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    Parking Around Columbia Presbyterian Hospital?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to MurseJJ's topic in New York Nursing

    They have a parking garage right next to the hospital. Good luck with street parking, it will take you so long to find something its not even worth it. Just use the parking
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    Required to keep CCRN when accepted into school?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to rcj23's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Let it gooooooo, Let it gooooooo ! hahah sorry I couldn't help
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    New RN starting in ICU Question

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to foscaute's topic in Critical Care

    Just out of curiosity where are you working that allows nurses to pull chest tubes ? I've never worked anywhere, where they allowed an RN to pull
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    How do you handle emotional codes/deaths?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Critical Care

    I wish I had a good answer for you. Some people are better at handling death and dying than other. I come from a long history of EMS and firefighting where I've seen the worst of the worst. I wish I...
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    How are you supposed to survive while going to CRNA school?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to meganlee614's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    save a boat load of money and loans. I only had to take like 56K of loans which paid for school and I've been living off the 80 K I saved prior to coming out to
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    Value of acceptance to a nondoctorate crna program

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to Blueskies149's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's not written in stone yet and since there are only a handful of schools which offer it at this point, I cannot see it being a big deal in terms of landing a job after school. Im not getting a...
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    Most drips at once

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    Nope they were 1:1, we had a lot of people helping but once theg were on ECMO they usually stabilized for the most part, the rough part is everythjng that occurs before they get them on. Perfusion was...
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    Most drips at once

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    5+3+3+2...so 13 or 14...I forget in addition to CVVH, Swan, ECMO, Vented. And i had to manage it all by
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    Transvascular Aortic Valve Implantation

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to SBURNSTEVEN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    From what I remember, putting that new valve in there causes swelling to some degree. The swelling interferes with the conduction impulses, which is why sometimes (once again if i remember correctly)...
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    Pre-CRNA advice to a new ICU nurse. Please read!

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to blongor's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My only advice is don't become an AA. Very few states recognize then and they have a limited scope. I wouldn't even let an AA give anesthesia to my dead
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    Transvascular Aortic Valve Implantation

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to SBURNSTEVEN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I used to care care of these PTs all the time. I'll answer the question if it's a RN, but if it's a student then i'll give you a hint. Think about the conduction
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    Steps to become a CRNA?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to Rectaltylenol's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You should have gone to nursing school if you wanted to be a CRNA. You need your BSN which traditionally is 4 years, plus 2 years of ICU experience, so you're looking at 5-7 years maybe
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    New grad needing help finding a job

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to auchiepie's topic in New York Nursing

    - Just because they are big health care systems does not mean that there are jobs. There are plenty of people who have applied to get into NYP and have not. Truthfully, it's fairly difficult to get...
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    Pre-CRNA Inquiry

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to crNAtion's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ahhhh jeeeze. Don't take this the wrong way but that search box in the upper right than corner will help you find everything you need to know. If people didn't ask this questions everyday then i'd...
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    Am I screwed?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to llamadan's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sorry, but this is gonna be brutal. If you wanted to be a CRNA when you started nursing school then you would have known that most schools only accept the best of the best, with that being said you...
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    Rookie ICU Nurse Headed Your Way

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to mariebailey's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Best advice: Use the search button - Sorry - there's a bunch of recent threads about this. You can find all the info you need
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    drips during a code

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to DogLover17's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Id turn off any vasodilators, everything else I'd leave on. On my old unit we were known to run levo wide open during codes. Sounds weird, but when someone is dead/dying- anything
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    self extubation

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to lmarti10's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've had a bunch of people self extubate. Yea, you feel crappy about it, but most of the time you can't help it. They did it to
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    MSN SRNA vs. DNAP SRNA Schooling

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to RN_MEDIC's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think the whole DNP thing is silly. 'They' say it won't make us any more money and it's not like you call your self 'Doctor' anyways. I get they are trying to 'elevate' the profession and all but...
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    General ICU test

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to frobinson's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sorry I missed the general parts, i only selective read the pharm part - I would just grab a ICU book and read it. If it's just a 'general' test it shouldn't be too in depth, understand basic...
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    General ICU test

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to frobinson's topic in MICU, SICU

    The only difference between med/surg and ICU is the use of IV vasopressor, IV vasodilators, Anti-arrhythmics, inotropes etc. I mean I would just review those. IF it is just a med test I would think...
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    ADHD & Aspiring SRNA?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to Chic88's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you want to PM me - I have ADHD - Combined Types and have succeeded just fine in CRNA school. I tried meds when I was like 19 - tried it for like 3 weeks and then gave it up and I did fine in...
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    Intubation Tips

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to sweetdreame's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    SRNA here - I have found that positioning and mouth opening are perhaps 2 of the biggest places where were fail/ make our lives way harder than they need to be. I always raise the table up so that...
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    Is trauma for me?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to LJ85's topic in Critical Care

    You wanna do trauma ER or trauma ICU ? Too very different worlds. Most places will require you to have a year of medsurg prior to going into the ER. I know in NY you are required 1 year, not sure...
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    Help! Moving to NYC!

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to traumadreams's topic in New York Nursing

    You have experience. You should be ok trying to find something. The market is tight either way, so it may take a while but just keep plugging away and you'll land something, so depending on where you...