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I started out as a new grad ADN in Surgical/Trauma ICU of a regional level 1 trauma center. CVRU did not hire new grads as a policy. After one year, I transferred to CVICU and worked for 8 months before being accepted to 3 CRNA programs (I am in the ...

This helped me: Positive charges are oriented toward the outer surface of the membrane and negative charges are oriented toward the inner surface of the membrane. The lipid bilayer acts as a barrier to diffusion of ions; nongated channels allow sele...

TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course. Required for all new ANC Nurses. http://www.ena.org/catn_enpc_tncc/tncc/ You will do it at a local hospital downtown over the weekend, which is why it is better if you already have it when you get here for OBC. Ol'...

Typical day/week in the program: OBC: This program is elvolving constantly so even though I just finished 2 cycles ago, my information may not be accurate. You will inprocess for a couple of weeks. PT is 3 days per week at 0530 with ability groups af...

We just took our final in stats yesterday. My advice is learn the principles, names of tests and application of same, and interpretation of results of the tests, but don't worry at all about learning the formulas unless you just want to know them. We...

Dude.... Obviously the free time is not that reduced or you would not be surfing allnurses and posting your stinky opinion. Brownie "ENJOY YOUR FAMILY WHIILE YOU CAN. Once school starts your free time is GREATLY reduced."

I was invited for an interview to both schools last year. I ended up in the Army program in Texas at Ft. Sam Houston. I am in my 3rd month of school right now. So...for Mercer I can't be much help other than what my app looked like as I did not actu...

Congrats to both of you. I am in the program with Sandman right now. We are through our first 3 months of phase I right now. I second his sentiment that we will be glad to see you guys show up as that means we will be moving on to phase II. I was a ...

I say yes it will be harder and take longer. There are waivers for almost everything in the Army, including the 2 years time on station requirement, but that does not mean the command will give you one. You are taking a gamble of having to wait longe...

1 year Surgical / Trauma ICU, 8 months Cardiovascular Recovery. Total time as an RN 1 year 8 months.

I am also a civilian applicant (with prior enlisted service) starting the June class. Your local healthcare recruiter wants you to sign up as a nurse.period. They have pressure on them for numbers which is what you are right now. Decide what you want...

I've had a great 2 weeks! Have applied to 5 programs. I've been invited to interviews scheduled in January for UNCC (Charlotte, NC), and MUSC (Charleston, SC). 2 schools in GA are still pending. I have also been accepted into the US Army Graduate Pr...

Sounds like some good motivation for me not to flunk out, quit, or otherwise fail to complete the rigorous Army program. I was an active duty army medic in the past and saw this same thing in my enlisted training. Soldiers unable to meet the standar...

You can apply as a civilian to the active duty program. If accepted you will transition onto active duty to attend school. The training is conducted by the Army but the degree is issued by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Phase I...

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I was working in a SICU in a large teaching regional med center where the Trauma team was putting in less and less PA caths and only using Dopamine and Levophed. I got maybe 5 PA caths my first year with the same mentality in assigning most sick pt's...

Best of luck. Be safe and thank you for serving.

First, I don't know if any papers where this has been studied. Probably because the researchers were deployed and their studies kept getting interupted. The answer to your question depends on many variables. AD or reservist? Approved by the military...

I am one of the supplemental board applicants. I barely made the deadlines. I applied to UTHSCH by the Nov 14 deadline, but Dr. Lester (Program Director) told me they would notify me by mail as to my acceptance or rejection. My Accessions packet was ...

Alex, I started out my medical career as an EMT in the military first and then as a civialian when I got out and decided to go to nursing school. I am in the CRNA application process right now. I went the Associate Degree RN to BSN route first. If y...

If a patient recieves lots of fluids and then a low Hbg is resulted without clinical s/s of bleeding it is often blamed on hemodilution...How does this work? It seems like hemodilution should effect Hct and not Hbg. Any ideas?

I'm a CV ICU RN / CRNA wannabee with prior service. Careful with that line of thinking. I served in the Army (active duty enlisted/not CRNA) under the clinton administration. Clinton deployed U.S. Forces more than any other president in U.S. History...

Can you tell us what the pro-pay is now for CRNA both under ADSO and what is goes to when you are done paying back your time? I read an article on the aana site that said it was 15,000 for a 1 year and 40,000 for a 4 year commit. Can you give us some...

I could have used this info last year. I attempted to apply this year, but my graduation date from my ADN to BSN program was several days after the deadline with not enough time for a waiver. I also had some trouble getting accurate information from ...