Sarcolemma

Sarcolemma

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  1. Being in the 'critical care float pool'

    Sarcolemma replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    thats great experience, apply. i got in with a couple years xp. do your ccrn, that will make you stick out a

  2. Critique Me Please Potential CRNA Student

    Sarcolemma replied to NSR0ECTOPY's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    yeah, apply. as long as your grades are good you'll do fine. you might need to take the GRE, shoot for a 1k score the ccrn is an incredible plus. most applicants dont have it. go for

  3. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Sarcolemma replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I will qualify my previous response by saying there is probably a fourth to a third of my class is barely passing the classes. However, many of them have not been in the classroom for a couple...

  4. Do you need hospital experience to function as a NP?

    Sarcolemma replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ED experience would be great to get some skills. high turnover with every patient under the sun, an NP's assessment skills and intuitive critical thinking/decision making need to be top notch. The...

  5. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Sarcolemma replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    actually it sounds like thats what they're saying, with regards to classes I think it's a plus to be able to take the FNP program part time - more time to digest it

  6. My stats that got me into anesthesia school

    Sarcolemma replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    best advice right there. you'll stick out from the

  7. Got my foot stuck in the door...

    Sarcolemma replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    what? as a nurse? in the united states? in the age of the baby

  8. Chest compressions s/p open heart

    Sarcolemma replied to mcknis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    every time i've done compressions on a sternotomy, old or new, the wires have broken. With a fresh sternotomy if a surgeons available often they break open the chest and do open heart massage if its a...

  9. Critical Care question about nursing experience

    Sarcolemma replied to RACH22689's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm an SRNA right now - I went into ICU straight out of school. Don't mess around on a med surg floor. Start applying to CRNA schools at the end of your first year in ICU, after you've taken the GRE...

  10. How difficult is FNP school?

    Sarcolemma replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1) i'm an SRNA, and I get 8 hours of sleep a night. Whoever is getting 3-4 hours a night needs to chill, or go to bed earlier. 2) I was accepted into an FNP program, but I declined. I didn't think...

  11. IVs

    Sarcolemma replied to putmetosleep's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you can, get in touch with someone in your ER department, tell them what you're doing, and ask them if you can float there and stick IVs in the triage patients for a few days. Use

  12. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Sarcolemma replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    IMO, everyone exaggerates how difficult it is honestly, (and this is the truth) I get 8 hours of sleep a night. On clinical days I go to bed 8-9 though, get up at 430, in the OR at 545 - which is MUCH...

  13. Torn Between NP and CRNA

    Sarcolemma replied to RN in Bmore's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    true. i find patient interactions to be intense and very meaningful, albeit limited time wise. I actually interacted much less with patients in the ICU. IDK if thats because i was night shift or

  14. Torn Between NP and CRNA

    Sarcolemma replied to RN in Bmore's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm an SRNA, I've worked my way up from being a nurses aid. I haven't been bored once yet. Quite the opposite, it's insanely stressful in the OR. Statements like those above come from pure ignorance...

  15. In retrospect what would you do differently prior starting CRNA school

    Sarcolemma replied to scorpiontail's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I should have leveled my hunter to 70 in WoW. Not that it matters now that I'll be playing WAR instead. Thats right, during