNA programs becoming doctorate programs.

I received a call to schedule my interview with LSUHSC - yay!!! I have a question about the interviewing process there. I heard that there might be two groups of interviews. The first, they are pretty sure they want and the second, the ones they wan...

Rob, how do you think your interview went? Was it what you expected? Good luck!!!

The CRNA I shadowed, and the one who wrote me an excellent recommendation, said he only had about 6 months of nursing experience when he was accepted into CRNA school about 30 years ago. Now he is one of the best in his group. He had no reservations ...

Armynse, I just received a call for my interview - I guess they're not really strict on the 500/500 policy (it is listed on the website as a requirement). Also I know one other person with a total of

Thanks, I've been trying to search the site for specific LSU-related topics as well. They called me the 21st at 2pm and I was sleeping since I work nights. Ms Dukes said I could call back Monday AM to set it up. So, I'll probably have about a week? T...

Thanks Gump for the encouragement!! I too have applied with only 8 months experience (will be over a year by the time I - hopefully - start). I graduated May 2007 with a 3.59 GPA - I've never made a C, scored 80th percentile on my MAT and 1080 on my...

I'm stressing over this too. I took my GRE today and got a verbal of 470 and quantitative of 610, but my program requires 500 on both. My GPA is a 3.6. So my combined GRE score (1080) and GPA are both higher than the average of students admitted in ...