3ccBolus

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1. Tubing tips

   3ccBolus posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Hey all- I'm an SRNA with a little more than a year left in school, and I'm here seeking some advice with intubation technique. I started out, as did the majority of my class, using the Mac blade for...

2. What to study before anesthesia school?

   3ccBolus replied to Nishas22's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   One thing I kind of wish that I had done before hand is paid more attention to the Anesthesia flow sheets on my ICU patients. (If your hospital has flowsheets) It will give you a good idea of the...

3. What to study before anesthesia school?

   3ccBolus replied to Nishas22's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I second the Morgan & Mikhail suggestion. It's a great book to get started with. However, some of it probably won't mean much to you until you start school, and are immersed in the anesthesia...

4. Average age of SRNA?

   3ccBolus replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Haha,- Yes, I was fortunate enough to land a job in a high acuity ICU right after graduation. I basically knew that I wanted to be a CRNA straight out of high school, so that helped me not waste any...

5. Average age of SRNA?

   3ccBolus replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I am one of the youngest in my class at age 24. I think our range is from 24 to

6. Anyone gotten accpeted from PACU?

   3ccBolus replied to jcurlygirl's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Propforall- I think you made the right decision. You will be exceptionally well rounded when you begin your

7. Just accepted to CRNA school or applying soon...

   3ccBolus replied to CVICU14's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Goody-- I work in a 40 bed ICU. There are probably around 10-15 open heart surgeries per week. So at LEAST once a week I am taking care of a fresh open heart patient who is still sedated and not yet...

8. Just accepted to CRNA school or applying soon...

   3ccBolus replied to CVICU14's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I'm leaving for school next month, and currently have 2 years 4 months experience. At the time I interviewed I had almost 1.5 years.I have felt infinitely more comfortable at my job after about month...

9. CRNA School and Financial Aid

   3ccBolus replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Did you get GradPLUS loans on top of your Federal Subsidized/Unsubsidized loans? I took out the max on both GradPLUS and the Sub/Unsub loans, and that leaves me an excess of $5000 per quarter to live...

10. University of Pittsburgh CRNA Program

    3ccBolus replied to FIREMEDIC-CCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm still waiting here.. I guess that means maybe I'm still in the running? Kind of expecting to see a rejection email every time my phone tells me I have a new message in my inbox. So I guess phone...

11. University of Pittsburgh CRNA Program

    3ccBolus replied to FIREMEDIC-CCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Any updates for anyone? I interviewed in December, and I'm pretty sure the March interviews are done with... I'm expecting notification one way or the other soon. Anyone else heard

12. Continuous arterial ABG monitoring

    3ccBolus replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    That sounds ludicrously unnecessary. Has the surgeon ever provided a rationale for this? A gas on a sedated and ventilated patient isn't going to change that dramatically very quickly. You can look at...

13. Kaiser CRNA

    3ccBolus replied to winddream's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Likewise-- Bummer. But I guess I'm Cincy or Pitt bound now. Not bad schools

14. Kaiser CRNA

    3ccBolus replied to winddream's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Amiro-- No I have not received an email from them yet. I am hopeful though after reading that they won't be done emailing until the end of January. I put in my application on the last day, so perhaps...

15. Kaiser CRNA

    3ccBolus replied to winddream's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey, Amiro. I'm from Tennessee. I got a letter in the mail yesteday stating that they needed further information about my stats class. Unfortunately my undergrad school has very uninformative class...