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  1. ICU-New Grads.../Tuition?

    heartICU replied to MrRacer98's topic in MICU, SICU

    Every hospital in Cleveland OH hires new grads. Several of them offer up to 10K for tuition reimbursement (for

  2. Milranone and B/P

    heartICU replied to MacNurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    yeah, it's one of the common side effects of milrinone. In fact, if you look at the anticipated result of milrinone, you almost want some degree of hypotension. Milrinone is an afterload reducer...

  3. Interesting Read

    heartICU replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You do not know that for certain. Just because she was anoxic for eight minutes does NOT mean that attempts were not made. Be careful pointing fingers when you don't know the whole

  4. Interesting Read

    heartICU replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some of the old anesthesia machines had the ability to give CO2 along with other gases. That's the only explanation I could come up

  5. New Rn Grad To Be Interviewed At Icu This Friday

    heartICU replied to mye614's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I went to the ICU as a new graduate, and loved it. It is a different environment, and takes a special person to do it. I would definitely go to the interview; you have nothing to lose by talking with...

  6. Turnover times...

    heartICU replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Does anesthesia in your institution transport the patient to PACU and give report? Just curious...our turnover times are approx 30 min, and sometimes they are waiting on us (anesthesia) but that is...

  7. PreAdmission Testing: who tells which home meds to take preop?

    heartICU replied to ssi9699's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I am a student in a nurse anesthesia program, and we also rotate through the preadmission area. We are responsible for telling patients what to take/not to take also, and I remember being very anxious...

  8. The best cardiac care

    heartICU replied to Pam RN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Don't know if you are interested in any hospitals other than those two, but you might want to check out Cleveland Clinic...pretty good hospital. Supposed to be the best in cardiac in the country....

  9. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    As far as anesthesia goes....any patient movement looks HUGE to the surgeon, because they are looking through the microscope. The robot is not as stimulating as a regular laparascopic procedure, so...

  10. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    Yep, I'm at Cleveland Clinic. I have done three or four robotic cases....a couple prostates and a reversal of a tubal ligation. To me, there was a clear benefit for the robot, at least with the tubal...

  11. Any specific books that helped you study?

    heartICU replied to jts2404's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have K-types too. Up to 20% of our tests are K-type questions.

  12. da Vinci Prostatectomy

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

    I have...we do about 4 or 5 daVinci cases a week. Just be prepared for a long case...there is a ton of equipment, and the surgeon actually sits like ten feet away from the patient, manipulating the...

  13. Any specific books that helped you study?

    heartICU replied to jts2404's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What specifically are you studying? Physiology? Pharmacology? Anesthetic

  14. CRNA Health Problems

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

    I know the methylmethacrylate they use as bone cement is teratogenic. Our pregnant CRNAs don't do ortho for the duration of their

  15. anesthesia brain book suggestions

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

    I made my own - used a little photo album. You know, the ones from Walmart that hold 4x6 photos? Well I put any little anesthesia "recipes" that were unusual on index cards and slipped them in. Now if...

  16. manual of surgical procedures

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

    Yeah, it is. I used it a lot for cases that I had never done before. It has a lot of info re: the surgical technique, approximate expected blood loss, amount of pain a patient experiences afterwards,...

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

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

    If the circulator was not willing to provide the care the patient needed, then he proved himself to be unprofessional. Anyone in the room can wash the patient's back off - surgeon, circulator, scrub,...

  18. Does your hospital provide the ICU with scrubs?

    heartICU replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our ICUs did not for a long time, then recently then went to an all-white uniform for RNs policy. They provide six uniform pieces to each RN every year. However, they do not launder them for

  19. Does an ADN look bad?

    heartICU replied to bth44's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You will find that in some programs. My BSN program did not have a specific pharm class per se - pharm and pathophys was integrated with a two-semester long med surg class (worth nine credits each...

  20. ICU gets differential and not ER??

    heartICU replied to jentenrn's topic in Emergency

    Mine have. And I was an an

  21. Does an ADN look bad?

    heartICU replied to bth44's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    That depends entirely on the BSN program. People tend to generalize about one program or the other, but it really depends on the program. My BSN program had clinicals every week for all four years,...

  22. dexmetatomadine

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

    I know this is an old thread, but I am just looking to see if anyone has used dex recently. I have used it twice in the past few weeks, with mixed results. Both were for MAC cases, and I am looking to...

  23. difference between Nurse Anesthetist and anesthesiologist

    heartICU replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I will be

  24. Very Important Question about sedation

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

    When you say you reacted badly, what do you mean? Do you mean it took you a few days to feel normal, or it resulted in additional interventions (like hospital admission, etc)? Trying to understand...

  25. Studying Tip...

    heartICU replied to rubin777's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Stoelting and Miller is a good choice (Basics of Anesthesia, right?). I would concentrate on the opioids chapter and the inhalation anesthetics chapters. Actually, I would just read the first eight...