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goodgrief

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  1. Cricoid Pressure

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

    honestly I never have anyone give cricoid pressure. it usually makes your view worse. it also decreases lower esophageal sphincter tone, I've seen several articles that are debunking the use of...

  2. Cricoid Pressure

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

    you have them let go once you confirm placement of ETT. Gold standard for confirmation of ETT is ETCO2 (at least 3 waveforms), bilateral breath sounds, and visualization of fog in the tube on...

  3. Not sure CRNA is for me

    goodgrief replied to Sleepygirl09's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I read a statistic the other day that said only 27% of college grads have a job related to their major beyond 5 years of graduating. It seems like 5 years out of school is the magic number where...

  4. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

    goodgrief replied to 06crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Are you the anesthesia chuck

  5. Would you rather be a CRNP?

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

    I also had the same question and the reason I decided to become a CRNA and not a NP is b/c I wanted to stay hands on and in the clinical setting. It seems like most NP's follow a doctor around and...

  6. Which kind of ICU experience is best and where?

    goodgrief replied to rnrn10's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You'll likely be accepted to whatever school you apply to depending on your GRE scores. Don't go to a different ICU especially if you're under contract, just focus on taking care of the sickest...

  7. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Your article basically only discussed how CC's are more flexible and cost effective. To me that translates into cheap tuition = low quality training. Plus your link mentioned only community colleges...

  8. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    the "master's programs" in this list are pretty much the same big name schools that are in the undergrad list that I just posted, see

  9. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Best Nursing Schools in the US | CollegeAtlas.org grad school, undergrad, they're mostly the same. this link has a list of nursing schools rankings (non-grad school) my point is that no community...

  10. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    here are the 2015 US News and World Report rankings of nursing schools Best Nursing School Rankings | Nursing Program Rankings | US News if you're complaining about how your nursing program didn't...

  11. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe these posts I'm reading.....nursing students who never started an IV, foley cath, NG tube, etc during nursing school? Shame on your schools and on you for choosing a school that you...

  12. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    there are no skills on a general ward that you can't also learn in a specialty

  13. How old were you when you started CRNA school?

    goodgrief replied to Nolander's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Age doesn't always mean that you're an experienced provider. I know many MDs/CRNAs that went to school MUCH later in life. You asked people not just to tell you, "Go for it," so I gave my honest...

  14. How old were you when you started CRNA school?

    goodgrief replied to Nolander's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Think of how a laboring OB patient would feel about some guy walking in all hunched over with back problems, possibly with a cane or a walker, and telling her he's going to place her epidural. We have...

  15. Georgetown Nurse Anesthesia 2014

    goodgrief replied to westcoast1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    One clinical question they asked me was: A patient arrives to your SICU intubated, O2 sats are 75% with good waveform, what is the FIRST thing you

  16. Georgetown Nurse Anesthesia 2014

    goodgrief replied to westcoast1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you've had good ICU experience you should be able to answer any clinical question they throw at you. They asked me a few. Other than that they just want to know why you want to become a CRNA, if...

  17. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    goodgrief replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    This is what happens with supply vs. demand. If there were truly a nursing shortage then the hospitals wouldn't be able to get away with paying so little. Just 5 years ago I took an ICU internship...

  18. Why are you a CRNA?

    goodgrief replied to MarynRichter's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Stick with the babies in the NICU, do NNP. The CRNA market is becoming over saturated b/c schools are pumping out way too many new grads every year which is slowly decreasing our pay and benefits...

  19. Any tips for "spasmy" veins? Also, PIVs on chemo pts?

    goodgrief replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    MUCH thinner and pretty much insignificant compared to arteries, my point was that veins don't

  20. Georgetown Nurse Anesthesia 2014

    goodgrief replied to westcoast1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know this post is a year late, but I'm a graduate of Georgetown's CRNA program. Interviews were held for us during Oct-Nov of the year before you begin classes. If you interviewed Fall of 2013, got...

  21. Any tips for "spasmy" veins? Also, PIVs on chemo pts?

    goodgrief replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    veins don't spasm and can't spasm b/c they don't have a muscular layer, arteries spasm b/c they do have a muscular

  22. Army OER

    goodgrief replied to Scooty Puff Jr's topic in Government, Military

    I also just had one right before the switch, unfortunately I have to do a new one in a few months when my deployment ends. Do you know of any websites that have good info for the new OER format?...

  23. Army OER

    goodgrief replied to Scooty Puff Jr's topic in Government, Military

    Your rater is supposed to provide you with his/her OER support form so that you have a better idea of what to include on

  24. Home from Afghanistan!

    goodgrief replied to Lunah's topic in Government, Military

    That timing is pretty funny! I'm profis to a FST, commander says we'll be here 4-6 months but my orders are for 9 so we'll see what happens in April. Glad to hear another team made it home

  25. Home from Afghanistan!

    goodgrief replied to Lunah's topic in Government, Military

    I wonder if we replaced you??? we arrived in-theater Feb 27. Were you on a CSH or