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  1. IF I work part time, is "1 year ICU exp" still 1 year?

    versatile_kat replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :yeahthat: Exactly what she said. My experiences from the SICU and CTICU have been invaluble, both during the didactic portion and especially now in clinicals. Just make sure, when you start working,...

  2. Successful CRNA students consider listing your school, GPA, experience, GRE et.

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

    I know this subject has been touched on before, but I agree, a primary post to do some research is a good idea. Here are mine: School: UNC - Charlotte Applied: 2 schools UNC and Duke (interview at...

  3. Labor epidural lawsuit

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

    Perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect ... now there'll be a new standard in L&D prohibiting any family members from being present during any part of the birth experience so no one else gets sued. I feel for the...

  4. Is anyone having trouble getting into a CRNA program?

    versatile_kat replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is the way you felt after leaving the interview? That's pretty crappy ... was it the question and answer session that did it for you or something

  5. Official "Intubater"

    versatile_kat replied to rn4cicu's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Good job! Our program directors recommended we start out with Mac's and transition to Miller's once we felt comfortable ... when we first started going to clinical this past spring, intubations were...

  6. Purchasing a PNS

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

    "Peripheral Nerve Stimulator" ... used to assess the degree of neuromuscular blockade during pharmacologic paralysis. Try it out on your friends!

  7. Anesthesia Clinical question (Ketamine)

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

    How old was the patient? I don't want to assume it was a pediatric patient, and didn't see it in your post. One thing I've tried is a mix of Ketamine with Propofol (1:2) in the same syringe to...

  8. da Vinci Prostatectomy

    versatile_kat posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey guys ... I get to be in a robotic radical prostatectomy in the morning and was wondering if anyone's had the chance to see this machine in use? That includes, CRNAs, SRNAs, AAs, MDAs and OR staff!...

  9. Attenuation of surgical stress response

    versatile_kat posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I thought the anesthesia providers on this board might like to discuss something other than which school to get into or why AA's and CRNA's will never get along. There was a recent conference hosted...

  10. Attenuation of surgical stress response

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

    Thanks for the reply ... I was mainly talking to the alpha2 agonists and statins. I think beta blockers are now given to a majority of at risk patients in most hospitals (there was a post not so long...

  11. Who is going to AANA meeting?

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

    My entire class is staying at the marriott wardman park where the conference is being held -- so we can just stumble upstairs after the festivities. Hope I get to meet all of

  12. Who is going to AANA meeting?

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

    Just tell me where to meet and I'll be there! :beercuphe :biere: :beer: :beercuphe

  13. SICU or CVICU?

    versatile_kat replied to kiki9095's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Having worked in both prior to school, I would have to say CVICU without a doubt. I did learn a lot in SICU, but it didn't even touch the amount of knnowledge gained from working in a large transplant...

  14. 2 questions.

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

    1. What Yoga said. 2.

  15. DL vs. Fast Track Sympathetic Stimulation

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

    Just a thought, but shouldn't the adequate frontloading of narcotic before induction in cardiac patients be sufficient to blunt the ANS response to DL? It should be interesting to see what more...

  16. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    I agree - we were in the room at 0630 and dressings were on at 1330! The machine is expensive, but our blood loss was less than 100. That's quite a difference from open radical prostatectomies. Our...

  17. Washington Conference

    versatile_kat replied to piper77's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm assuming you're in graduate school ... but your advisors/department heads may have a way out for those in clinicals. At my program, we are all allowed to go, without it counting against our...

  18. Duke CRNA

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

    That does not sound like a lot, considering Duke is a large teaching facility with a large number of

  19. Interesting Read

    versatile_kat replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I lived in Hawaii for 5 years ... everyone nicknamed Tripler Army Medical Hospital "Crippler". Unfortunate things happened there all the time. I wonder if the CRNA chose to use Bupivacaine for the...

  20. difference between Nurse Anesthetist and anesthesiologist

    versatile_kat replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    No need to apologize jewel - I can feel your rage and completely agree! And yes - I'm looking forward to the excellent educational experience awaiting me in DC this August ... :beer: :beer:

  21. HIT and CABG

    versatile_kat posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    For the praticing anesthesia providers ... I'm wondering if any of you have had experience with HIT patients having a CABG. Mainly, what else you may have used instead of heparin for the pump. I've...

  22. HIT and CABG

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

    Hope this helps. Yes - it does. Thanks for the

  23. difference between Nurse Anesthetist and anesthesiologist

    versatile_kat replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ouch! I feel like I just got b*tch slapped - and this wasn't even directed at me:) ... I like

  24. HIT and CABG

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

    In your opinion/experience, does the treatment differ if the patient is diagnosed with HIT type I or II? Also, (for those patients with low-levels of heparin antibodies) if they receive heparin on...

  25. HIT and CABG

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

    Thanks for your response georgia. And yes, I agree, the same debates over and over repeating the same points (or non-points) gets a bit old. I appreciate anyones experienced observations and opinions....