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It should be on any forum involving members who administer medications....

You're still trying to get into a fast track BSN program. You haven't even started nursing school yet. How would you know how a nurse or a CRNA practices? Yes, your science classes are important as the other posters have explained. Don't ask ques...

I agree with the previous posts. You should transfer out of the ER. It is not for everyone. It is not 'job hopping'. ER just is not the right fit for you. Talk to your manager and ask to shadow some other nurses in other departments to see what ...

Oh ok! Sounds like Crossfit is has got his career mapped out pretty well. 2 years is about the average time before starting school. To become a good anesthetist, you need to have years of experience doing anesthesia, not necessarily many years bed...

Wow, you got your BSN at age 20?

CRNAs and SRNAs, How long did it take you to successfully intubate a patient for the first time. I have tried 6 times without success. Thanks in advance.

Jen, why didn't u like the program at Barry?

I really feel bad for you. I've often heard about this professor at TWU, and all of the stress that accompanies his class. I've have heard people say that it is not a weeding program, but I find that really hard to believe. I am attending Barry U,...

I'm an SRNA 9 months into the program, and I'm feeling the way you do. I feel like the job will be great once I have finished school, but 19 more months seems so far away. It is really depressing, however, I worked too darn hard to get to this point...

For CRNAs, Everyone seems to have a different technique for emergence. Could the CRNAs out there share their technique to wake patients after general anesthesia, especially GETA. I know some CRNAs who like to transiton from volatile gas to a propof...

You know, ICU nurses have to learn just like you did when you started working in acute care. Nurses have to learn to be nurses where ever they decide to work. They can be newbies fresh out of school like anyone else. So that's how she worked in an ...

As a new nurse, you are being precepted to learn. If there is something that you don't know how to do, you need to be honest and let your preceptor show you. Not correctly assessing the patient can be dangerous. It may embarrass you to not know so...

For my pathophysiology class, I first read the concept in A&P for Dummies, then I read Guyton's Med. Physiology which helps me to better understand the information from the more difficult book. I find it really hard to understand material presen...

An anesthesiologist told me the same thing. However, if one has already gone through the process of applying and interviewing for Med school (apparently while being in CRNA school), this person has already made up his or her mind. This question wa...

:rotfl: That was pretty funny. Thanks for the post!

Barry U, Jan 2008!! See you soon, Matt and Chrissy! Thanks to everyone at allnurses. I've been lurking and learning since 2003. Kimberly :balloons:

I went through the accelarated BSN program, but I went through it full-tuition paid + books paid because the program with 10 students was funded with a state tobacco settlement. I worked for 2 years in ICU before being accepted to a CRNA program. ...

CONGRATULATIONS, Chrissy!!! :balloons::balloons::balloons: How did the interview go? Were the questions difficult? Was it pretty stressful?

You're exactly right. I was a medical technologist prior to becoming an rn and there are 100's of specimens that everyone wants stat. And what slows down most of the work is actually getting the blood, so if my patient is bleeding, I will ask someo...

Can you tell me what the application process is like at Barry U? How many students are accepted each year? How many applicants? Is the admissions staff friendly? I'm from Arkansas. Would that put me at a disadvantage if I applied there. What ar...

I work with a nurse who is starting Anesthesia school with an undergrad GPA 2.7 and GRE 910, 1 year CCRN experience and failed CCRN exam. He got really good recommendations from doctors that he knew and he already knew the program director at the sc...

Hi, Chrissy Congratulations! When is your interview?

Univ. of New England offers biochemisty and organic chemistry online with a virtual lab. I faxed the coarse description to the school where I am applying and the program director said the online course there meets the requirement. The course is ap...

Does anyone know of any CRNA's that decided to go back to school to become an MD? Are they able to CLEP out of the first year like Physician Assistants?

I am a new grad, orienting in CVICU. Things are going okay and I am doing most of the work on my own now and asking my preceptor or another nurse if I have a particular problem. However, certain things get me confused. For example, I have had 3 dif...