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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 up to 45) and then the next day is an open belly fo...

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 launch scene from Armageddon "I've got that excit...

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 on 8/28. Thats when the fun starts. We average 4-...

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

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 busy and it sometimes took a lot of time to get a...

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 lie!

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 getting through the interview for me was to overprepare....

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 what they are doing and I can count on!" I learne...

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." You titrate by drops? Sounds like you've been in thi...

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 luck to all.

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. There were 90 people for the last 23 slots. I agre...

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 me your email I will try to answer any questions ...

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 work with (Sondra can probably name them). The ch...

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 floor and have to be sent to the unit. I have no ...

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 did in nursing school. Full time there for two year...

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 hires LPN new grads.

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

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

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

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 I recall correctly.) Etomidate is supposedly very ...

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 with other patients. Of course if there are multiple ...

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 being successful counts on 2 things: 1) You. Your...