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Good to know. Thanks for the tip!

Thank you Matt! I appreciate you sharing your experiences there. I'm looking forward to volunteering soon. How long have you been volunteering at Grady? I am hoping that it helps me stand out on my application to nursing school.

Hi MFisher6 - Could you tell me what all you do for the Grady ER? I just interviewed with volunteer services for that department and am curious what all they have volunteers do to help out. Thank you in advance.

Aside from other more obvious definitions, pimping can also mean the following, which I found on www.doubletongued.org: pimp v. (by senior medical personnel) to badger a student doctor with medical questions (as a teaching method). Subjects: English, Medical, Slang

Thank you so much for the insight and detail! That isn't bad at all like I imagined clinicals to be.

For those of you who are SRNAs, I am curious as to what specifically challenges you in clinicals and class. Aside from hazing (such as physical or mental abuse which some posters have mentioned), what are the other difficult aspects of going through the program? For example, someone recently posted the following: "They come at you constantly in the form of oral boards, simulation scenarios where you must perform (well) infront of your profs/classmates, and of course the constant "pimping" from preceptors in clinicals." Could some people give me specific insight as to what these pimping and simulation scenarios consists of? Are the preceptors asking you tons of questions about a drug and it's effects on the body and you are supposed to answer accurately on the spot in front of everyone? This is what I imagine, but would just like to hear specifics about the grueling days of clinical that I keep hearing about on these boards.