Kiwi BSN, RN

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    CRNA lifestyle

    Kiwi replied to andreaJ's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Andrea, I am not talking directly to you. I guess I vented more than I usually do. I'm a NS, and I've been with a lot of NS who (in our first year of school) told everybody there were going to become...
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    LOTS of Questions!!!!! Please stop in, if you can...

    Kiwi replied to susanna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    and asked if I could speak to a CRNA. The head MDA came out and was very happy to leave a written message in the CRNA lounge. Going to the surgery center of your hospital would be the best
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    CRNA lifestyle

    Kiwi replied to andreaJ's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Have you even shadowed a CRNA? Ever seen a surgery? Have you ever been there to see CRNAs intubating a patient who's airway was lost? The pay of a CRNA is directly related to their experience and...
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    CRNA lifestyle

    Kiwi replied to andreaJ's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    CRNAs work hard, but I'm sure they play
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    LOTS of Questions!!!!! Please stop in, if you can...

    Kiwi replied to susanna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks
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    CRNA's in Hawaii

    Kiwi replied to richard13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Uh-oh Roland, this thread is calling your name
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    New Grad interested in CRNA

    Kiwi replied to TennRN2004's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks for your feedback, CRNA
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    New Grad interested in CRNA

    Kiwi replied to TennRN2004's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :rotfl: Don't worry - I won't ask.
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    New Grad interested in CRNA

    Kiwi replied to TennRN2004's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    CRNA DNSc, I too have questions. When I visited MTSA, one of their students told me that she had been accepted after only having worked for three months in the ICU (she had just graduated and began...
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    advanced physiology classes

    Kiwi replied to angel337's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There is no NA program at my universisty, but there is a graduate program in physiology. Since you aren't yet in grad school, in order to take grad classes, you just have to get instructor permission....
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    Acceptance 2+ yrs in advance

    Kiwi posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Is this a growing trend? I am seeing more and more RNs on this board who are applying/interviewing for a slot for schools beginning in 2006. Are the 2005 classes full? Does this just occur at a few...
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    How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

    Kiwi replied to HawaiiRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I disagree. Anesthetist carries the context of practitioner. Conversely, if I earned my doctorate (PhD) after becoming a CRNA (and could officially be called Dr. Kaufman), it would probably imply to...
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    How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

    Kiwi replied to HawaiiRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I regret that Tenesma, or any other MDA would cease posting here. AAs as well for that matter. There are few on this board who "scoff" their comments, but many of us who at least want to learn what...
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    vetrenary A..

    Kiwi replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey Alan :) I just had to respond... My cat was on ketamine when the vet let me go back and see her after her spaying. She looked nutty! About like this --> She has a little buddy at home who...
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    New Grad interested in CRNA

    Kiwi replied to TennRN2004's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If you don't get accepted the first time, at least you'll have your foot in the door... If you know what I
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    Dr. Abergel "supposed CRNA-basher" wrote to me...

    Kiwi posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here is the e-mail is sent him: Subject: TOTAL UNTRUTH Dr. Abergel, I have enjoyed Vogue magazine for many years. I was quite upset when you slandered the profession of Nurse Anesthesia - a profession...
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    Dr. Abergel "supposed CRNA-basher" wrote to me...

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

    Thanks for sharing Tom's letter, deepz. I've learned a lot of new vocabulary from you: Braggadocio, A$A, etc. You have a wicked sense of
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    Acceptance 2+ yrs in advance

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

    Thanks for the responses. It's amazing how competitive CRNA school is! I can't apply yet because I'm still a NS, but I'm going to talk to the schools I'm interested in (MTSA and University of
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    Chemistry and CRNA School

    Kiwi replied to UCDSICURN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Donn, At my university, inorganic 'general chem' is a prereq to organic. And since you got an A in organic (that's great!), don't you think it would be assumed that your
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    I can't believe I can finally post this.....

    Kiwi replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    YAY Emerald!!!!!
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    Why did you become a CRNA?

    Kiwi replied to cns48's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi CNS48: Nursing is my second degree as well. After working as an aide in an assisted living community, I really didn't want to go back to the rat race of being a musician. Nursing was a perfect fit...
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    Dr. Abergel "supposed CRNA-basher" wrote to me...

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

    Andrea, I love your perspective on this. I was so naive to think that he was actually writing to
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    What's going to keep you motivated????

    Kiwi replied to SRNACHIC's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :rotfl: I imagine that you must have been living in scrubs for the past 3 years. Congratulations on your
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    great interview today-- crossing my fingers!

    Kiwi replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Good luck Emerald! I'm sure your enthusiam for the program was apparent
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    Dr. Abergel "supposed CRNA-basher" wrote to me...

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

    Now that really irks me. I'm glad you've got connections, Yoga. There is strength in numbers, and it would make a difference if we all wrote to