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  1. RRNA or SRNA for title, What is your opinion?

    jwk replied to TexasCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    AA student or anesthesiologist assistant

  2. RRNA or SRNA for title, What is your opinion?

    jwk replied to TexasCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nah - too much fun. But really - do other graduate nursing programs (NP, CNM, etc.) call their students residents, or is it just some nurse anesthesia

  3. What is beyond the CRNA position?

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

    They are generally the person that has administrative responsibility for the anesthetists in a department. The responsibilities vary, but might include scheduling, daily assignments, interviewing,...

  4. RRNA or SRNA for title, What is your opinion?

    jwk replied to TexasCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm curious - do any other graduate level nursing specialties call their students residents? Are there nurse midwife residents? Are there pediatric nurse practitioner residents? You're still an...

  5. Regarding paramedics in ER..why are they paid so terribly ?

    jwk replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Notice how Medic173 has disappeared when confronted with

  6. What is beyond the CRNA position?

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

    Why would you think that? I manage a group with 70 anesthetists in three facilities that do a combined 35,000 procedures a year. No MBA here. In fact, most of the people I know that are the chief...

  7. Regarding paramedics in ER..why are they paid so terribly ?

    jwk replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Your posts are such a crock on so many different levels it's hard to know where to begin. Paramedics are NOT physician extenders the same way that PA's, RN's, and NP's are. Paramedics in ANY state...

  8. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    Most of us wouldn't bat an eye at a 96% SaO2 on room air with a non-sedated patient, so I'm not really sure this study is worth much. 96 to 95 doesn't show much either - it's within the tolerance...

  9. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    Medics giving conscious sedation? For

  10. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    100% wrong. If you are administering conscious sedation to a patient and using propofol and NOT using O2, it is negligent, and you will find a long line of expert witnesses that will be more than...

  11. OR Narcotic Waste

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

    That would be a hospital policy - it is certainly not a DEA or state board of pharmacy requirement. It's a power play on the part of your OR

  12. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    So you didn't already have them on O2 before you started? Knowing how NOT to get in trouble in the first place is at least as important as knowing what to do if you do get in trouble. FIRST rule of...

  13. North Carolina HB503 is officially dead

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

    It wasn't nasty - it was to make a point, which I explained further in the post that

  14. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    Ummm, if you look again, I copied your entire post in my response. Your exact quote, and the one I take issue with, was "Please, the Paramedic's bread and butter is

  15. North Carolina HB503 is officially dead

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

    Read virtually any post by deepz and some of the LANA'ers regarding anesthesiologists or AA's and then let's rethink this "offensive" concept. History of anesthesia is one thing (and as I recall, it...

  16. North Carolina HB503 is officially dead

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

    Gotta get that political indoctrination in

  17. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    Absolutely 100% correct. This argument is almost identical to the one about endoscopy nurses giving propofol. It shouldn't

  18. Is Indiana RN allowed to give Ketamine for procedural sedation ??

    jwk replied to samaritan's topic in Emergency

    You really don't want to go there. I've been doing anesthesia 25 years (after being a paramedic before that). I have seen exactly 1 surgical airway in that time. Most cricoid sticks are done by...

  19. The AANA, the ASA, and the SDN

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

    I'm not trying to point out the pros and cons of either type of practice. I'm just pointing out the inconsistencies and lack of objectivity. It's not OK for the ASA to hold the views they do, yet...

  20. The AANA, the ASA, and the SDN

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

    As I posted in another thread recently, the lack of objectivity here is sometimes striking. My group goes to job fairs and recruiting trips at a number of CRNA schools in the southeast. I can...

  21. Mivacron and RSI

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

    I intubate on roc in less than a minute. You won't get good enough relaxation with mivacron to do

  22. Mivacron and RSI

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

    The example you used was mivacron then roc for a TAH. To me that makes no sense. You used two drugs where one would do fine, and you have the cost of two drugs instead of one, and in your two cases,...

  23. Mivacron and RSI

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

    Why use mivacron then roc? Why not just roc all the

  24. Mivacron and RSI

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

    Ditto. Really not a great drug. After all these years, sux still

  25. Thought on Laryngeal Spasm

    jwk replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Were the NMB's reversed? Did you check with a nerve stimulator? Could they hold their head up on their own for 5