JHansen

JHansen

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  1. Gas Laws

    JHansen replied to Gas Me 2010's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    PV=nRT best equation

  2. Can't get rid of the smell!

    JHansen replied to alyx's topic in General Nursing

    Yea I tried a neti pot once, I sneezed:eek: like there was no tomarrow and it just felt weird, a very odd sensation

  3. Decribing CRNA career to High School Students

    JHansen replied to loveanesthesia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Well you could mention the 65% of all anesthesia in the US is done by CRNAs. I got interested in being CRNA when I got into a motorcycle accident(6in plate 7 screws in my ankle) and the person doing...

  4. Can't get rid of the smell!

    JHansen replied to alyx's topic in General Nursing

    If it gets really bad, get a Q-Tip and some Vics Vapor rub, put the Q-tip in the rub then gently rub the Q-tip inside each nostril. Its a great trick when you have to do some of the more unsavory...

  5. Anyone interviewed at Virginia CW U?

    JHansen posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Im looking for any information from people who have interviewed or been accepted or graduated from their CRNA program. What kind of stats did you have when you entered or granted an interview? GPA...

  6. Do you know the right answer?

    JHansen replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Only thing I would think of is asking the CNA what is odd, speech, movement, personality. beyond what other people have stated im not

  7. Can someone please tell me exaclty what RN's do?

    JHansen replied to tamarin100's topic in General Nursing

    "I hear an IV pump going

  8. RN's supervising CNA's

    JHansen replied to TabithaRae's topic in General Nursing

    What state do you live

  9. Life in a nursing home, from the inside - LONG

    JHansen replied to KEK1984's topic in General Nursing

    When I was doing my clinicals at the local VA I saw this so much, the sad thing is the state determines the pay for employees and how many employees an establishment may hire. At the same time saying...

  10. RN's supervising CNA's

    JHansen replied to TabithaRae's topic in General Nursing

    CNA's can work by themselves. Usually called home health aids though when not in a professional setting. But if you and them are really concerned about this have them site the laws they are...

  11. I really want to be a nurse, but......?

    JHansen replied to futurenurse1710's topic in General Nursing

    Like the others have stated any career path you choose will have its up and its downs, but I'm not sure if many professions can provide you with the feeling of actually making a difference in someones...

  12. need help with blood pressure

    JHansen replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    all new pts I go to 180, then after a few bp's i pump too 20 or so above their norm. I find that if you always go to high pressures your pts tend to stress sometimes when you go to take their bp which...

  13. Do nurses get MRSA easily?

    JHansen replied to RNcool's topic in General Nursing

    There was a very odd case of MRSA in my workplace last month, a patient who had mrsa had an open wound and it dropped onto a nurses shoe who was doing wound care. She went home had her shoes in her...

  14. new nurses considering quiting?

    JHansen replied to 1styearsucks's topic in General Nursing

    oh wow take a step back take a breath. If you are having this sort of reaction to your current situation DO SOMETHING, talk to your other nurses, your manager, consider going to a floor that isn't so...

  15. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    JHansen replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    I have no comment on the cultural question you asked, but I should comment that most of my CNA's don't expect my help but appreciate it, because come on when they have 10 pt and I have 4 I might have...

  16. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    JHansen replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta admit I laughed at this

  17. In 10 years...

    JHansen replied to CainRN's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hopefully be finished with my CRNA then owning a house, a wife(well not own) some kids a picket fence and a