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  1. CRNA vs. Politics

    BigDave replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree with Kat! I caught your humor and the response does not fit your

  2. CRNA vs. Politics

    BigDave replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Good luck Jeremy! You probably DO have what it takes to be good in whatever profession you ultimately choose...determination, the seeking of knowledge, the ability to speak your mind, and the ability...

  3. CRNA vs. Politics

    BigDave replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think Yoga's comments were fair and reasonable. The CRNAs, SRNAs, and wantabees on this forum have either worked real hard or are working real hard to enter this profession. This is a difficult...

  4. CRNA vs. Politics

    BigDave replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Being involved is an important aspect of any profession. With the high level of "getting a slice of the pie" in anesthesia, it is probably much more important. I have not seen any other profession...

  5. joining military reserve

    BigDave replied to egul105's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was talking to one of my workmates who is starting at Ft Sam's Army program in June. He said that he heard that the Army is having a real hard time filling their slots there. Are you hearing the...

  6. Qualifications for employment as a CRNA?

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

    I think what is asked is for a license to practice in an advanced role, something the state board of nursing grants (for an additional fee beyond the RN fee) after submitting the paperwork that...

  7. Become A Nurse Just To Be A Crna?

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

    "I've never had the occasion to visit an NP (for my own health), but when I was at the Gyn the other day, I noticed a second NP had joined the practice. And often if the MD is backed up, they will ask...

  8. Procedural Sedation in the ICU

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

    At our ICU the nurse can moderately sedate with versed/fentanyl, usually for endoscopy. The ASA and AANA have a position statement on propofol use and it makes sense--there is no reversal agent for...

  9. Just interviewed

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

    I was asked about a conversation that I had with a doctor recently...all that popped in my head was chewing out a doc for not packing the mouth well enough when he put leeches in (buccal skin graft...

  10. If you couldn't get in...

    BigDave replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    as for the "my job to find me a job"--after grad school i was supposed to be placed in a "aad-coded" (advanced academic degree) job for 5 years or two assignments (to justify taxpayer expense to send...

  11. If you couldn't get in...

    BigDave replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    They had already sent me to NP/CNS school. When I applied to CRNA school, the officer in charge of educational assignments said that they would not send me to another school as long as they needed me...

  12. If you couldn't get in...

    BigDave replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Having spent over 24 years in the military, I can say that it has been both good and bad. I have no regrets for all but the last two years or so. Probably the big turning point was telling me that I...

  13. ETOH abuse and MAC

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

    Yeah, I saw that only 2-3% metabolism for sevo in my PDA Miller after talking up the hepatic process. Thanks Mike and an

  14. ETOH abuse and MAC

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

    They're already started without you! I like

  15. ETOH abuse and MAC

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

    I think it is a little bit of both answers, GABAa down regulation and P450 interaction. Actually chronic ETOH use is an inducer of the 2E1 substrate. This would tend to require an increase in MAC for...

  16. What is up with CRNA/AA/MDA politics.

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

    Just my two cents...as a nurse practitioner and a CNS--the amount of dedication, commitment to the profession and absolute dead on "have to do the right thing every time" places CRNAs at a much higher...

  17. Is anyone in a Post-Master's Certificate Program?

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

    Hi, I'm entering the post-master's at UNCC in August. It will save me 6 hours in each of my first two semesters (10 hours instead of 16), in a didactically front-loaded program. No nursing theory or...

  18. I'm in!

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

    Fantastic!!!

  19. Frequency of awareness

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

    It's amazing how the Discovery Channel show (obviously playing into the hand of Aspect Medical) immediately preceded the JCAHO alert. I had obvious awareness (can remember exact words) during a...

  20. Orientation for new CRNAs

    BigDave replied to TennRN2004's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "The reason I asked the question about the certification exam is because I talked to a new FNP who took her boards last year and said it was hands down the hardest exam ever she ever had and she was...

  21. Can you picture yourself being a CRNA? (for the students)

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

    Best of luck to

  22. Can you picture yourself being a CRNA? (for the students)

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

    I agree with Alan, I am so sick of surgery residents thinking that they can power by on their egos. One of the best doctors that I know (now a cardiologist) was a resident with me in Biloxi (now here...

  23. Charlotte

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

    Nothing to add aside from what we discussed by PM previously. Best of luck to you!

  24. do crna's have prescriptiion benefits?

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

    Here in Texas I obtained my NP license then had to apply separately for my "limited prescriptive authority." I do not have a DEA number. Myself, and the MDs that work with me, have provider numbers...

  25. Grades, Gre Scores, Experience, etc...

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

    BSN=3.83 MS=4.0 GRE=640 (math), 580 (verbal) 4.5 (essay) Certs: ANP, CNS, CCRN, ACLS, PALS ICU time= 9