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  1. Bicitra

    jwk replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Absolutely!!!!!

  2. Bicitra

    jwk replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Kidding or dangerously

  3. Anesthesia leaves room, normal??

    jwk replied to IVyPush-her's topic in Operating Room

    No offense, but this is NOT acceptable practice. It doesn't matter if you've always done it that way, or that no one seems to complain, or that they're only "gone for a few, or how many places you've...

  4. Question about MD/CRNA and my son's surgery

    jwk replied to labcat01's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You didn't specify what type of surgery your son had, his age, if he had the block done while he was asleep or awake, whether ultrasound guidance was used or not, etc., so it's hard to know exactly...

  5. Anesthesia leaves room, normal??

    jwk replied to IVyPush-her's topic in Operating Room

    First, your license is not at risk because the anesthesia provider deserts their patient. That being said - your anesthesia provider, whether CRNA, AA, or MD, should be fired. This is simply...

  6. Time for the Lowering of Dues at the AANA?

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

    I hope your math for your drug calculations is not off by a factor of 100. If "$645 is .0043% of the avg CRNA yearly salary", then the average yearly salary is

  7. Time for the Lowering of Dues at the AANA?

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

    Defeated means it came up for a vote - it didn't. The legislation was withdrawn. "Paid for with AANA dues" would be correct though. You should ask yourself how much money is spent on illegally...

  8. taken boards max. times and failed

    jwk replied to Jax13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Taking things out of context makes it difficult to interpret. The recertification process in anesthesiology was optional prior to 2000. Those finishing in 2000 or later are required to participate...

  9. taken boards max. times and failed

    jwk replied to Jax13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You can't get started on them because you know absolutely nothing about them first-hand, only what you've read. And as I've already pointed out, CRNA's are absolutely NOT held to the the same...

  10. Anesthesia Consents- question

    jwk replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It doesn't matter if it is a teaching institution or not. If you specifically state, written or orally, that you do not want a student nurse anesthetist (or a resident or whatever) to participate in...

  11. taken boards max. times and failed

    jwk replied to Jax13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm simply challenging your statement that you're "held up to a higher standard that any of our

  12. Anesthesia Consents- question

    jwk replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    then you should complain to the hospital, the state medical board, and consider filing criminal charges against both the anesthesiologist and srna for

  13. taken boards max. times and failed

    jwk replied to Jax13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Really? Very interesting. CRNA's remain the only one of the three anesthesia providers that doesn't have a recertification exam. All it takes is passing the exam once, and turning in your credits...

  14. Use of D5LR as base fluid intrapartum

    jwk replied to PURNAF's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why would a hospitalist be involved on any level at any time with routine OB

  15. Positioning Ideas: Lithotomy

    jwk replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    Apparently you don't do the types of cases we do. We use the eggcrate precisely because the patient is in max trendelenburg position, which approaches 45deg on our OR tables. The egg crate is...

  16. Positioning Ideas: Lithotomy

    jwk replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    What gives you that idea? The weight of the patient is still pressing down on these shoulder pads, padded or otherwise. Doing this is a bad idea regardless. Again, the eggcrate works

  17. Anesthesia Questions?

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

    Hadn't heard that one before. That's very bothersome, and could probably be construed as fraudulent behavior on some level, considering that the charges submitted are usually done on behalf of both...

  18. Positioning Ideas: Lithotomy

    jwk replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    Oh they'll slide - not much that you can see - but if they wake up with nerve problems from having their shoulders compressed for 3 hours, you'll wish you had figured out a better way. The egg crate...

  19. No Recertification Exam for CRNA?

    jwk replied to cdcd67's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Very good question, one that subee and stanman sidestepped nicely. Neither of them has been a CRNA for 100 years, and the fact that nurse anesthetists have been around that long has nothing to do...

  20. xray contrast allergy policies

    jwk replied to olygurl98502's topic in Operating Room

    I can imagine an OR MAYBE not having the policy - but your radiology department MUST have one somewhere, otherwise they wouldn't be stocking three different contrast

  21. Epi for Epidural Complications..HELP

    jwk replied to ScubaLvr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You argue with the anesthesiologist and want to give epi? Please, learn some pharmacology first before you really make yourself look foolish. Epi isn't indicated - ephedrine or neosynephrine...

  22. No such thing as minor surgery!!!

    jwk replied to 68RN's topic in Operating Room

    She might have died from anaphylaxis DURING an anesthetic, but not FROM the

  23. No such thing as minor surgery!!!

    jwk replied to 68RN's topic in Operating Room

    If someone goes in for an appendectomy and dies from internal bleeding, that sounds like an extraordinarily incompetent surgeon. Patients don't die from an anaphylactic reaction to anesthesia....

  24. Prolotherapy and Epidurals

    jwk replied to pirap's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never heard of this, so I went to a couple websites and read up on it. Looks like maybe just a little bitty step above voodoo, and I'll bet it ain't

  25. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    jwk replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Well hopefully there's not a hospital stupid enough to let the parents stay in the room that long. IF they're allowed to come in for induction, parents are always out the door as soon as the child is...