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  1. General Anesthesia Linked to Language Problems in Children

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

    So - we have... ...Yes, we should scare our patients... ...We do informed consents... and then... ...I don't talk to parents about these particular potential complications. Just a little inconsistency...

  2. General Anesthesia Linked to Language Problems in Children

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

    Review articles and rat studies aren't exactly conclusive. No cause/effect relationship has been identified. If you can find a consensus document/study on exactly how to anesthetize...

  3. General Anesthesia Linked to Language Problems in Children

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

    Read the article by the OP. The "evidence" is marginal at best and there have been NO prospective studies done. Considering the millions of children that have been anesthetized over the years, some...

  4. New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    Use the same method used to euthanize countless animals every day - CO2. Place the condemned in the gas chamber, pump in CO2, they go to sleep as their PaCO2 quickly rises, they arrest, and die....

  5. Wolford College Lawsuit Update

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

    What proof would you like? I'm sure the AANA has a list of all the many CRNA schools that have closed over the last 30 years. You would have access to that info behind the AANA website firewall, so...

  6. Wolford College Lawsuit Update

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

    That's because I've been doing this five times longer than you have. CRNA schools at Georgia Baptist, The Medical Center in Columbus, GA, and Dothan, AL immediately come to mind as schools that closed...

  7. Wolford College Lawsuit Update

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

    Funny - this was the norm about 25 years ago. There were dozens and dozens of hospital-based CRNA certificate-only programs run all over the country by

  8. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    From a BILLING standpoint, you may be correct. From a practical and legal standpoint, I don't think you are. Regardless of how the bill is submitted, an employer, by definition, has control over...

  9. gpa IN crna school and job prospects

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

    I interview and participate in the hiring discussions in our group as well. The subject of GPA never comes up because we don't get school transcripts as part of the interview process. Some put it on...

  10. MDA/CRNA infighting

    jwk replied to jrsquire1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ah, a rare source of agreement. Most groups really do get along just fine. Politics are generally left at the door. I know of one relatively recent AANA president who worked in a heavily medically...

  11. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    Good grief, if I counted student rotations I'd have to add at least 15 more hospitals to my list of "experience". AA students do clinical rotations in every state that has AA's, from New Mexico to...

  12. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    You've been a CRNA for what - 4 years or so? Wow, vast experience. If you've worked in that many places because you're job hopping, it doesn't indicate much of a work ethic, or if it's due to...

  13. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    Who said anything about being in multiple rooms at one time? Of course that's not possible, but that's not the requirement. The requirements in the immediate operative period are that the MD is...

  14. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    Academic practices are a poor comparison to a well-run private

  15. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    In an efficient and well-organized practice, this just isn't a

  16. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Sorry I don't have a recording to upload for you - not that you'd believe it anyway. As I've said countless times - the hypocrisy is staggering. Some are apparently intelligent, objective, and...

  17. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Perhaps it's because I'm the only AA here? It's really pointless to argue - nobody is changing anyone's mind

  18. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Direct observation doesn't require data to back it up. I've seen and been present and watched CRNA's lie under oath to legislative committees over a period of

  19. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    History - you forget I lived it - you're just starting out. I finished anesthesia school in 1981, the same year as Dr. Fitch. I was referring to the "curare and cyclopropane " comment. The use of...

  20. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    But for some reason that's unacceptable to you, but the actions of the AANA are perfectly reasonable. Are you incapable of seeing the hypocrisy

  21. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Glad we agree - the AANA should stop trashing the ASA and

  22. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Nice try on dating her techniques but she's not that old. Intentionally deceptive? Hmmmmmmmm. No different than the AANA koolaid being partaken by those posting here. You're telling me the AANA...

  23. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There would be far more AA's except for the interference of the AANA and CRNA's by opposing expansion of AA practice at every turn. Again - the hypocrisy is blinding. It's that "glass houses" thing,...

  24. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

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

    I hate it when people fall back on "the studies". Perhaps if people who did "the studies" actually worked in a modern private anesthesia group practice, they could see how this is done. Otherwise,...

  25. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Citing your own propaganda again? It makes sense in your mind obviously, but again, simply increasing numbers of providers wasn't the