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  1. Age and travel while a SRNA

    BigDave replied to LisaRRT's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    thanks! sw is s nice guy. i'll see him at chem/physics final tomorrw. i drive about 15 miles to the hospital and about the same to uncc (although i am done out there). that is about 30 minutes...

  2. Age and travel while a SRNA

    BigDave replied to LisaRRT's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm 46 and will have finished my first semester of CRNA school tomorrow. The only problem with age is in my head...I'm surrounded by 20- and 30-something classmates. I'm starting to think about...

  3. Cutting Balloon cuffs

    BigDave replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I might need some of these by the time I

  4. Cutting Balloon cuffs

    BigDave replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The balloon stopped about half way from the bladder to the tip. It looked exactly like he had three testes. First he rammed a hard cath thru the remnants of the foley to possibly break the balloon...

  5. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    BigDave replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The school knows nothing about my private loan. How big is your tent??? It gets cold in

  6. Cutting Balloon cuffs

    BigDave replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I saw the same thing with a foley once. This guy half ripped his catheter out. We could not deflate the balloon, so the wise resident decided to cut the end off--to no avail. Ended up calling the...

  7. BIS Monitor

    BigDave replied to sandman1914's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Best monitor in the OR...the

  8. BIS Monitor

    BigDave replied to sandman1914's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Aspect is very careful in their wording: "Clinical judgement should always be used when interpreting the BIS in conjunction with other clinical signs." "Reliance on BIS alone for sedative management...

  9. Future of CRNA education....

    BigDave replied to smelendez's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    luckily the teaching rule change did not go through: cms declines to change anesthesia teaching rules in addition, the 2006 part b update final rule includes language indicating the agency is not...

  10. Future of CRNA education....

    BigDave replied to smelendez's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sorry, I misread what you were saying. There has been a large increase in total programs, from 83 ten years ago to I think 105 now. There are three things limiting expansion: 1) lack of clinical site...

  11. Future of CRNA education....

    BigDave replied to smelendez's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    One of my best NP classmates was a pipelined BSN-NP student. Another was a biology undergrad and did a RN/MSN NP track. They did well in school and in practice. I really do not think it mattered that...

  12. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    BigDave replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You can obtain a free credit report from each of the big three every year at: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp They do not give you the total score, but you can see if there are any...

  13. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    BigDave replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    That would be nice...except for the fact that you can't work while in CRNA school (maybe before clinicals starts) and with school running $30k and 28 months of living expenses running $3000/month for...

  14. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    BigDave replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think I heard back pretty quick, but something that I did not notice was the fact that they do not send your $$ until 30 days prior to the semester starting. Since I was moving halfway across the...

  15. FNP to CRNA

    BigDave replied to cgfnp's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Color me stupid, but that seems like a waste to me. Very little of my NP schooling is helpful in CRNA school. Going to NP school was just several years of my time flushed down the toilet--since my...

  16. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    BigDave replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I got $40k from the Sallie Mae Tuition Answer Loan. I sent them two pieces of paper: A copy of my last pay stub and a copy of my school registration that I printed off the internet. They add that...

  17. FNP to CRNA

    BigDave replied to cgfnp's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm a NP going the post-master's certificate route at UNCC. I graduated from VCU in 2001. It saves me 12 hours total work in the first two

  18. Army's Anesthesia Board Results?

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

    Have not seen it. Here is the website that would list the Air Force selects. It isn't posted for them either. Should be any day now.

  19. Cutting Balloon cuffs

    BigDave replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    About 6 months ago the RT and I extubated in the ICU with the pulmonologist sitting outside the room writing on the chart. When he saw that I had deflated the cuff with the syringe, he said that in...

  20. Fentanyl Vs. Alfentanil in Acidosis

    BigDave replied to soliant12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I could not find the answer either, but did hit these tid-bits: A unique advantage of alfentanil (over fentanyl) is a more rapid onset of action...is a result of the low pK...nearly 90% of the drug...

  21. NBP cuffs...?mis-used in ICU....

    BigDave replied to papawjohn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Cool down cowboy... I think jwk was just in jest about tenesma's nursing skills (since neither one of them is a nurse). Actually tenesma is corrrect. How you place the cuff on an automatic bp cuff is...

  22. New school in NC?

    BigDave replied to rnbeauty's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm hearing it will start in

  23. NBP cuffs...?mis-used in ICU....

    BigDave replied to papawjohn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here's a slant; there is a following of the concept that blood pressures are a marginal method of collecting data on your ultimate goal--judging tissue perfusion. I heard Tom ---- from Barnes Hosp...

  24. Help with Gas Machine

    BigDave replied to rn4cicu's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Kat, There is a really cool website that simulates the machine: http://vam.anest.ufl.edu/logincheck.html If you PM me, I'll give you my login if you don't want to register.

  25. North Carolina HB503 is officially dead

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

    In class today our instructor (and recent past president of NCANA) said that the MDs spent $500k on lobbying/padding campaigns for this bill and the CRNAs all of $40k or so. Hurray for the little...