sweetsleeper

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1. Why did you become a CRNA?

   sweetsleeper replied to ktg's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I became a CRNA because I wanted to do something more challenging than what I was doing at the time (working as an RN in Critical Care/Recovery Room). I was working on an MSN at the time and one day...

2. CRNA only partner groups

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

   Jim, I must say you have a way w/ words! You hit on the head what I am trying to do, and you expressed it quite eloquently! I guess for me, the money of the profession is fine, but I did not go into...

3. nursing student observation

   sweetsleeper replied to shirleyTX's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   As a CRNA for several years, I promise you there is an "attitude" there. It is almost like we CRNAs disowned the nursing profession! Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, I do most of the...

4. MAC help

   sweetsleeper replied to gravitycure's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Think of MAC (minimal alveolar concentration) this way: With a certain concentration of say Sevo 1 MAC, that means that half the patients tested at that level of percentage of agent moved to noxious...

5. CRNA only partner groups

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

   I have been doing anesthesia as a CRNA for 15 years and I really enjoy it. I honestly think I found my niche after doing ICU/CCU/PACU for several years. Right now I work in a state in the southeast...

6. Less than optimum anesthesia?

   sweetsleeper replied to UCDSICURN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I would agree I would not do the general anesthesia like that. Burn patients hurt like h**l when the debridement is finished. Sevo is sevoflurane, a gas we use, and vec is vecuronium, a muscle...

7. CRNA only partner groups

   sweetsleeper posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Hey Everybody, This is my first time posting to the forum. I have been a CRNA for several years, and I am interested in joining a CRNA only group w/ the potential of becoming a partner. I live in...