CowboyMedic DNP, APRN, CRNA

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    Paramedic to nurse/nursing student

    CowboyMedic replied to Jayjormom's topic in General Students

    Thank you for bringing this up. I am also a paramedic with almost 6 years of field and er experience and I will be starting a LPN/Paramedic to RN bridge in the summer. I have had a lot of...
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    Starting Pre-Reqs June 3rd

    CowboyMedic posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am very excited to here about how every is doing with there Pre-Reqs for Nursing School. I start mine on June 3rd at Rogers State University in Claremore, OK. Microcomputer Applications and Dosage...
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    Starting Pre-Reqs June 3rd

    CowboyMedic replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm pretty sure that Dosage and Pharm have to be taken at
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    University of Oklahoma CRNA Program???

    CowboyMedic posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I keep hearing rumors of the University of Oklahoma starting a CRNA program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Every time I hear these rumors I go searching for something official but can never find anything. The...
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    Starting Pre-Reqs June 3rd

    CowboyMedic replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Finished all my prerequisites and will be starting the bridge this summer and the second year of nursing classes in the
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    Starting Pre-Reqs June 3rd

    CowboyMedic replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Finished all my prerequisites and will be starting the bridge this summer and the second year of nursing classes in the
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    How do I choose a CRNA program right for me

    CowboyMedic replied to Emililililily's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    CRNA Schools, probably has the most up to date information on all the schools out
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    I just want the letter!

    CowboyMedic replied to RubySlippers06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know how you feel. It took forever to get my letter and then to find out I was an alternate. After the semester was over I was one of the first ones to receive a call saying at received a spot. The...
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    University of Oklahoma CRNA Program???

    CowboyMedic replied to CowboyMedic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would love for there to be an in state program, but at least TCU and Newman University have training sites in Tulsa. I work at Hillcrest and see the residents from TCU all the time. It has become my...
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    Pre-CRNA question

    CowboyMedic replied to bryan_del's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A good site to find information from is CRNA Schools, it has all the schools
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    Pre-CRNA question

    CowboyMedic replied to bryan_del's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They look at your overall GPA, so the GPA from every class that you ever took in college. There are some programs that will look at the last 60 hours
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    Options for scrub pants

    CowboyMedic replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It was hard for me to make the transition from medic pants to scrubs. I'm glad I don't have to wear white. Grey for work and will be navy blue for clinicals in the
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    pre req classes

    CowboyMedic replied to sgilliam2011's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on the person if you take two or more science together. I took Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, and Pharmacology together and ended up with A's in all the
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    Options for scrub pants

    CowboyMedic replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I really like WonderWinks. They have specific ones for
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    Fall acceptance letters 2014

    CowboyMedic replied to rnjacqui's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got the call this morning saying I received a spot in the LPN/Paramedic to RN Bridge that I was an alternate for. I will have a two week bridge class in July then start the second year of the ADN...
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    Job outlook for male CNA/MA/Nurses?

    CowboyMedic replied to Philly17's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Guys just face it, nursing will always be a female dominated career. But that doesn't mean that men can not make a difference in this field. Some of the best nurses that I work with in the ER are...
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    Just a tee-hee moment

    CowboyMedic replied to HisTreasure's topic in Emergency

    I also agree that it is very hard for a medical person to see medical help, I know that I would be the same way. I've been doubled over in pain and still continued to work. We had people basically...
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    Just a tee-hee moment

    CowboyMedic replied to HisTreasure's topic in Emergency

    The only time that I have had to have an IV in the ER the RN missed twice, and I have great veins, then the EMT-Intermediate that was in the ER got me on the third try which was his first try....
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    The Infamous Cab-ulance

    CowboyMedic replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy come in tonight for a dog bite. Normally you think that a dog bite by EMS would be pretty bad. Not this one. He had a scrap on the medial side of his patella and what looked like a very...
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    Fall acceptance letters 2014

    CowboyMedic replied to rnjacqui's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm an Alternate in a LPN/Paramedic to RN bridge. Just waiting for a spot to come open, if not I will continue on with classes toward my BSN and reapply next
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    Dumb CPR question

    CowboyMedic replied to PaulBaxter's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like everyone is saying you should have received a card right after class. But I have seen some places where they mail out the cards. My work gives us the cards right after we are done with the class....
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    LPN vs. Paramedic

    CowboyMedic replied to gabb.fox's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Paramedic to RN bridges exist all over the country. I know of three that are within an hour and a half of me in Tulsa, OK. I am currently an alternate and just waiting for a spot to open in the next...
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    The Infamous Cab-ulance

    CowboyMedic replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    Yeap, we do the same thing. IF they come in for a complete bs reason then they are given a therapeutic wait in the waiting
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    Rn to medic

    CowboyMedic replied to KCTRN's topic in Emergency

    Taking National Registry for Paramedic is not just about taking a test. You also have a practical portion that contains a complete trauma assessment and treatment, a complete medical assessment and...
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    Science in the Summer

    CowboyMedic replied to Grindaholic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    12 weeks shouldn't be so bad for both of those classes. Most Fall and Spring semesters are 16-17 weeks. I'm handling A&P, Microbiology, and Pharmacology at the same time this semester. It can be...