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agree with Wtbcrna....enjoy your freedom...Miller is a great book....read when bored and nothing better to do....work some overtime....drink a few....but in all honesty...just enjoy your free time...

Acutally pulling the midiastinal CT would make one be more cautious....pleural CT are not an issue whatsoever!

Hey there...I hate to burst your bubble but there are no Nurse Anesthesia programs that allow non-nurses in, even with your background. As a CRNA, your liscense is through your states Nursing Board. You must first have a nursing liscense prior to b...

hahaha...get a plastic binder for it? Just remember the most important rule for an ICU nurse.....LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES and pray you don't make one that really harms a patient....In my 8 year career as an ICU nurse, I have made many mistakes and...

For starters...don't think you could have done more. Doesn't appear the patient was going to make it from the get go. Also people with anoxic brain injuries can develop cerebral edema enough to cause herniation which could have very well happened.....

That has been a debate for quite awhile. There are times when it is appropriate and times when it is not. If you need to buy yourself time until you can get a pressor started then by all means I would do it as long as it wasn't contraindicated such...

Most places do not practice like that espeically in a SICU....If you need some backup there are numerous articles about post-op pain and length of stay in ICU on both intubated and non-intubated patients....I'd much rather have the pain meds vs the s...

That's wrong. However, what were the patient's vitals like? If they were stable and he/she was intubated why not load up on narcs and sedation, especially if he/she was writhing in pain. Knock me out please! Understand the frustration as I know h...

also, they hire new grads into ICU's here in Raleigh. there is 6 area hospitals...my wife works in a MSCIU at one of them and precepts new grads all the time...

Hey Chris, Well for starters, most programs look at grades and GRE scores. It appears as if your wife would have no problem on that end. RSNA, I would say looks at those more highly than someone with years of ICU experience. As far as age, Im 35 ...

34 when I started and will be 36 when I graduate. most in my class are 27-30 and have some outliers both ways though ie, 23yr old and a couple of 40+.

From an anesthesia point of view, No, most MDA/CRNA will not suture in the Aline as we only need it for the duration of the case. In addition, our patients are anesthetized so we do not have to worry about them moving around enough to dislodge it. ...

Chris, I heard that RSNA is going to $10,000 per year. That doesn't include UNCG fees, however I don't believe that it is close to $42 G. Thinking its about $9000-11,000 for UNCG for both years so that would put the cost around $29-31,000 total for...

Not a problem...Hint of advice though. In all honesty, ICU patients are NOT all on the brink of death, many of them are there to PREVENT bad things from happening to them. I might even say that "most" of them do just fine and eventually get transfe...

Honestly don't wait a couple of years, I would suggest get a year on the floor you are at then start applying as soon as you can. I also would not recommend attempting to get into a smaller ICU first, I would attempt to get right into the SICU. Rea...

The thing you have to remember is that usually everyone else has a good GPA and GRE scores if they are applying. The CCRN can set you apart from them. Although many schools are now requiring it to even apply. Does it make you a better applicant? ...

Know these key points! Got to swell to get well. If your patient has no holes you create them, if they have holes you plug em... Steriods don't cure anything but they help everything. Propofol is the best glass of milk ANY patient can have. All bleed...

You got me good itsnowornever.....however just for my own sanity and the fact that I only look a pictures in big books only because I don't need to read anymore....please tell me where I stated that I believe ADN's were prepared better in my original...

Wow...didn't take long! :) Was going to right a rebuttal however by the number of responses, I'm sure you are smart enough to make a decision. Again bro, do what is best for your situation .....Good Luck....Keep in mind the accelrated and traditio...

Hey man, you will hear a lot of varying ways to go about this. In all honesty, you really need to pursue the avenue that best suits your family, which usually is the cheapest route in my book. I graduated with a BA in psych, and then went back to s...

so does hypotension!!

I agree with wtbcrna. Your plan sounds great however VCU is an excellent school that accepts, in all honesty and as cliche as it sounds, the best of the best! I would seriously plan on applying elsewhere to increase your likelihood of getting accep...

Yes a new graduate can become an ICU RN. I went straight into ICU after i graduated with my ADN. I continue to tell people whom pursue nursing as a career to not really worry about "what" school you get into as opposed to what works for you and you...

Honestly, i really don't believe that the lung builds "collateral" circulation for purposes of getting O2 to the heart especially because there is only two routes really to and from it PA/PV...the lungs proabably can develop some small type of collat...

Might have been that this wasn't a completely "acute" issue. Most likely developed over time and eventually got to the point where he had chest pain from his heart not getting the o2 it needed, got mad and went into RVR. Coronaries dilated with the...