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catcolalex

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  1. Decadron Question

    I can think of a side effect.....give it fast and see if the patient can resist the urge to scratch the burning itching you just caused in their crotch.
  2. Any CRNA in Phoenix, AZ to shadow?

    Lots of CRNA's at county, also a teaching institution.
  3. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    HM2VikingRN, your article is from FDR's extra bill of rights that he was pushing...FDR was one of the biggest expanders of government there ever was. Most of his policies expanded the role of government, or were deemed unconstitutional. He wanted t...
  4. HC reform bill passes

    If this bill is so good for America, why did it get no republican support, and not even all of the democrats support? Why did it have to resort to passing only the Senate version when the house hated it? Why did they have to use reconciliation to f...
  5. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    You cant have it both ways, if it is a right, you CANNOT deny it. If that 99 year old needs a new heart, and healthcare is a right, they should get it. If it is a commodity or a good that can be purchased, you would have to pay for it, whether priv...
  6. Healthcare reform

    The interstate commerce clause is the most abused clause in the constitution, congress thinks it can regulate everything and it is justified by it. It is bogus. Interstate regulation was initially meant to "make regular" commerce between states, no...
  7. Health Care Vote- Is there anyone else as confused as me?

    This bill is not about healthcare at all, it is to redistribute wealth. That is what max baucus of montana said, and what vice president Biden said. It takes from those who have, and gives to those who have not. That is marxism. The bigger govern...
  8. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    To answer this question you have to realize where our rights come from. In the Declaration of Independence it says we are endowed by our CREATOR with unalienable rights...it doesnt say that our government endowed them to us. Healthcare is a good, o...
  9. CEU for CRNA online

    audio digest is online.
  10. Trends in CRNA Compensations in Future

    Your salary should be dictated by what amount someone is willing to pay for your services....not some politician sitting in a desk somewhere. This is a perfect illustration of the problems that occur when government gets too big. when the market is...
  11. New Medicare rules for endo TIVA or MAC

    Does anyone know the specifics of the new medicare adjustments to payments for endo's? Medicare is apparently refusing to pay for anything that is not a mac. Apparently there is a built in charge for sedation with the physician charge for the proced...
  12. Should we reverse Cis-atracurium

    you may not dose just to appease some lawyer, but that same lawyer is looking for anything, no matter how small or insignificant it is, to screw you six ways to sunday...
  13. Should we reverse Cis-atracurium

    why not? just because cis is eliminated differently doesnt mean it shouldnt be reversed.
  14. CRNA's! Did your program have a strong clinical component?

    I second qwigly's voice...I too went to kaiser and have never regretted it. I have worked now in several different settings and felt very comfortable giving all types of anesthesia immediately upon graduation....not the case with other CRNA's Ive wo...
  15. Questions about USC and Kaiser So. Los Angeles CRNA schools

    there is also samuel merrit in the bay area. I went to kaiser and the average gpa was 3.5. Kaiser likes not only to look at grades but what kind of person you are, not just some book worm robot.
  16. Boom in CRNA interest...thoughts?

    whats the difference between doing anesthesia for money and going into business for money or any profession for money? who cares?
  17. An example of a terrifying moment

    or losing 2500 cc in blood loss in 4 minutes during nephrectomy and finding out that blood bank screwed up and no blood available.....also not that fun.
  18. An example of a terrifying moment

    how about doing an ERCP prone on a 350 lb patent, when gastroenterologist rips his scope out so fast it extubated my patient and caused laryngospasm. He left, Nurse left to see next patent, I was in Endo sweet with a x-ray tech, and a xray tech stud...
  19. Socialized Medicine

    The government is not the answer to anything! The government, no matter who is in charge, sucks at being effecient and providing anything...Medicare, medicaid, social security, the post office, etc. all sound wonderful, but in reality are unable to ...
  20. Where can I go to find a great CRNA job?

    gaswork is far and away the biggest and best website for CRNA's looking for work. my advice as one who has used it often, is to fill in all of the information, especially salary, and dont write in "competetive".
  21. Tuition Rankings?

    Kaiser is six on the US world and news list, and charges a yearly tuition of roughly 4,ooo-5,000 dollars. you will also pay in-state tuition to cal state fullerton, but overall very inexpensive for a wonderful school.
  22. CRNA-what is your day like?

    The work situations are as varied as the CRNA's who work in them, you can be an 8 hr shift worker with no nights, weekends, call, or holidays. Or you can be a more independent work when they need you, all hours of the day or night kind of CRNA. One...
  23. How many CRNA's here do moonlighting work?

    moonlighting is basically locum tenens. Typical locums carry their own insurance or the agency that places them picks it up. There are thousands of CRNA's that do this. In the right market, you can charge a nice sum for daily work.
  24. CRNA Insurance

    I paid my premium yesterday. Im with Medical Protective Company and have a claims made policy. I work as an independent contractor and am covered at the arizona state minimum of 1,000,000-3,000,000. My policy costs 5600 a year.
  25. CRNA continuing salary

    completely depends on the type of job. it might increase over time as an ordinary employee, or it could go down due to supply and demand. as an independent contractor you may even have the ability to set your own hourly wage depending on the situatio...