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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

  16. Moving to Birmingham, AL need advice!

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

    Don't live near Hwy

  17. How Old Is Too Old?

    sproutsfriend replied to etrn1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was 39 before I pursued CRNA school. And, there's an old ancient guy (Trauma Tom) in the class behind me. He has the inside scoop on geriatric anesthesia because he's of that

  18. CRNA vs. Politics

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

    I agree. Although AAs feeling crapped on by CRNAs is probably very much simular to how CRNAs feel when they are crapped on by

  19. CRNA vs. Politics

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

    In our profession political activisim is job security and is our duty. Very few professions are in the same dilemma as the CRNAs where political apathy can directly affect our profession. In most...

  20. PDA program

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

    MedCalc has some excellent formulas and it's also free. Click on the link below which is a Florida State Med School site for Med students to link to free PDA medical software. Scroll down about half...

  21. UAB acceptance?

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

    I wasn't aware that Joe had his PhD yet. He's still "Mr" Williams. Along those lines I'm not sure any of the current faculty at UAB have their doctorate yet. However, this should have zero...

  22. UAB acceptance?

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

    Which director, Samford's or

  23. accepting money for CRNA school

    sproutsfriend replied to jeff150's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Absolutely!! In some areas of the country supply has caught up with

  24. Ethical issue paper

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

    Yes, you're correct, great points. My comment was dealing with moving busy surgeon's with stacks of cases through OR suites in a timely manner. GETA is quicker in that

  25. MSN or MSNA for future Doctorate

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

    Ditto!!!