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  1. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The 5th program at UMKC was formally announced two months ago. They will be accepting applications in a few months for the class entering in the summer of 2007. Since there is no contact data yet,...

  2. Question on Lidocaine Toxicity via Local

    jwk replied to Joshua21's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Josh, any good anesthesia textbook, or even the PDR or package inserts will have very clear language about much more than you'll ever want to know about local anesthetic toxicity. Appropriate...

  3. Question on Lidocaine Toxicity via Local

    jwk replied to Joshua21's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'll OCCASIONALLY use benadryl for sedation, but never 50mg. More like 12.5 or so. We also have a lot of plastic surgeons wanting it for it's anti-emetic properties, but again, just 12.5mg. Although...

  4. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Excellent - go back to sleep.Typical though. Ignore the facts, spout off about the "A$A", which I know is your personal favorite abbreviation to toss around. So 65% of practicing CRNA's are of the...

  5. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A rare voice of reason among your

  6. Question on Lidocaine Toxicity via Local

    jwk replied to Joshua21's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is classic local anesthetic toxicity. It's really scary that your docs don't recognize this issue, especially since they keep having the same

  7. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Nope - that's called billing and/or Medicare fraud. I hear it happens frequently in "other

  8. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Let's not pretend that every course you take in nursing school relates to patient care, so this "6 years of focused education learning how to care for pts" is misleading at best. We're not trying to...

  9. Continuing Education

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

    You haven't had enough of school yet? Get out, take a deep breath, work, make money, see the world for a

  10. Question on Lidocaine Toxicity via Local

    jwk replied to Joshua21's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    How much lidocaine are you giving? The generally accepted max dosage is 5-7mg/kg, but there's a lot of wiggle room in that depending on route of administration. If you need a lot of volume of local...

  11. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The study in Cleveland covered about 45,000 cases - every case done that involved any AA or CRNA in their hospital system for 2-3 years. CWRU has both an AA and CRNA program, so it makes an excellent...

  12. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    That's fine - You're free to impose your own standards on yourself and YOUR profession. Why on earth do you think it's reasonable to impose your standards on MY profession? And have you even read the...

  13. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    Hey, it's nothing if not

  14. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You must be looking at "the other" websites. Our website, the real one, is pretty straightforward about our education and qualifications, and it goes right along with what we say here. There's...

  15. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    jwk replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Please understand something about these two websites. These are commercial websites that have no affiliation whatsoever and is not endorsed by the AAAA or any AA program (there's about five with...

  16. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    Perhaps because they're specifically allowed to by statute - like you said, limited and specific scope of practice. The problem is that chronic pain services (particularly the specialty blocks,...

  17. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    Where MD's would prefer that CRNA's practice in a care team environment whenever possible as part of the usual perioperative positions we are all familiar with, the argument is being made that getting...

  18. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    Actually, AA's are licensed in most of the states in which we practice. You're right - AA's practice exclusively in medically directed / supervised practices with anesthesiologists, just as most...

  19. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    Ah, so you're saying you DON'T welcome competition. Which is it? You can't have it both ways. You can either welcome competition and let your profession stand on it's own merits and let the...

  20. Venting session / Jackass surgeon

    jwk replied to London88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    And when you've given 50 of roc in the last 20 minutes and the surgeon still complains that the patient isn't relaxed, just smile and remind them that anesthesia makes surgery possible, not

  21. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    So CRNA's welcome competition? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, let me ponder that one for a longgggggggggggg...

  22. Flight RNs

    jwk replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think you would have to be very careful being a CRNA yet working as a flight nurse, and it has nothing to do with whether or not you're qualified. Would you be held to a higher standard because of...

  23. diprivan for c sections

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

    Actually, we do this routinely for our 5 obstetrical OR's, and none of the JCAHO inspectors over the years has objected. Our rationale is that the significant risks of not having the drug immediately...

  24. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    jwk replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Believe it or not, many years ago several AA's offered to challenge the CRNA exam and were turned

  25. Prepration

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

    If you're like most places, the schedule the night before bears little resemblance to the actual schedule. Academics might be different, but our private practice hospital constantly changes the order...