renardeau BSN, RN

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    Union University

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

    I just saw a facebook post about a prospective student who got their acceptance rescinded for being openly gay and planning to live with their significant other... Something to consider. It's a very...
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    Nursing Licensure while in school.

    renardeau replied to Walkingbad's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm not in those particular states, but I had moved from MD to VA (both compact) and had a similar situation. It's my understanding that if you have an NC address, you can keep your NC license. If...
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    CoreConcepts and APEX board preparation test scores

    renardeau posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What range do your programs tell you that you should be in to pass boards? My program told me scoring in the 60-70s range was fine in APEX, and in APEX you can see the national averages are around...
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    CRNAs: We are the Answer

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

    A large portion of my family are doctors as well, so this is anecdotal from them and also from my own experience having rotated with them and with residents. Medical students may touch the patient,...
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    Teaching nursing with a Ph.D. in medicine?

    renardeau replied to BRN131417's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My chemistry and physics, pathophysiology, physiology professor in my nurse anesthesia program is a non-nurse and he is
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    10 things that got me accepted to CRNA school

    renardeau replied to CRNA 1984's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just my 2 cents: SICU is a safe ICU and makes sense given the recovery period and environment, but most of the people in my program (many of the SICU) agree that cardiac ICU (whether it's surgical or...
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    Fastest Route Possible?

    renardeau replied to 504girl's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Along the lines of fellow posters, try drug reps or other medical tech/supply companies, e.g. Abiomed, Medtronic, Covidien, etc. They appreciate people with clinical experience/health backgrounds. The...
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    Age Demographics from your Programs..

    renardeau replied to Gunship's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Our class is mid-20s on average with a range of 24-late 30s (not sure of exact age of one person) at the start of the program, I believe. I say if it's a subject you enjoy and your finances allow for...
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    Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    renardeau replied to bgxyrnf's topic in Emergency

    This is super delayed and but I tend to the visit this site in spurts and then leave in spurts... I was re-reading old threads that I got alerts from and just wanted to clarify. I truly don't believe...
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    Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    renardeau replied to bgxyrnf's topic in Emergency

    My ICU was a trauma I 800+ bed hospital and we precepted many different types of nurses from new grads to seasoned ICU nurses. For us, ED nurses (both ours and from other hospitals) always had the...
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    How old were you when you started CRNA school?

    renardeau replied to Nolander's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I started at 26 and will be 29 when I finish my doctorate