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    Do you carry around your stethoscope?

    akulahawkRN replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to being a new grad RN, I'm also a Paramedic and while I do change out some of the things I may have on my person at any particular time, I pretty much always have four things on me all...
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    Can I Retake Cali RN ?

    akulahawkRN replied to ixiaoniu's topic in International Nursing

    You'll need to make sure that you're application is still considered current and not "abandoned." I would suspect that as long as your application is current, you should simply pay the BRN their...
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    do expunged charges matter

    akulahawkRN replied to kristen312's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    The issue is whether or not the charges resulted in convictions. If not, the Board may want there to be a disposition for any charges that are still technically "open" and do not actually have a...
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    OMG JUST GOT THE GOOD POP UP. But is it reliable?

    akulahawkRN replied to mrsnurse2014's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The PVT can be very accurate, but you have to wait about 24 hours or so to be relatively certain that the exam has been scored twice and it's that second scoring that is definitive. Very, very few...
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    The Lazy, Lackadaisical MDAs

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Two things: One, this sounds like an analog to the ADN/BSN debate. Two, where is that limit you speak of? If there truly is a limit, it likely would have been found, been well-published, and there...
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    why do nurses hate medics?

    akulahawkRN replied to loboracer's topic in Emergency

    Right back at ya... In regards to your post just above this one, back then the concept of prehospital ALS was very new, and the organized field of EMS was only about 20 years old. In that regard, EMS...
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    The Lazy, Lackadaisical MDAs

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You're arguing that a narrow, limited function education (CRNA) is equivalent to a broad, in-depth medical education as an
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    The Lazy, Lackadaisical MDAs

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I suggest you look below... It also seems that you're a little antagonistic about MDA vs CRNA education. Since your profile suggests you are "pre-nursing" I suspect that you may have some...
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    How do I get into the ICU?

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Critical Care

    Lots of us have answered the question and you're getting different answers because there are different ways to get into ICU. There are new grads that get ICU as their first job out of school. There...
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    The Lazy, Lackadaisical MDAs

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So, what evidence do you have to support the notion that there is a limit to the amount of knowledge that can be "attained from anesthesia?" There are no "residents" of 16 years or 8 years in...
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    How do I get into the ICU?

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Critical Care

    If an ICU knew you had plans to bail after a year or so to go to a CRNA program... I'd be very surprised if they hired you. ACLS and PALS can be done over a couple of days each and should best be done...
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    CRNA vs MDA. Who wins?

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

    Prepare to be surprised then... I don't have any known friends or close affiliations with any MDAs. CRNAs do need to be supervised in some manner (to be determined by individual practice IMHO) as the...
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    Respiratory depression

    akulahawkRN replied to Kissy1818's topic in Patient Medications

    Morphine is a great drug... administered right, you can easily use it's respiratory depression side effect to bring the hyperventilating "air hunger" patient down into a more normal realm and make...
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    CRNA vs MDA. Who wins?

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

    There would be less of a desire to hire CRNAs because the MDA can still practice medicine. The CRNA cannot. That's 2 years of very in-depth A&P, pathophys, etc. along with 2 years of rotations to...
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    Respiratory depression

    akulahawkRN replied to Kissy1818's topic in Patient Medications

    The IV route allows for the fastest onset of these meds. When you give them IV push, you're basically making all the meds available immediately. (Just a little reminder, just in case.) The onset of...
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    How do I get into the ICU?

    akulahawkRN replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Critical Care

    I have seen exactly that happen before! A classmate did exactly that and is working in an ICU
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    CRNA vs MDA. Who wins?

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

    In short, the MDA wins. Basically the big difference is the 4 years of Medical School and the 4 years residency. The newly-minted CRNA (in your example) has 2.5 years of education after the BSN and...
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    Interim Permit

    akulahawkRN replied to cport's topic in Nursing Career

    If this is in regard to California, if you want to get the IP, you have to apply at the same time you apply for your license/approval to take the NCLEX. The BRN, once it receives your license...
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    RN school and working ...?s

    akulahawkRN replied to nasr69's topic in General Students

    I was one who had to work full time while I was in school. Fortunately most of the time, the work/school schedule worked out great and required no accommodations or adjustments on the work side. Know...
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    Took NCLEX a week ago...no results!

    akulahawkRN replied to needlicense's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That is but one reason for you to get the Interim Permit. Once you have it, you can apply to hospitals that look for that. There are several in my area that specify that you must have a license or an...
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    HELP!! Failed NCLEX for the 3rd time

    akulahawkRN replied to proffittj1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It well could be that you just aren't looking at the questions in quite the right way. Given that you have previously gone a very long way, you probably know the content well. Next time, slow down and...
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    Took NCLEX a week ago...no results!

    akulahawkRN replied to needlicense's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    From what I've seen, if you have your IP, the process goes very quickly. If you do not, then it can take a while... up to a month. This may be because they basically have to go through the entire...
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    ACLS

    akulahawkRN replied to marpe9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're very much right about that. It's a lot simpler than it was. Some of that has to do with some meds now in use being able to be used in multiple situations. Intubation is one of those skills that...
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    ACLS

    akulahawkRN replied to marpe9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ACLS is a lot easier than it used to be. There used to be more meds for each algorithm and now there are a very few meds. The two day course basically introduces you to running a code and gets you...
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    Opinion: Do bad TEAS scores = Bad nursing students?

    akulahawkRN replied to NoTurningBack's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    If you've done well in your prerequisites and have a decent understanding of general sciences and have a good command of math and English Writing, you should do just fine. I also suggest working...