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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 there should even be a debate about this. Why is i...

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 willing to bet the post I quoted above would not be tole...

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 that?

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 operating room nurse go to NP school with no real pat...

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

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 In other words support will be withdrawn.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 OR, the wean is done and once the heart stops, th...

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 graduate. I do not think malpractice is a cause, as suin...

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: non topical) anesthetic prior to IV start. There is...

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 , hang prayers in their rooms insinuating they are ...

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 practitioner.

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 tubes made since about 1974 are NOT elastic and sel...

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 Notice how the flow rates increase almost exponential...

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 your description, without the capacity to make an inf...

200K for an independent CRNA is a pretty low figure.

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 made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege, Camped ...

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

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

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

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 so bold as to say ONLY 180K.) This is assuming you...

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

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

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 like it.

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

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 money.

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 etc.