IndiCRNA

IndiCRNA

ICU, transport, CRNA

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  1. Do CRNA schools care where you got your BSN?

    IndiCRNA replied to future_anesthetist's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This! I got my BSN through WGU and was accepted at 3 of the 4 school I applied to. You have to realize that: A) NA school is very easy to get into. B) Nobody cares where you got your degree. C)...

  2. Contemplating CRNA

    IndiCRNA replied to OUxPhys's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I graduated almost three years ago. I barrowed a little over $100K to support myself for the 27 months of NA school. My school was paid for so I just had to support myself. I have two payments...

  3. IS MICU/SICU too much for New Grad?

    IndiCRNA replied to RNewbie0203's topic in MICU, SICU

    So there are lots and lots of people out there who are not up on their EBP and believe that new grads must work their way up to ICU. It's not true. Evidence has shown that new grads can excel in ICU,...

  4. RN to BSN or RN to MSN

    IndiCRNA replied to newnursemn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You can do the RN to MSN reguardless if you have another bachelors degree. There is no requirment to have a bachelors degree to get a masters degree. There are lots of RN to MSN programs that do not...

  5. Doctor Anyone?

    IndiCRNA replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well you are in the best position to make decisions for yourself. However I just wanted to point out some inaccuracies. If I remember right you are an LPN in USA and dentist in Europe? From where you...

  6. Doctor Anyone?

    IndiCRNA replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Oh heck no! Why? To make less money for more education investment? I make more than most IM & family and quite a few speciality physicans. In some cases a LOT more. For example this year I will...

  7. How much do you make?

    IndiCRNA replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I didn't need to start out in a large hospital. My observation in NA school what that the CRNAs working in the big hospitals actualy got to do LESS since there was alwasy lots of MDAs around. I get to...

  8. How much do you make?

    IndiCRNA replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    $90K? I Made considerably more as an ICU RN. I am amazed CRNAs are willing to work for $90K. I was offered $90K to cover another CRNA's baby leave for 3 months

  9. How much do you make?

    IndiCRNA replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Respectfully disagree. For me providing anesthesia is far, far less stressful than being an SICU RN. For one thing the vast majority of my patients now are pretty healthy, when I worked in the SICU I...

  10. BSN at WGU to CRNA.

    IndiCRNA replied to KbmRN's topic in Western Governors University

    Well I wish you good luck. I wish I had known about nurse anesthesia when I was your age. If I had I could have gone the NA school before the masters was required and avoided all the fluff involved in...

  11. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    IndiCRNA replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    Naturaly. Yes all new nurses, as part of the nurse residency, will spend time on the code team with an "orientee" badge on. All will go through the Sim Man lab initialy and then anually for...

  12. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    IndiCRNA replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work at the same hopsital and PMFB. I would guess he is already on sceen in about half of the codes. many times there are indications before the code that some thing is going wrong and the RRT RN is...

  13. Teachers fueling the "my degree is better than your degree" problem

    IndiCRNA replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    Until recently the ADN-RN to BSN route had a huge advantage over the strait BSN route. Previous to about 2008 the only advantage of the strait BSN route was the whole "college experience". For young...

  14. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    IndiCRNA replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    The Epi was in a liter bag!!!!? You didn't know the concentration of the medication you gave in a code? How did you document how much you gave on the code

  15. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    IndiCRNA replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    You are saying you have run epi at 1L/hour? What was the concentration? What were titrating every min at that rate? Uh, OK, if you say so. FMS are only for loose stools? Thank you for the...

  16. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    IndiCRNA replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    *** No big deal. Standard even. BTW you shouldn't be titrating gtts every minute. Get a fecal containment system for the other patient, I like Flexi

  17. How much do you make?

    IndiCRNA replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The answer is "it depends". Most of classmates/friends started at $130K-200K in this area. "this area" being between were we went to school in Minneapolis MN east through Wisconsin since most of us...

  18. Where are the new grads in ICU?

    IndiCRNA replied to kika72's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    PMFB-RN is rght. You waited to long IN THE YEAR for critical care nurse residency programs. But you haven't waited too long in your life. I graduated from anesthesia school in August of 2012 at age...

  19. RN to CRNA - which road?

    IndiCRNA replied to TheBlackDogWaits's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My experience is that getting into CRNA school isn't hard. I have never known anyone who didn't get in. I know a few who had to apply two years in a row to get accepted. I got my BSN from an...

  20. I feel like they should change the title of this site to "reasons why my job sucks"

    IndiCRNA replied to hershdawg's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    (chuckle, chuckle) You got THAT from my message? Do you have poor reading comprehension or are you deliberately misrepresenting what

  21. Are CRNA's facing an oversaturation also?

    IndiCRNA replied to Kandake's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Judging by the high volume of job offeres my classmates and I recieved prior to graduation I would say no. I had my pick of dozens of job offers in my state and hundreds if I was willing to

  22. How would you respond to this doctor?

    IndiCRNA replied to Parsifal's topic in MICU, SICU

    Call the nursing supervisor to expidite the transfer to ICU so this patient can be under the care of an intensivist and not a new ER

  23. MS versus DNP

    IndiCRNA replied to phuretrotr's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

  24. Lets be careful how we use Med Aides

    IndiCRNA replied to achot chavi's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    LOL! I doubt it but if I am wrong then good. Anything that would help reduce the intentional glut of nurses is OK with

  25. This is how much ER doctors are making

    IndiCRNA replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    LOL!