MP5PDW

MP5PDW specializes in LTC,ICU,ANESTHESIA.

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1. How difficult is FNP school?

   MP5PDW replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I think you already know the answer to the question. The evidence is every single NP, I have met who came from the NP community has said the CRNA school is much harder than NP school. I do not think...

2. How difficult is FNP school?

   MP5PDW replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   The SRNA thread, as is the CRNA thread, is very moderated. They are only as insulting as the moderators will allow. Why don't you ask a moderator to tone down the replies over there? I would be...

3. How difficult is FNP school?

   MP5PDW replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   as you observed, there are a lot of compulsive, narssacistic egomaniacs in anesthesia. thats because the specialty demands huge assertive balls. I am NOT compulsive. Who told you

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

   MP5PDW replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   It does not appear that any hospital experience is required. There are direct entry NP programs. And while TECHNICALLY hospital experience, albeit, not patient care experience, I have seen many an...

5. When things go wrong

   MP5PDW replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   The plural of anecdote does not equal data. Now THAT is funny. I am soo going to use that on a

6. Organ Harvesting Anesthesia

   MP5PDW replied to naturalgas's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Non brain dead organ donors are those who do NOT meet brain death criteria, BUT are going to be "terminally weaned" from the vent. In other words support will be withdrawn. The patient is taken to the...

7. What Happened To The Nursing Profession?

   MP5PDW replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

   I must say, I have to agree with him or her about the lack of critical thinking skills. I lay the blame on the maternalistic manner in which most nurses are taught... and then managed once they...

8. What gauge IV to use?

   MP5PDW replied to Hilinenursegrl's topic in Emergency

   That's all good in the OR, but outside of the OR, there is very limited use of local anesth. for IV insertion by staff RN's. It is an ongoing issue of whether the RN can administer a parenteral (IE:...

9. This Doesn't Seem Right--Is It Just Me?

   MP5PDW replied to sweetpeaches's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Trivial? I would submit what they are doing is almost worse than physical abuse. To take a group of people, many of which are of a diminished mental capacity, and preach voodoo, complete with chants ,...

10. What gauge IV to use?

    MP5PDW replied to Hilinenursegrl's topic in Emergency

    With local anesthetic... 1 or 2 % lidocaine with bicarb intra-dermal prior to insertion.... a 14 guage feels exactly like a 23 guage in the hands of a veteran

11. Alternative Airway Knowledge

    MP5PDW replied to GilaRRT's topic in Emergency

    Cutting the pilot tube as a student will get you a very poor eval and kicked out of the OR to go look up articles. Cutting the pilot tube is darned near malpractice. The pilot tube on endotracheal...

12. What gauge IV to use?

    MP5PDW replied to Hilinenursegrl's topic in Emergency

    Allways bigger is better. Here are the flow rates for IVs 22ga X 1 inch =35ml/hr 20ga X 1.16 inch = 60 ml/hr 18ga X 1.16 inch = 105 ml/hr 16ga X 1.16 inch = 220 ml/hr 14ga X 1.75 inch = 330 ml /hr...

13. This Doesn't Seem Right--Is It Just Me?

    MP5PDW replied to sweetpeaches's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Unless the nursing home is funded by a christian chruch... and EVERYONE has the right to REFUSE to listen to preaching nonsense.... what they are doing is wrong. It is a captive audience and, from...

14. Independent CRNA's

    MP5PDW replied to RNLink's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    200K for an independent CRNA is a pretty low

15. Blue to Green!

    MP5PDW replied to wtbcrna's topic in Government, Military

    Gold is for the mistress -- silver for the maid -- Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade." "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall, "But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of them all." So he...