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  1. Tiva

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

    vinny - we use propofol and remi gtt - propofol usually 120-180 mcg/kg/min and remi we mix 2mg/40cc and titrate to pt need... 1. we use 2 IV's - one for your IVF and IV meds the other for your...

  2. Gas Law question

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

    it is the "latent heat of evaporation"

  3. Do I Have To Be A Brainiac To Get Thru Crna School?

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

    :rotfl: i just spit coffee all over the

  4. Do I Have To Be A Brainiac To Get Thru Crna School?

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

    not only do you need to be intelligent - but you need to be focused and know how to play the game... they will give you the tools - you must figure out how to use them - and master

  5. Become A Nurse Just To Be A Crna?

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

    whoa....am i hearing you all right?!?! first of all - there is no such thing as "just a nurse" - you are or you aren't... and being a CRNA is still being a NURSE... i think that if you are just...

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

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

    other nurse practictioner type trainings do not have the clinical nor didactic requirements that SRNA's have. this is not meant as any type of degradement - just that it is comparing apples to...

  7. Scheduling

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

    Loisane, the first day of clinical each wk - i have no idea what cases i am doing - but i get there early enough that if it is something new i can look it up and prepare - and although the MDA's do...

  8. do crna's have prescriptiion benefits?

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

    air, thanks for the reply - i plan on working in PA for at least 3 yrs exclusively so i guess i will apply for a PA

  9. do crna's have prescriptiion benefits?

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

    interesting chart - thanks... question is ...is it the state you are licensed in or the state you work in that dictates?? for example - i live in maryland but maryland license allows me to work in PA...

  10. Scheduling

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

    i believe it tends to depend what school you go to as well as to what clinical site you have. i generally don't know what my first day of the wk will be like - they don't post schedules on the...

  11. Be-littling CRNA's

    athomas91 replied to forane2001's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    as an SRNA i have encountered (already) great circulators and great PACU RN's as well as very very bad ones... i don't know if this will be helpful or not - but recently i have started writing on the...

  12. Open Heart Unit interview

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

    i find it incredible that hospitals are still getting nurses to sign contracts...there aren't enough nurses as it is - how can they afford to do this?!?! i have quite a few friends that did this out...

  13. IS BSN a requirement?

    athomas91 replied to rhp123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    BSN is a must (to my

  14. When does ICU experience start?

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

    jetman - i was an ER nurse for 6 years (5 yrs and 6 months to be exact) - when i applied and was accepted to a program - the only one i applied to and the first time i applied....so don't let the...

  15. EXtra compensation for mandatory inhouse call for salaried crna?

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

    are they making the in-house call hours on top of your already 40 hrs/wk? if so -- i believe there could be labor laws against that - would have to check... good

  16. Finally time for a break ...

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

    two wks off - heaven!!! i even took a bubble bath today...but i am still in the mode...reading stoelting at nite...ugh!!! have a good break

  17. Finally time for a break ...

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

    two wks off - heaven!!! i even took a bubble bath today...but i am still in the mode...reading stoelting at nite...ugh!!! have a good break

  18. Left alone in OR

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

    i have been at two different clinical sites... at one the MD is always present for induction and a CRNA has to be present for emergence when the student is running the room at the other... the...

  19. anesthesia research topic

    athomas91 replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    why don't you do it on recall during surgery - pretty good subject matter and important in this

  20. CRNA programs

    athomas91 replied to JCRN03's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    JCRN03 - yours is an interesting point - this last conference that was a point made by multiple students and i believe it is in the works now for the AANA site to have a link that answers alot of...

  21. Med/surg

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

    i agree with jewellcut... unless m/s is what you want to do - there is such a need for nurses that you can work anywhere you want.. i and many friend had the same situation and we pushed a little or...

  22. Awake intubation question

    athomas91 replied to Toby's mum's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    ok - so much for the not responding... read the post correctly...it says that THIS SPRING (that is 2005) I will have been a nurse for 7 yrs. which by your flawless math is...hmmmm... 7 yrs. and one...

  23. Awake intubation question

    athomas91 replied to Toby's mum's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    ok..first of all I graduated with my BSN in 1998 - so this spring i will have been a nurse for 7 years...and i am only in my first year (soon to be second) - secondly because you do not personally...

  24. Awake intubation question

    athomas91 replied to Toby's mum's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    now see....it is things like this that get tired cranky unpaid students riled up... it is complete BS to think that speaking our mind on an internet forum and letting you know about it means that we...

  25. Awake intubation question

    athomas91 replied to Toby's mum's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i will say amen, amen and amen again..... mike - i truly am continually in learning mode... and i agree with sux when indicated - and this isn't always "my decision" because you are right - i am...