chansonsrna

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1. Sleep & CRNA school

   chansonsrna replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Sleep....what is that? j/k. I have found that the body adapts to a change in sleep cycles after a short time (2 months). I have only done a couple of weeks of clinicals, but it's the very early...

2. PDA or Laptop?

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

   Would get both palm (life drive which rocks the shazba) and laptop (I have a desktop, but several of my classmates have laptops and I wish I would have purchased instead) Whatever you get, do it...

3. Compare & Contrast Please

   chansonsrna replied to cynt77's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Well i'm about one year into school, so my didactic is nearly over (less than 3 weeks till clinical starts). Well, I don't think undergrad compares to the graduate level. When I was in undergrad I...

4. Halothane induced malignant hyperthermia

   chansonsrna replied to evans_c1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I'd suggest going to mhaus.org could be helpful, are your other group members stumped as

5. Interesting OB Case

   chansonsrna replied to underdog's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Like having the clinical questions...I agree w/spinal would have to b/c need to block to T4 for C-section. Also good to blunt r/o autonomic hyperreflexia. Would also consider regional as my primary...

6. Call for Advice

   chansonsrna replied to Zinobile's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   lol, the reference to TP was my poor stab at humor, which is another thing I fear I haven't had enough time to work on while in school....I did find the john wayne tp reference hilarious...never tried...

7. Call for Advice

   chansonsrna replied to Zinobile's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I concur...I miss life, and I don't just mean luxuries (ie shows, dinner out, 2 ply TP, etc). I also miss 6-7 hours of sleep, and seeing my wife. Still wouldn't trade places with anyone in the world....

8. What you wish you would have known...

   chansonsrna replied to WakingLife's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   To the OP congrats....Well I am 9 mos into my program Mt Marty (front loaded NA program in South Dakota) Surprises....how fast the human mind assimilates information what I mean is that I could have...

9. For All SRNA's/ RRNA's

   chansonsrna replied to Nitecap's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Nitecap, Great Post!.....2nd semester in at Mount Marty College in the frozen tundra of South Dakota...I find that I just keep coming here and reading, and not contributing. I will definately make a...

10. What to know BEFORE school...

    chansonsrna replied to denverlover's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I must say about six months in now.:stone Financial aid is a must to ANYONE before becoming unemployed (the likelihood of having time to work in school is minimal at best). A good idea is to pay down...

11. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    chansonsrna replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Love this strand....though old it's amazing how the hits keep coming.... MTBFU- My toof be ****ed up (actually complaint from patient with one carrie filled tooth) Funk in the junk (use your...

12. Online video tutorials

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

    anes-thanks for your

13. Online video tutorials

    chansonsrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just curious if anyone has any links to (free) online video tutorials on CVC/Epidural/AL etc placement. Tried a site and google search without luck, didn't happen to see it in any of the links in this...

14. Saturated

    chansonsrna replied to nia_king's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Nia, I would not be terribly concerned as of yet that the market is completely saturated. What you should note is what was said "there are 2 CRNAs licensed in NC for every OR suite"....this doesn't...

15. SRNA's: Study Schedules, Sleep, Sanity?

    chansonsrna replied to Sherpa RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know this is an older post, but someone asked about study requirements in school. Started last week and now seem to understand that whole "staggering amount of information to assimilate concept."...