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  1. You will lose your skills in LTC

    aCRNAhopeful replied to egglady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you for your informative response. The last paragraph (the one quoted above) really describes my experience with LTC. I work in a mostly rural area and the LTC centers hire mostly LPN's, many...

  2. You will lose your skills in LTC

    aCRNAhopeful replied to egglady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was not trying to generalize all LTC nurses into a single category, I apologize if I made it seem that way. I was generalizing LTC as a place that doesn't promote new learning (there may be some...

  3. You will lose your skills in LTC

    aCRNAhopeful replied to egglady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would have to say that it is possible to lose your skills as far as critical thinking and assessment if you didn't have experience in the acute care setting already. After nursing school one really...

  4. Fluid and Electrolytes: What should you know about it

    aCRNAhopeful replied to thatsforreal's topic in General Students

    I don't think there is any way to sum it up, you need to learn each electrolyte and its function in the body. Don't try to simply memorize from a chart learn its physiologic purpose and many of the...

  5. Choosing the right program

    aCRNAhopeful posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I understand that for many people the right program may be the one they are accepted to. However, I have read old threads about people who have terrible clinical experiences. How can you find out...

  6. You will lose your skills in LTC

    aCRNAhopeful replied to egglady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds like you all work in some fairly high level LTC facilities. However my experience is quite different than most of yours. I am finishing up my ADN this semester (so yes I realize I have...

  7. What to do next...

    aCRNAhopeful replied to cak1219's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Maybe try asking someone from the schools to which you're applying to see if that would be worth your time. A 4.0 science GPA sounds nice and all but I think you would be better off taking some...

  8. Illinois CRNA Programs/Schools

    aCRNAhopeful replied to punkstar's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There are five. You should definitely check out AANA.com and look under the "Becoming A CRNA" tab. There's tons to learn on AANA.com for CRNA wtb's. I haven't been able to meet many people with much...

  9. 2.5 GPA

    aCRNAhopeful replied to reformedlibrarian's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have seen many people on these forums that may have subpar GPA's early in their college career but have proven themselves by having an outstanding GPA in math/science and nursing school since...

  10. Question about Becoming a CRNA

    aCRNAhopeful replied to cdcd67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes RN's do the dirty work. In fact even more so in the ICU, at least that's true from my understanding, as I am not an ICU RN yet. You also have much less patients than an RN on a med/surg floor,...

  11. Anesthesia Careplans

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

    I guess my username wasn't so original

  12. Am I the only one??

    aCRNAhopeful replied to fungirl's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    One would think that clinical instructors/preceptors would be doing such a job because they enjoy it, but after reading this thread it sounds like these people signed on because they wanted to...

  13. Medical Marijuana for RN's

    aCRNAhopeful replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would have to agree with the majority of the posters, it should be legalized and taxed like nothing has ever been taxed before. That would put a near end to the demand driving illegal operations and...

  14. Do CRNA's miss out on patient interaction?

    aCRNAhopeful posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hello, I recently talked with my nursing instructor who told me she at one point considered nurse anesthesia. She decided not to choose that route because she felt that being a CRNA would not be...

  15. Socialized Medicine....WHAT IF?

    aCRNAhopeful replied to unclebenny20's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm no expert on the subject, but with Medicare reimbursement the way it is currently, an entirely socialized medicine system seems that a nursing shortage would not be the only problem, but a...

  16. To all who've taken Organic Chem as a prereq...I need your advice

    aCRNAhopeful replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'd be very interested to hear some feedback about this as well. The only college chem. class I have taken so far is called chem for health sciences, one created by the comm. college for the ADN...

  17. Who wants a bicarb question?

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

    I'm no ICU nurse (yet) but acidotic states usually cause vasodilalation so one could assume reversing that with bicarb would help to raise BP. Besides that its used for other reasons in a code like...

  18. What is the Best Road to the CRNA Programs

    aCRNAhopeful replied to cili123's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    That is an interesting point and one that I haven't thought of. I'm going to graduate with my ADN this summer and will have my BSN the summer after that. I will have then met the minimum...

  19. what is the pathophysilogy of....

    aCRNAhopeful replied to mragko's topic in General Nursing

    You may not be able to find the pathophysiology of microcephaly because it can happen with multiple conditions. Try researching the pathophysiology of whatever led to the end result of microcephaly...

  20. CRNA changed to PhD??

    aCRNAhopeful replied to silverbelle's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm sure that the title of Dr. So and So CRNA would probably be unsettling to many MD/DO's and I suppose I can understand that, although that's probably mostly driven by pride. For that reason I...

  21. CRNA changed to PhD??

    aCRNAhopeful replied to silverbelle's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Personally, I would love to go for a clinical doctorate (might have a change of heart after 2 1/2 years of crna school), but I don't see any downside to advancing the clinical expertise of nurse...

  22. Nursing Student question

    aCRNAhopeful replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    They are in opposition but both occur with COPD. Hyperinflated alveoli cannot get air out and will then collapse under the positive pressure that occurs with expiration. Thats why maintaining...

  23. Nursing Student question

    aCRNAhopeful replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it's dullness. I'm pretty sure hyperresonance is heard over areas of air trapping which would make me think resonance is heard over normal lung fields. On second thought atelectasis and...