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apaisRN RN, CRNA

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  1. Realization

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

    I'm a couple weeks in, and pKa versus pH is astonishing me. How did I never understand what made a drug be absorbed gastroenterally and what could make it cross the blood-brain barrier? Heck, I never...

  2. How much chemistry?

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

    The most common requirement I came across was 8 hrs total, to include inorganic chemisty and either organic chem of biochem. No need to kill yourself taking all those unless the school you want...

  3. RRNA or SRNA for title, What is your opinion?

    apaisRN replied to TexasCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am a NAR (nurse anesthesia resident). My badge says (my name), RN. Below is written Nurse Anesthesia Resident. I think it's a nice way to handle it. It reinforces that I am an RN and the person...

  4. TCU and all new SRNA's RRNA"S

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

    I'm not at TCU but can relate. Currently working on a take-home exam and preparing for the first one in anatomy. We had to do neuro of all things first - probably the hardest system to understand! I...

  5. gre in less then 30 days

    apaisRN replied to rn91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Briefly review the math, because you probably haven't touched trigonometry and algebra (at least not consciously) for many years. Otherwise, just go for

  6. After being rejected

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

    I'm three weeks into this journey. More than one professor has told us "You are not nurses anymore." And this is a program that grants an MSN. It's okay with me. Upward and

  7. Should I give up?

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

    To clarify - are you actually pregnant? Or still actively trying? It sounds like you're torn between priorities. Having a family is a time-limited option for you, so maybe that should come first. You...

  8. SRNA's....Amazing website for anatomy help!!!

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

    God bless you, I've been sitting here trying to understand spinal nerves and roots and rootlets and tracts . . . and don't even start me on dermatomes. Neither my books nor my notes cover this stufff...

  9. Which school for BSN to get CRNA?

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

    Actually, a school's reputation is minimally important. Many CRNAs and SRNAs got an ADN at their local community college and finished their BSN at whatever school was available. Your undergrad...

  10. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    apaisRN replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the ventriloquist trick was inappropriate, but I can see how it would be funny during a long stressful shift where you had to look death in the eye more than once. It's a way to cope, although...

  11. SRNA's: Study Schedules, Sleep, Sanity?

    apaisRN replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in the third week and don't feel overwhelmed yet . . . the tests and assignments on the syllabus are intimidating, but we haven't been fed enough real information yet to drown in it. I'm trying to...

  12. North Carolina HB503 is officially dead

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

    JWK, that was a nasty response to a simple comment I made. CRNAs would not be in existence today were it not for the AANA - therefore I support that AANA because it gave me the opportunity to enter...

  13. Im in the dumps

    apaisRN replied to chadday21's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A "B" in a single class means almost nothing in the larger picture of an application package. And if it makes you feel any better, I got a C+ in the second semester of A&P undergrad - surely that...

  14. Patient's take on CRNA vs A/MD

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

    Sadly, I don't agree on this. When I say I'm studying nurse anesthesia people say "oh, so you're going to be an anesthesiologist?" CRNAs are the invisible practioners. If people don't even know what...

  15. North Carolina HB503 is officially dead

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

    I didn't understand how pressing the need is for CRNAs to stick together and support the profession - until the past few weeks when we were taught the history of anesthesia and of the AANA. I get it...

  16. Patient's take on CRNA vs A/MD

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

    Hey, what are you doing behind my couch? Amd how did you get into my head, anyway? I notice I've been exercising a lot lately - when I'm moving I can't think about all those syllabi and the many exams...

  17. Paying For Crna School

    apaisRN replied to ashfost's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Jewelcutt, I feel the same way. I'm not up to the stress of living poor while I do this whole challenging program. And I want to take care of my body so I can enjoy life when I'm done - not abuse it...

  18. Paying For Crna School

    apaisRN replied to ashfost's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Gasgiver, is your school public? I don't think there's any way I could have saved enough to make a dent in my private

  19. who do/did you ask for recomendations?

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

    Think creatively wbout who might be your "manager." If you are a "clinical nurse II" and you are friendly with a "CN III," well, he/she has been a mentor and guide to you and can speak to your CRNA...

  20. CRNA -> MD ?

    apaisRN replied to user69's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't think many people pursue this path on purpose. It's clearly not the logical choice. But it's not uncommon to realize you aren't doing what you want to be doing, after being educated for a...

  21. Excelsior College and CRNA

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

    On the EC debate - when I was a new grad we had a "nurse associate" who was an EMT (not paramedic) doing the program, and I believe her work counted as clinical. It was a general surg floor so a great...

  22. Nurse Anesthesia and family?

    apaisRN replied to OURN83's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I know that part, but does the overall model of medicine/health care differ?I seem to remember that British physicians don't get called

  23. Extra Edge

    apaisRN replied to USAF0625's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One of the things I love about nursing is that no one gives a ^%# about where you got your undergrad degree (with the possible exception of Excelsior). You get no more respect with a BSN from...

  24. The Moments You Knew that CRNA Was For You

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

    Are you a CRNA or SRNA? I start school in a month and I have yet to say this is unambiguously for me. I think a lot of my ambivalence comes from anxiety. Right now the thought of being totally...

  25. Nurse Anesthesia and family?

    apaisRN replied to OURN83's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Totally irrelevant question - how does the English model