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  1. Who Loves or Does Not love Their Job

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

    Same

  2. hypercalcemia question

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

    There is more to it than this, but here is a somewhat simplified explanation. (While I will just talk about cardiac muscle, it can also be applied to skeletal muscle, for the most part). There is a...

  3. Miller vs Mac Contraversey!

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

    We have a couple of each, and you are right - the color one is pretty

  4. Miller vs Mac Contraversey!

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

    We have a couple of them. Like the GlideScope, some providers feel comfortable enough with the Bullard to call for it first instead of a FOB when dealing with a difficult airway. It is pretty cool to...

  5. Regional Anesthesia - How much are you doing?

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

    We have a separate month for a block rotation where we get to do all the upper and lower extremity blocks. We have two months of ortho and two months of OB so spinals and epidurals are not a problem....

  6. Student AANA Memberships?

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

    You can only be a student (associate member) if you are currently enrolled in a program. Your program director usually passes out the applications in the first week of school. It is $20 for the...

  7. Miller vs Mac Contraversey!

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

    Yoga, I am a student at a large midwest program, and we have three or four glidescopes, and use them often in anyone who looks to be a difficult airway. Many clinicians have gotten so comfortable...

  8. mixing meds?

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

    I have never mixed etomidate with anything, but we routinely mix either alfentanil or remifentanil in a 50cc syringe with propofol. The prop-alfenta mix works well for outpatient stuff, especially...

  9. ICU Psychosis ?????

    heartICU replied to loricatus's topic in MICU, SICU

    ICU psychosis also can be caused from the stimulating environment of the ICU. These patients hear alarms, beeps, buzzers, etc, 24 hours a day. People are constantly talking, and they are constantly...

  10. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    heartICU replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Not to incite an argument here, but how do you know it works? The problem I have with the BIS is that there is no second way to check its accuracy. For example, if I believe the EKG is reading an...

  11. For All SRNA's/ RRNA's

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

    100%

  12. ever miss it?

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

    I really enjoyed bedside nursing too - but after you start anesthesia school, you don't realize what you have been missing. My decision is validated every time I go back and work a PRN shift in the...

  13. youngest SRNA

    heartICU replied to blee1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I applied when I was 23 and began the program at

  14. Multidose antibiotic vials in OR?

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

    We don't

  15. Why is Physics a prereq course?

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

    The gas laws will help. Another important thing is enhancing critical thinking skills - a lot of classes in undergrad will not apply directly to nurse anesthesia, but will provide a way of thinking...

  16. question about nursing specialties

    heartICU replied to mgwalte's topic in Nursing Career

    Neuro ICU or Neuroscience stepdown would probably include

  17. Nurses Will Eat Anything

    heartICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    One nurse where I used to work brought in brownies. One of the other nurses grabbed one, took a big bite, and then she said (and I am not making this up) "Aren't they good? I made them with my breast...

  18. Clinical Quiz

    heartICU replied to piper77's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree with deepz - I think it was the plastic overwrap on the C02 absorbent. Had that happen in our OR once, but the CRNA caught it before

  19. Quality of ICU experience - Hospital size

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

    I would apply to both, and if you only get into the smaller ICU, take that job and work there for a few years. Then make an attempt to get into the bigger ICUs. As a general rule of thumb, sicker...

  20. Clinical Question

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

    I would leave the tube in. If they look strong, they might be strong, but if they look weak, they definitely

  21. to sedate or not to sedate...

    heartICU replied to dfk's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ok for those of you whose patients are not sedated, what are the circumstances of the situation? Is the patient wide awake, are they in respiratory distress, respiratory arrest? I am guessing they are...

  22. Cleveland Clinic salary?

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

    I sent you a

  23. How does one become ACLS or CRNA certified...

    heartICU replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Check your local comunity college. Many will offer it

  24. RN intubation in ED?

    heartICU replied to Firemedic7's topic in Emergency

    Be careful here. Taking ACLS and receiving the card does not "allow" you to intubate. Intubation on a dummy in a one day class and intubating an emergency in the ER are two very different things. They...

  25. Rn/md

    heartICU replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    You can always do RNFA. First assists are part of the surgical team - they harvest vein grafts for cardiac bypass, etc. Might be what you are looking for (combination of surgery and