MP5PDW

MP5PDW

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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 In other words support will be withdrawn.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...

  16. How do you balance work & family life/free time?

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

    My wife and I are CRNAs wee work 3 days a week. If you cannot balance that workload with

  17. Torn Between NP and CRNA

    MP5PDW replied to RN in Bmore's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I cannot answer this question in this forum. IM me and we can discuss it if you

  18. CRNA that went NP first?

    MP5PDW replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have had, as students, about 7 NPs who went back to school to be

  19. CRNA advancement

    MP5PDW replied to vn1234's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As far as advancement, from a salary standpoint, there is salary compression. Meaning when you graduate, you will make about 120K..over your career you will ONLY advance to about 180K ( If i could be...

  20. Blue to Green!

    MP5PDW replied to wtbcrna's topic in Government, Military

    Rudyard Kipling? if it is I have not read that poem.. could you give me the

  21. Title confusion

    MP5PDW replied to transnrs's topic in General Nursing

    I have an ADN,BA,BSN,MSN....I sign my name CRNA and forget the other

  22. Blue to Green!

    MP5PDW replied to wtbcrna's topic in Government, Military

    I read about this program in the AF Times.... I was wondering who would take advantage of it....I went from Army enlisted to AF comissioned. They paid for CRNA school with HPSP. Let me know how you...

  23. how do you keep your sexy??

    MP5PDW replied to healthcarefome's topic in General Nursing

    I make 180K plus a year... I am old, fat and bald... chicks dig six figure

  24. Anything but a Nurse!

    MP5PDW replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Students

    I never ever complain about my job as a nurse. As far as I am concerned I have the best job in the hospital. I work a three day work week and make enough

  25. Questions youv'e probably never been asked before......

    MP5PDW replied to x3xsolxdierx3x's topic in General Nursing

    You should look at the nurse anesthesia profession for answers to these. Nurse anesthesia is what nursing COULD be like as far as power, influence