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self-inflicted GSW to chest...to OR...not a drip...back in unit x 10 minutes...Mt. St Helens erupted....40+ blood products in addition to 6 autotransfusions from the CT's...actually emptied 8 atriums....of course the end result is what you can imagin...

It is not that I doubt your story however it is I doubt the actual hemodynamics. Your patient's heart was beating if they were breathing...There might have been no discernable peripheral pulse yet that does not mean the heart was not beating. Again...

NeoNurse...absolutely 100% impossible to have NO PULSE and BREATHE...you are dead....dead people do not breathe!!

Wow....I stand corrected...thank you for the information....and to those have read any of this post....PMFB-RN is abolutely 100% right...there are schools that do not require a BSN in order to get accepted....there are many out there and can be foun...

took the old test and used the videos passed it easily....4 of my colleagues took the "new" test and used the videos in addition to the pass the ccrn book....they all passed just fine...they basically said that it was just a matter of an increase or...

Although the "no BSN" might be true in this poster's state...I have NEVER heard of a program that does not require a BSN...might have been the case years ago but now i just can't imagine that there is a program out there that does not require a BSN. ...

Would highly disagree that you have to "PAY YOUR DUES"....that is completey baseless and untrue.....more often than not i would prefer to train the novice nurse as they do not have "bad" habits to break yet....it is EXTREMELY hard to train a nurse wh...

Hey there...agree with all the above posters...obtained my ADN and then got my BSN online through UNC-Chapel Hill.... there wasn't ANY issue of my degree not being accepted as it is an "acutal" university...I got into CRNA school just fine....But in...

you may want to check on the ability to take out student loans once you have delcared bankruptcy....i wasn't aware that you would still be eligible..... Save...save....save....one other commentor had it right...your a bit away from applying...in 4.5 ...

Umm...you may want to read a bit more...it is phyiscally impossible to be breathing and have no pulse....FYI... Good rule of thumb is if YOU THINK you need to call a code...then by all means do so...if your wrong...oh well no harm done, however if yo...

I would agree with the above two posters that Swanz aren't used AS much anymore, however that is pertinent to ICU care NOT the OR. Many of my CRNA friends have said that they end up floating a swan to obtain a quick set of hemodynamics and then take...

GPA 3.93; 6 YEARS EXP Surgical Trauma ICU; 425 MAT.... Although I have not started yet, August is coming quick and I can't wait. I will say that you need good ICU experience. The area you live in should not matter whatsoever, rather the experience ...

Quite honestly, if you can find a hospital that has a new grad critical care program then by all means go for it, if you have the means....Cannot stress that enough.....There are numerous programs out there, you just have to find them. Someone with y...

Your GPA is fine...get either Surigal/Trauma ICU or CardioVascular ICU experience....if you have time get your CCRN cert.... 4 years is pefect amount of time. Highly recommend to get your debt under control prior to going. Your plan sounds like it ...

You should have told the RN that you were saving the other 135mcg for him or her to calm down with and furthermore don't ever call you at home for something that #1. can be found on the chart/orders....and #2 is a bs call! honest mistake..no harm don...

CRNA=CRNA=CRNA whether or not you got your degree from Harvard or Billy Bob's school of nurse anesthesia....as long as you are liscensed and qualified....

only on days ending in "y"...... if your sick your sick....don't pass it on...

hahahhaha...well said and so unbelievably true

DON'T PLACE ME IN YOUR NERUO ICU THEN!!!!!!! So how do you control your icp's then if they aren't responsive to mannitol or draining from the a catheter? Have worked in a Surgical Trauma Neuro ICU for over 7 years now and would say not once has a nur...

Should not play a part in decision as long as your school is accredited. I have my BSN from UNC- Chapel Hill (RN-BSN) and was accepted without a problem

have done both....I obtained my BSN through UNC online...did the one year option....a lot of papers and one semester of community health clinicals....you take a physical assessment class and must send a video in of you doing a physical assessment on ...

Yes, you are right that i did not mean EVERYWHERE....If anyone took that literally ,***ahemmm*** , then don't. I WAS ACCEPTED after applying to 5 schools. hahah my gosh....you honestly believe you had to explain the concept "EVERYWHERE"......WHAT I...

the moderator is right....no need to get a MSN first by any means...Biased here however a Surgical Trauma ICU I feel is great for the experience needed for school. You get all kinds of cases post/op and deal with some extremely ill patients. CVICU ...

dude...you'll be fine....just get a year or two of ICU experience.... above a 1000 on the GRE, concentrate on Quant section the most....with your chem and physics background, quite honestly you should be a shoe in as long as you don't "f" up your yea...

Not a bad thought however I honestly would doubt his SvO2 was 46...that is pretty low...I guess it could be as his temp was high and if he wasn't oxygenating very well....maybe...however I would expect him to be a lot more ill if was an actual svo2.....