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  1. Does time pass slow in the OR?

    nursenary57 replied to Chip_04's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Everybody here has made great points. I've only been in school for 6 months (about 130 cases so far) and there are definitely extremes. One day it is cysto after cysto (some done in 20 minutes, some...

  2. Starting School Monday

    nursenary57 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey guys, I'm starting my anesthesia program Monday, July 24th. To say I'm nervous yet excited would be quite an understatement. The percentages on each are variable, just like Owen Wilson said in the...

  3. Starting School Monday

    nursenary57 replied to nursenary57's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey guys! I'm not dead. Brain dead maybe. Just finished week 3. Through 6 quizzes/tests I'm still clutching onto an A. Got two weeks left on this initial orientation period and then I'll be in the OR...

  4. Starting School Monday

    nursenary57 replied to nursenary57's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'll update you guys on the weekend. Kind of busy right

  5. Where have all the GOOD VEINS gone?

    nursenary57 replied to PCUSheryl's topic in General Nursing

    I understand you getting upset about the difficulty of getting IVs in the "hard sticks". I used to work in a high volume Level 1 trauma ER. The hardest thing about that job was that we were incredibly...

  6. CRNA dream

    nursenary57 replied to walec1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Walec, No problem. I'm glad to help. PM me anytime if you have any questions. If I can answer them I will. If I don't know I can come up with a pretty good

  7. CRNA dream

    nursenary57 replied to walec1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Walec1, I understand your nervousness, especially since I just went through the process in January. I'm very fortunate that I only had to do one interview and I start school in July! The key to...

  8. Question about titrating pressors

    nursenary57 replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in MICU, SICU

    Holy crap! I just figured out Artemis2 identity! I used to work with her! When I was waiting for shift change and I would see her walk through the door inside I would say "Thank God, someone who knows...

  9. Question about titrating pressors

    nursenary57 replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in MICU, SICU

    Artemis, That was a great post. Wish you had been my preceptor when I got out of school. You took a complex process and made it simple. Or as I like to say "You rednecked it down for us commoners."...

  10. Accepted at MTSA

    nursenary57 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey guys. I just found out that I got accepted to the 2006 class of Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. Just wondering if any of my future classmates are out there wandering in cyberspace. Good...

  11. Accepted at MTSA

    nursenary57 replied to nursenary57's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I interviewed Tuesday morning around ten and they notified me Wednesday afternoon. That made my night at work go alot better! Most of the class (total 70) were accepted at early interviews last fall....

  12. Show me the Money

    nursenary57 replied to Browndog's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Browndog, You are right about Nashville pay ranges. I work at Vandy and Baptist. If you want to chat more about it you can get me at [email protected] I've got to work tonight but if you send...

  13. Knoxville Hospitals

    nursenary57 replied to shirleyTX's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I did a 2 month travel contract in their ER last summer. Nice ER, good equipment and clean too. The staff I worked with was great. Out of all of the staff there were only two for whom I didn't care to...

  14. where is the best medical surgical experience in Nashville ?

    nursenary57 replied to Daisy2's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I work ER at Vandy and ICU at Baptist in Nashville. I would go to Vandy's med/surg floors. IMHO based on my experience you get better overall support at Vandy with patient's who take a bad turn on the...

  15. Move to ED from ICU?

    nursenary57 replied to sleddogrn's topic in Emergency

  16. Move to ED from ICU?

    nursenary57 replied to sleddogrn's topic in Emergency

    I have experience in ER and SICU. My journey went like this - as a new grad I went to work in a level 1 trauma center ER. Scared to death of course but I learned more in my first three months than I...

  17. Skyline Medical Center in Nashville?

    nursenary57 replied to Town & Country's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Almost all units hire new grad RNs but I don't know about LPNs. Check their website out for current needs and their next job fair at www.mc.vanderbilt.edu Good luck! P.S. I'm pretty sure Baptist...

  18. Happy Emergency Nurses Day Oct 13

    nursenary57 replied to rjflyn's topic in Emergency

    I celebrate this day by not going to work in that lovely hell hole this

  19. Skyline Medical Center in Nashville?

    nursenary57 replied to Town & Country's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Interviewed there but didn't accept position. I work at Vandy and Baptist. I could probably answer questions about those places if you have

  20. Skyline Medical Center in Nashville?

    nursenary57 replied to Town & Country's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Interviewed there but didn't accept position. I work at Vandy and Baptist. I could probably answer questions about those places if you have

  21. RSI meds

    nursenary57 replied to thanatos's topic in Emergency

    Etomidate and sux is what we use on nearly everybody. Not supposed to use sux on burns due to related hyperkalemia (sux combined with cell destruction increases K release 24-48 hours post incident if...

  22. Staffing the Trauma room

    nursenary57 replied to chiprn's topic in Emergency

    We have 3 trauma bays and we staff with 1 RN and 1 EMT-P (at least that is what it says on the assignment sheet!) When there are no trauma patients they float to the other assignments and help out...

  23. ER first assignment for new RN?

    nursenary57 replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing

    I have been out of school for 2 years and I started out in a level 1 ER. It was the best experience that I have had. I learned more in my first three months there than I did in nursing school. I think...