PaSSiNGaS

PaSSiNGaS MSN

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  1. CRNA in Wyoming???

    PaSSiNGaS replied to WYRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm not in Wyoming or know anybody personally there but Wyoming is a state that is mainly independent CRNA only practice. CRNAs practice without MDs in many areas of Wyoming to their full scope of...

  2. Union University

    PaSSiNGaS replied to lposh's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have heard many of these new professors are not even CRNAs. Good luck to anyone going

  3. Where to go after the ICU?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to MyTachyUsername's topic in Critical Care

    Go to CRNA

  4. Flight nurse to CRNA school?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to WYRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The Flight experience will help you for sure and give you an edge as long as you get that minimum year or two ICU experience. The autonomy you will get on the helicopter will be a big

  5. Adventhealth University DNAP - CRNA program quality?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to HopefulCRNA2B's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Easy hours, usually out by 3 but many students leave earlier. There are occasions SRNAs stay later than that if independent but that's rare as well. You will get all your numbers and they get...

  6. Stethoscopes?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to TFuturecrna's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    To be honest I rarely ever use a stethoscope as a CRNA. Don't spend hundreds on

  7. Pedal pulses and posterior tibial

    PaSSiNGaS replied to zzyzx's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This question can easily be answered by reviewing simple anatomy. Both arteries are branches of other vessels so knowing if one is present and one isn't is a good idea to know where ischemia is...

  8. FSU Panama City CRNA 2019

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Defibn''s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not trying to scare anyone but this school has students all over florida right now due to the hurricane and them losing their main campus. Students are being required to move to Orlando, Ft....

  9. Best critical care book

    PaSSiNGaS replied to abidingpanda's topic in MICU, SICU

    Guyton - the bible of physiology (very dry and a lot of material), unless going into a PhD for physiology I wouldn't read this cover to cover, use to look up more detail if Constanzo doesn't cover it...

  10. Drop 5 months before graduation....what can I do!!

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Bambi1's topic in General Students

    There has to be more to the story than one

  11. How long before turning?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to JRN72's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Why are you having to change the sheets in the first 30min? We bring out all fresh hearts on a new clean bed so not sure why the sheets would need to be changed so

  12. IV Drip Rates

    PaSSiNGaS replied to MarvelousMistyRN's topic in Critical Care

    It will eventually get to the patient. The problem comes with things like Levophed or Vasopressin that are only running at a few mls/hr and you are just starting them. When you first start them you...

  13. Iv push question

    PaSSiNGaS replied to freckles96's topic in General Students

    You are correct in the way to flush things, but just realize many places make ridiculous rules on what can run together based on ZERO actual evidence. Many places want insulin and all these other...

  14. Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    PaSSiNGaS replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Pretty sure he is referring to an AA degree. Prereqs for that are different than CRNA school and not all states allow AAs to practice. Also AAs cannot function independently like CRNAs can. Huge...

  15. Advice would be appreciated :)

    PaSSiNGaS replied to AL3Xxs's topic in General Students

    You failed the same course 3 different times? Try business admin or something else. Healthcare may not be for

  16. CMC and/or CSC?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to smellyacres's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Not really sure what advantages you are thinking they will give you other than learning the stuff in each exam but that's about it. You are not going to make more money by having them. It could...

  17. Ask a CRNA anything...

    PaSSiNGaS posted a topic in Critical Care

    I like many of you was once an ICU nurse wanting to be a CRNA so I figure I'd start up another thread and let you all ask me any question you want. I've been a CRNA for 6 years and do every procedure...

  18. Do not understand scheduling issue

    PaSSiNGaS replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Advanced Practice

    If you want to continue practicing as an equal in this group you have to start thinking of yourself as one. Calling yourself a mid level provider already makes you sound like a 2nd class citizen in...

  19. Ask a CRNA anything...

    PaSSiNGaS replied to PaSSiNGaS's topic in Critical Care

    You'll never know if you don't

  20. Overtime?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Reminisce's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yes, CRNA only practices are coming up more and more which is great. The issue that will always be there is in a CRNA group you have to be better than the MDAs. Administrators and surgeons will see...

  21. Overtime?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Reminisce's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Salaries are continuing to go up. Market was saturated a few years ago in my area but has since become pretty open and starting to see a lot more sign on bonuses around 10-30k. I consider it good...

  22. Dismissed From Nursing School, Not Sure What To Do Now

    PaSSiNGaS replied to jennelleledesma's topic in General Students

    Sorry to be so blunt, but if you failed 3 classes maybe this isn't the career for you. Your prerequisite grades aren't that great either so you may want to decide on another career path. Good luck...

  23. Ask a CRNA anything...

    PaSSiNGaS replied to PaSSiNGaS's topic in Critical Care

    When you say you took anatomy and physiology 7 years ago, is this the prerequisite courses you had to do for your RN? If so, those classes are a joke and barely cover anything in depth. I'd...

  24. Ask a CRNA anything...

    PaSSiNGaS replied to PaSSiNGaS's topic in Critical Care

    Never said admission requirements were changing other than schools increasing the required years of ICU. If someone gets in with 1 year of experience good for them, but looking at the avg experience...

  25. New recert cycle

    PaSSiNGaS replied to offlabel's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yea many CRNAs do write for them but the president is very well known in FL for the