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  1. Early start

    WntrMute2 replied to Chewy Lewy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I wonder how many times this question has been

  2. Potential for Air Embolism (clinical discussion)

    WntrMute2 replied to yoga crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Since, I was so recently a student, I thought I'd chime in. How about adding PEEP and PPV(if the patient was spontaneously breathing). This would impede venous return, as long as blood flows out,...

  3. Laryngeal Anomalies-sources of info

    WntrMute2 replied to deke's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There is an illustrated book about the difficult airway. It may be called the Illustrated Atlas of Difficult Airways. Anyway that may get you started. You can also do an online search at the NIH's...

  4. I got in!!!

    WntrMute2 replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You go

  5. Renal protection during aortic clamping

    WntrMute2 replied to gotosleep's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think the simple answer is that none of the above interventions is proven to avoid renal failure. I think that clamp time along with prexisting renal disease are the crutial factors. It is...

  6. Should Anesthesia Be an only MD Profession

    WntrMute2 replied to Oldsalt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I couldn't agree with Oldsalt's post more. During my training I placed many more lines, did many more blocks than most of my classmates because (I believe) I showed interest in learning. I ssearched...

  7. Train of Four

    WntrMute2 replied to Kason's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Train of Four refers to monitoring a patient that has been given paralytics such as vecuronium, rocuronium etc. The # of twitches as well as the strength out of 4 gives an estimate of the level of...

  8. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    WntrMute2 replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks Tenesma, for KAT, HPV = hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, the tendancy for areas of the lung that are hypoxic to shunt blood to areas with better oxygenation. TNG = Nitroglycerine. OLV =...

  9. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    WntrMute2 replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    nitric oxide will improve your V/Q mismatch... don't worry about HPV so much... just use what makes sense physiologically, and by the way TNG would be fine as well... Can you explain how the...

  10. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    WntrMute2 replied to alansmith52's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is only if there is a need in the presence of V/Q mismatch. is this correct? the case i had went smoothly with no significant drops in O2 sats. so we didnt need to do any of these interventions, i...

  11. Should Anesthesia Be an only MD Profession

    WntrMute2 replied to Oldsalt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

  12. laryngospasm

    WntrMute2 replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think I learned that racemic epi is all that is available. It is refered to as that out of convention and to distinguish it from IV/SQ epi. There are lots of racemic drugs out there, ketamine for...

  13. Should Anesthesia Be an only MD Profession

    WntrMute2 replied to Oldsalt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well I just happen to have done a short paper on the subject. Anesthesia - the practice of Medicine? Where does the administration of anesthesia belong? Is it the art of medicine, the art of...

  14. IF for some reason you COULDN'T be a CRNA what area of nursing...

    WntrMute2 replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The University of maryland offered a acute care NP. If I hadn't made it to & thru CRNA school, I'd have gone for

  15. Does size matter?

    WntrMute2 replied to ThinkingAboutIt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OK, 1) expectations will be higher, forcing you to dig a little deeper into pathophysiology, pharm etc. 2) Patients will undoubtably be sicker and the interventions will be more cutting edge, ask any...

  16. Does size matter?

    WntrMute2 replied to ThinkingAboutIt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One more time, GO FOR THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, ignore the benifit picture and GO FOR THE TEACHING HOSPITAL. I've done both and there is no

  17. Does size matter?

    WntrMute2 replied to ThinkingAboutIt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Not only will the admissions board have a favorable opinion on your choice, you will learn more, have more autonomy, and you probably will be expected to be a smarter, beter nurse. All things good...

  18. OR Nurses Giving Conscious Sedation--WHY SHOULD WE?

    WntrMute2 replied to stevierae's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well, nurses are trained to intubate and insert invasive lines. They are called CRNAs. BTW, they do pay us

  19. How do your guys calculate GRE score?

    WntrMute2 replied to rhp123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think there is a lot less to NA schools in making their decisions than those like Roland want to believe. I have no facts, only the feeling that what they are looking for is the ability to be...

  20. What do I do now that I'm in?

    WntrMute2 replied to devine1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    First, congratulations. Second, did you not think this through ahead of time? This was not broached during the interview? I am amazed at the number of people that say as you do, "Yea, I got in,...

  21. Experience length requirement

    WntrMute2 replied to Businessman's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    >>What is a "safe" GPA and GRE score? Is there a place on the Internet that tracks them? I wanna do my best to overshoot them to be on track with my plan ... I saw that AANA does not rank...

  22. Boards Today

    WntrMute2 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    By the time most of you will read this, I'll have taken the BOARDS. I feel like I don't know

  23. Boards Today

    WntrMute2 replied to WntrMute2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thanks everybody, especially you Craig. I feel like we did part of this journey

  24. Whatever Happened To

    WntrMute2 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    MeandragonBrett and Roland? They were here for a long time and then

  25. Boards Today

    WntrMute2 replied to WntrMute2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Passed, results came