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  1. Rn

    heartICU replied to ya boy's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What does the rest of your application look like? Years of experience? Letters of recommendation? GRE/MAT scores? Additional training/certifications? What kind of ICU did you work in? There is more to...

  2. baby miller

    heartICU replied to changed1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yes - it starts with the basics - it's a good beginning book. You can move to something bigger/more challenging afterwards...like big Miller,

  3. CRNA VS RN intensive care

    heartICU replied to macmac's topic in General Nursing

    A CRNA will make roughly 2-3 times what an ICU RN makes, all things

  4. I want to become a CRNA

    heartICU replied to Mimi's nurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's 1 year of acute care experience, leaving it up to the individual programs to determine what acute care is. So yes, it is feasible that someone could get in without ICU experience (PACU, ER, etc)....

  5. AANA members

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

    No.

  6. AANA members

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

    We are not fighting for SRNAs to get paid - we just don't want residents to generate more revenue for the hospital or group on a case-by-case basis than a student. I don't think anyone is fighting for...

  7. IM Atropine dose for peds emergency

    heartICU replied to sandman1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It's not a full 10cc syringe - I should have clarified. We draw up 5cc of succs, 1cc of atropine, the final concentration is as I said above (total of 6cc in the syringe). This is also at a strictly...

  8. IM Atropine dose for peds emergency

    heartICU replied to sandman1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hmmm, I haven't seen that. I am doing my peds rotation now, and we always have a 10cc syringe with an atropine/succ mixture in it (16mg/cc succ, 0.07mg/cc atropine) as well as a 1cc syringe with...

  9. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

    heartICU replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No - you must have an order, whether it's a standing order or one-time order. You make the wheal exactly where you plan to enter the skin with the angiocath. The effects of subcutaneous lido or NS are...

  10. Taking a child off life support

    heartICU replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. If you have ever done an organ harvest for a patient who is clinically "brain-dead," the time of death is listed as the time that brain death was determined, not the time the heart actually...

  11. AANA members

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

    No, definitely not something that cannot be discussed in public. But rather than start a MD vs CRNA sh*tstorm, I figured I would just have everyone do their thing on their own. This is what the email...

  12. Nursing student looking for some answers

    heartICU replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It may be difficult to get into an ICU where a lot of people want to work, like neonatal ICU. Most take new grads...some that don't may include NICU or PICU. Most adult ICUs that I have ever heard of...

  13. how to thank hospice unit

    heartICU posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My aunt, with whom I was very close, passed away last week. She was 45, had terminal cancer, and was in hospice for 18 months. She was in and out of the palliative med unit at the hospital near her...

  14. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    heartICU replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yes. Check this out on page 17.

  15. Causes of right atrial dilatation?

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

    Pulmonic valve or tricuspid valve

  16. The Wait.....

    heartICU replied to Miss Von's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I went through the same thing. It is almost as if you "mature" past all the unit bullshi*t and can just do your job and go home. Just wait and see when (and if) you go back and work a shift in the...

  17. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    heartICU replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    That, my friend, is general anesthesia. Straight from Miller' 6th edition: Maintenance of general anesthesia: What combined with an opiate or nitrous, maintenance of general anesthesia is...

  18. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    heartICU replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am curious - no one has mentioned what dose you are using. To all those who are using propofol in GI labs, ER, etc, how much are you giving? And on that NAPS website...it says "tiny incremental...

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

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

    Nope. Your max allowable will still be available to you

  20. pointing out "mistakes" in OR?

    heartICU replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I wouldn't point out the "mistake." As a student, it is important to remember that our preceptors have been doing this longer than us, and they probably have a reason for doing the things they do....

  21. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    heartICU replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Very true! As a former CTICU nurse at CCF....it is unbelievable the patients that they will operate on, and many of them do remarkable well! Cleveland-RN I sent you a

  22. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    heartICU replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Incorrect. Better check on

  23. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    heartICU replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I didn't realize there was a training program for AAs in Texas. In Ohio, they are 1:1 while they are

  24. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    heartICU replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think for AA students, they have to be 1:1 with another provider...since they do not have a license to administer meds while they are training (as SRNAs do with their RN license). I could be wrong...

  25. Regional Anesthesia - How much are you doing?

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

    Cleveland Clinic program in Cleveland Ohio. They started the block rotation about two years ago...before we had that rotation, we spent a month in SICU managing ICU patients (as if we didn't have...