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  1. Please help my friend!!

    Focker replied to zozzy777's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Can't she take out some private loans? Borrow from a family member? Sell her car and get a cheaper one? Just about anything would be better than dropping out after starting a

  2. CRNA will become PhD?

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

    I want to know what kind of courses/training is going to take place in the extra 1.5 years to get this DNP. Personally, most of the courses that I take now that are requirements for the masters...

  3. How long will someone survive after removal of life support?

    Focker replied to GeminiQueen's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really understand why you think that would be a good thing to tell someone who is going through the death of a loved one. False hope is not helpful. People can linger on for varying periods of...

  4. I want to go to Duke's CRNA program

    Focker replied to stuckita1026's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I wouldn't think that 3.5, 1280 is low for any school's standards, those are good numbers. Schools look at more than just your numbers though. CCRN (and other certifications), personality, maturity,...

  5. Clinical discussion... as requested!

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

    Hmm, non-triggering anesthetic in a two year old? My guess is that you gave him a healthy dose of po versed, maybe with some fentanyl, and got him relaxed enough that you could get an iv in him, then...

  6. Med school to CRNA

    Focker replied to HouseDO2b?'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have to agree with catcolalex, crna is a great career, but you wouldn't save any time by quitting med school to get a bsn, then experience, then 2+ years of crna school. It seems to me like both...

  7. canker sores

    Focker replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    I get canker sores every once in a while as well, usually they show up near where the gum and the lip meet. I havnt seen anyone else mention my preferred relief, so I'll share. When I get one, I swish...

  8. need help with intraop steriod coverage

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

    decadron lacks mineralocorticoid effects though, I think thats why hydrocortisone is preferred if you are using it for a pt. who has adrenocortical

  9. Sugamadex

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

    I think he meant anticholinesterases like neostigmine, pyridostigmine, edrophonium, etc. They work by the same mechanism as nerve gas, binding cholinesterase, increasing levels of acetylcholine. Nerve...

  10. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    Focker replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, with a long term COPD pt, just because their sats are 73% does not mean they are not getting enough O2 to the brain/organs. Over a long period of time with low sats like that, the body goes...

  11. Studying habits

    Focker replied to Richmondrn2b's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Kind of surprised at this question, since you obviously made it through highschool and the prereqs of college well enough to get into a BSN program, but I will contribute. I can empathize with you in...

  12. IV Lopressor on the med/surg ward?

    Focker replied to country bumkin's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed, insulin is no joke

  13. Single-parent applying to CRNA program

    Focker replied to cmmg's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Its not possible to work fulltime and go to CRNA school simultaneously, seems like you are getting something

  14. Seeking Advice: Which Job to Take?

    Focker replied to AdonaiLoveable's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think a lot depends on how much more the contract position pays. Look at it this way, say you work a year and a half before you get accepted to crna school and you have to leave, you would owe them...

  15. The Circumcision Discussion

    Focker replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are you guys not aware that they use local anesthesia when they do a

  16. New Grad to ICU...

    Focker replied to Chicagoan's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    6 months seems excessive, i think my precptorship when I started in the ICU was 6-8 weeks, with more supplemental classes afterwards. I dont remember being underprepared or overly stressed. In all...

  17. Racism: Expanding Compassion

    Focker replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Thats not racism, thats human nature. don't get down on yourself because you're not mother theresa. Anyone who tells you they treat every other person with perfect equality is either lying or fooling...

  18. Experience in Med/Surg or not?

    Focker replied to slou!'s topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why this only applies to med-surg, you learn critical thinking, prioritization, time-management, etc. in ICUs and ERs as well. As a nursing student, I was told I needed to get experience...

  19. I need some stethoscope recommendations

    Focker replied to LaraC's topic in General Nursing

    Whats wrong with a $50 stethoscope? As a nursing student you will hear what you need to hear with even one of the disposable stethoscopes, lub-dub, breath sounds, etc. I think paying several hundred...

  20. Reasons NOT to be CRNA

    Focker replied to Terpole's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You should shadow a couple crnas and determine for yourself if you think there are any drawbacks to becoming a crna. There is probably a reason noone has told you any negative aspects to becoming a...

  21. Landing that first ICU job

    Focker replied to acinbg's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You'll hear people say one unit is better than another to get into CRNA school, but SRNAs can come from any of those units and they all offer good experience (I was in micu, wide variety of disease...

  22. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

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

    :monkeydance:

  23. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

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

    When someone defends gay's right to marry, do you assume they are gay? When someone is pro-choice, do you assume they've had an abortion? If I support the 2nd amendment do you assume I own a gun? That...

  24. Mixing ephedrine with neo...

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

    it does seem like they potentiate each other, like if I start out giving neo for whatever reason and it is not as effective as desired, and then switch to ephedrine I'll get a good rise in blood...

  25. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

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

    how about....