crnabrian

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1. Are There Differences in Degree Titles?

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

   There is no difference really. The end result is the same, you get to take the certification exam, and if you pass it, you get the "CRNA" credential. Personally, I would avoid a program run by the...

2. Job hunting questions

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

   Jobs are getting tougher to find, but it depends on the area of the country you want to live in how many jobs are available. You could use a recruiter, but a lot of employers are hesitant to use...

3. Fospropofol

   crnabrian replied to Cindy-san's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   The idea was to avoid the black box warning associated with Propofol. So why would CRNAs use it? More expensive than Propofol, and just does the same thing? (as I understand it) Although the...

4. CRNA profession saturation and new graduate CRNA?

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

   Some do not agree, but I know the CRNA shortage is OVER. Just look at the postings at gaswork. I live in Oklahoma, not too long ago, there were 3 pages of CRNA jobs just for Oklahoma. There are...

5. Precordial stethoscope?

   crnabrian replied to Savin'Em's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   And then I bet you will find that most CRNAs do not use precordial stethoscopes any more. Our monitors have become much more sophisticated, obliviating the need for precordials. Kind of like in the...

6. UNE/St.Joes, Barry Uni, Wolford college. Which school is the best?

   crnabrian replied to serenitynow23's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I graduated from Barry's program, attrition was not high back then. But it is really really expensive. You may want to consider

7. Online graduate programs

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

   I think you will find the crna programs require you to take THEIR science courses, and not allow transfer credit from elsewhere. Check this with the programs you are

8. Boom in CRNA interest...thoughts?

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

   It has always been people go into anesthesia for the money, even when the money was considerably less than it is now. But I have noticed fairly recently that there are fewer open positions out there...

9. CRNA work schedule

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

   Everyplace I have been, you work until you are done. Time of day did not matter really. But it is usually a full day. Now, a really big place will be doing surgery almost literally 24-7, and those...

10. CRNA continuing salary

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

    In my eight years of being a crna, my pay has gone up 2 1/2 times from when I started. But most of those increases have occurred as a result of changing

11. Room air general

    crnabrian replied to willti1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is kind of a joking terminology, means you are giving sedation, but so much the patient is totally asleep like a general anesthetic. Just no anesthetic gas, hence the name. Not always a bad...

12. Epidurals/Tatoos

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

    Certainly the patient can have an epidural or spinal, as long as it is not a fresh tattoo. Barring other contraindications, of

13. CRNA Salaries - Will They Drop?

    crnabrian replied to Perseus Mandate's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I doubt it. They have done nothing but go up for years

14. Whats considered a good GRE score ??

    crnabrian replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I do not know how common this practice is, but my school paid absolutely no attention to GRE scores. They only required them because the university required them for admission to graduate programs....

15. Benadryl for hiccups...

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

    Uhh, this patient was already asleep. I see it happen now and then. Deepening was probably the right thing to do. That and