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  1. what skills are you working on?

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

    You guys who don't start until later should look into completing some grad courses like statistics or research if they will be part of your program and you havnt done it already. I know everyone says...

  2. Cleveland anyone?

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

    Most of our class seems to be going. Me and a group of guys just got our flights and hotel

  3. HELP FOR Studying for CCRN

    Focker replied to LIZPICURN's topic in General Nursing

    The Pass CCRN cd is great, doing all those practice questions is what helped me the most I think. That cd grades the test automatically and gives you a score on each section so you know where to...

  4. what skills are you working on?

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

    It is good that you are practicing your IV technique. Unfortunately for me, I was spoiled in the unit by the plethora of central lines and the fact that the patients always came up with IVs from the...

  5. How much movement does it take to dislodge a tube?

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

    Why wou you want to cut the tube? It wouldn't eliminate very much dead space or resistance, are they saying that its less likely to get yanked on if there is less outside the

  6. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    Focker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    How about your family member's need for peace and quiet? They are in a hospital, patients are supposed to be able to rest and recover. There are things your family member could have done first, like...

  7. need your advice before I quit nursing?

    Focker replied to RNcool's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely, if you've got your RN you can work just about anywhere. Almost doesn't matter what your experience is (there are exceptions like flight nursing, etc.), they will train you. Tons of new...

  8. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    I agree with MmacFN, it seems to me the whole purpose of the anesthetic in this case is to prevent any kind of pain or awareness for the person being put to death. The prisoners argument is valid in...

  9. Orthopods are sly..

    Focker replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm with you man, I love that spike has started showing all these old UFC matches that I never got to watch before. I just saw the royce gracie fights the other day and now I have to see where they...

  10. RRNA SOS please help

    Focker replied to zzzno2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What does that mean in

  11. cleaning poop

    Focker replied to tprashad's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea how some people can just "get used" to the smell. I was always a mouth breather, I found that to be very effective. For over two years in the MICU I dont remember a shift that I didn't...

  12. how much of a disadvantage?

    Focker replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think that if you have the minimum amount of experience you will not be at a disadvantage compared to a more experienced nurse from a classroom perspective. Personally, I think that I began to feel...

  13. A Fellow Nurse Called Her Patient an A......

    Focker replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree with you there. I am not trying to defend the foulmouth, what she/he did was wrong, but cursing at a pt. is nowhere near in the same boat as being drunk on the job. I think that...

  14. How many schools did you apply to?

    Focker replied to malenurse2001's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    1

  15. Pronunciation

    Focker replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I used to think that too, but I am fairly certain I've run into at least one nurse who pronounced it "Sont"imeters who wasn't the pretentious type (I suppose that doesn't rule out that she may have...

  16. how easy is it to find a nursing job w/ an ADN in so. cali?

    Focker replied to JEWELZxO6's topic in General Nursing

    Getting a job shouldn't be a problem. You're young, why not get a BSN? It is true that at the basic RN level there is no difference, but it is pretty much a requirement for career advancement. Its...

  17. The Wait.....

    Focker replied to Miss Von's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    single, no kids, saved for two years anticipating CRNA school, car I bought at the end of 2003 cost less than the sound system I subsequently put in it; I think those are the main

  18. The Wait.....

    Focker replied to Miss Von's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    That happened to me too, hard to explain how I felt exactly, but I just didn't mind doing the things everyone else complained so much about because the end was in sight. I also stopped doing any...

  19. Ever been accused of being an "overcompensator"?

    Focker replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    By saying that you are "overcompensating" I think what your husband is saying is that you are making him look like a loser by

  20. Moments of Terror

    Focker replied to London88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    London88, would verapamil be another alternative in the case of rapid

  21. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

    Focker replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I dont know of any vasoconstirctor properties for EMLA (lidocaine and prilocaine are the active ingredients, correct?), if anything I would think it might vasodilate, like someone else said, similar...

  22. Do Patients Try to Tip You?

    Focker replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All they gave you was ten bucks? If nurses really did work for tips I would think we would be worth more than that. But seriously, thats one of those cases where you just follow the tradition of the...

  23. Another year?

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

    Midwestern, I agree with a lot of the things that you said... the sentiment that to become a CRNA, a person that really wants it will do whatever it takes... I also agree that I wouldn't want the...

  24. Makes you wonder about NCLEX boards now

    Focker replied to rjflyn's topic in General Nursing

    Not really, the nclex is computer based (with few exceptions) so I wouldn't really expect any kind of errors like those that occured with the SATs (moisture affected the scanning machine). It may not...

  25. Atheist or Agnostic?

    Focker replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that you used to be religious and then let it go. It doesn't seem that there are many examples of that happening. You hear and see all the time about the people that "led lives...