RaginCajunRN

35 yr old ESRD, HTN and Diabetic pt. Post Lap-Choly with uneventful case. Gave 10mg metoclopramide, 50mg zantac during due to pre-op N&V. Paralysis reversed with Neo and Robinul with smooth emergence and extubation while deep. Pt awakened and...

Thanks everyone for the responses. I might not have put enough info into my topic. Yoga, this was my very first day in the OR as a student and I did not run the case. I had to share my time and questioning with 2 fellow students. The CRNA precept...

let me throw in my stats, which pale in comparison, but got me into school! bsn gpa: 2.865 (3.1 in nursing courses) graduate classes (11 hours) : 4.0 gpa gre: 950/3.5 mat: 53 experience: 1.5 years stepdown, 1 year same day surgery, 3 years icu/ccu, a...

Yes Mummer. From what I know of the job opportunities available for CRNA's, most prospective employers offer sign-on bonuses b/c they know you will be looking for money to pay off student loans. I think this offer is always negotiable with employer...

I will also be at NTI this year since I live here in New Orleans and I really need like 20 contact hours to maintain my CCRN. This will be my first time too and probably last since I was accepted to CRNA School starting this August. Maybe we will r...

Hey. I am the Charge Nurse in a busy 10 bed CCU. I have been doing this for a few years now and I always take a pt load, although sometimes this becomes a problem because i can not adequately keep track of my patients and the other 8 in the unit, e...

I hope this reply isn't too late. If you have already taken the exam, I hope you did well. Otherwise, if you are still studying, I recommend you read the AACN Core Curriculum. The whole thing. Then look at the Core Curriculum study guides and go ...

The school that i originally applied to wanted a personal essay and the second school wanted a goal statement, so when setting out to write your essay/goal statement you need to decide which direction your going to run with it. I wrote about a page...

Looks like most of the people in this post are from the northern US. I'm gonna throw in the cog here!! Louisiana State University (New Orleans) - Applied to Last year and was an alternate. Reapplied this year and will interview soon. I just want to...

SleepJoe, I am telling you this from the perspective of a CVICU Charge Nurse and CRNA School applicant. I interviewed with a school last year and they asked me specific questions about the IABP. I think that it is good knowledge to have period, but...

Hey ashfost. I have a friend that I work with that came straight out of his BSN program and went into the CCU/ICU setting. He had a structured orientation which included about 6 weeks of training on a telemetry unit before coming to the ICU. He i...