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1. Boards

   sproutsfriend replied to charles-thor's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Agree completely, I loaded up my brain with so much info that it was clogged up and I had tremendous trouble critically thinking and that made it tough. The verdict is still out on my exam

2. Valley Anesthesia review

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

   Valley is INVALUABLE. I took the exam last week. Studying Valley for the past 3 months has made me much more knowledgeable about every aspect of physiology as well as anesthesia. Memory Master and...

3. Md's Against Crna's?

   sproutsfriend replied to LLL123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Most do even if you don't witness it in

4. Hgb vs Hct

   sproutsfriend replied to amberrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I agree, its the oxygen carrying capacity of the intravascular volume that we need to worry about. If we dilute the grams of hgb per deciliter down too much with excessive fluid administration our...

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

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

   The term resident was started back when young M.D.s actually lived in the hospitals (their residence) during their

6. opinions

   sproutsfriend replied to confusionabounds's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Neo could be a good choice but also look at the diastolic BP before giving an alpha 1 agonists such as neo because a beta blocked heart can go into failure if the SVR gets too

7. Stupid question

   sproutsfriend replied to confusionabounds's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   The vent delivers positive pressure ventilation so the negative pressure you describe would not be present. I'd let the CO2 creep up to stimulate catecholamine release which should raise HR and...

8. Unprofessional & Jealous!!!

   sproutsfriend replied to CRNANUPE_2B's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Die thread

9. Using phenylephrine in spinals

   sproutsfriend replied to heartICU's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Look in the Mass General book and it will confirm that 5 mg of phenylephrine is utilized. I've used it a number of times and it works very

10. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    I may be missing something here but the robotic prostatectomies I've done (as stated in an earlier reply) took only 2 hours and 15 minutes not 8 hours. 2:15 is shorter than 3-4 hours. Also, I'm not...

11. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    It is well worth it. I was at an institution in Bham Al. which was one of the first doing the davinci robotic procedure. They've now done over 500 cases. The patient has less pain, the average blood...

12. "CRNA being told they are "just a nurse"

    sproutsfriend replied to forane2001's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Unfortunately, it appears we'll need more than a few truthful threads to deflate his head. The greatest most respected leaders of all time lead by demonstrating servant leadership and respect for all...

13. CRNAs in Florida to require anesthesiologist supervision

    sproutsfriend replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I can't help myself, I'm a chronic name caller. Just ask the moderators of this forum who have censored me

14. CRNAs in Florida to require anesthesiologist supervision

    sproutsfriend replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The MDAs on the Student Doctor Net are providing the e-mail addresses of the Florida legislators hoping that their faithful will pressure them into passing the bill. Those idiots don't realize that...

15. CRNA career cons

    sproutsfriend replied to fl1picc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I completely