wtbcrna MSN, DNP, CRNA

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    Air Force Nursing Corps

    wtbcrna replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    1. HPSP is the program that let you attend graduate school full time in the IRR. You would owe a minimum of 3 years. It would not really be worth it for someone that only has 1.5 years left since the...
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    Air Force Nursing Corps

    wtbcrna replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    The AF may or may not let you work as an FNP, if you finish your FNP and come in as certified FNP per your contract/identifier then you will probably be slotted to work as an FNP. Without that on your...
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    No More Glass in Your Fingers: Filter Needle Trick of the Trade

    wtbcrna replied to EMdruggist's topic in Nursing News

    I haven't broke when in a few years. I probably now jinxed myself. The easiest way I was shown is to hold vial at arms length and then break the top by pulling you opposite hand towards you. It keeps...
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    CRNA After Discipline

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

    You need to be open and honest with the program directors and provide documentation. He or she will likely want to know the facts, what you learned from your mistake, how you corrected it, and what is...
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    To Float a Swan

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

    Yes, placing pulmonary artery catheter/swan is within the CRNA scope of practice. Everything to do with anesthesia is within a CRNA scope of practice. I just placed a swan not to long
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    CRNA After Discipline

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

    It depends on the circumstances, but anesthesia has a high rate of drug addiction so schools are going to be leary of any kind of drug diversion history. You should email the program director at a...
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    CRNA certification after DNP?

    wtbcrna replied to guest1216's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There are CRNA programs that offer a post Masters/DNP certification. You will take nearly the same amount of courses with the certification program as the traditional program and spend nearly twice as...
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    New VA Policy - CRNAs will not have full practice authority

    wtbcrna replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    There are already VA facilities with only CRNAs. There are around 100 military treatment facilities that have VA agreements where VA patients go and are treated by independent APRNs including CRNAs....
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    Interventional Radiology considered critical care experience?

    wtbcrna replied to AJ1980's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I doubt most NA schools would accept it, but it is up to each individual NA school to define critical care experience and some of the larger NA schools have been known to bend the definition to fill...
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    New VA Policy - CRNAs will not have full practice authority

    wtbcrna replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    A DNAP/DNP/PhD etc does not change an APRNs scope of practice. The requirement for a doctorate is in order to give APRNs the credit for the credit hours that are already required, and better prepare...
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    Should the title "CRNA" be rebranded?

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

    Nurses were probably the first people to give anesthesia full time. Medical students were actually some of the first people to give anesthesia, but they kept killing the patients so the surgeons...
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    CRNAs in Critical Care Medicine

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

    In general CRNAs don't work that way since NA school does not usually cover long term care of critically/acutely ill patients. MDAs spend a significant portion of their training in ICU. There is also...
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    Interventional Radiology considered critical care experience?

    wtbcrna replied to AJ1980's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It is ultimately up to each individual NA program to decide how they will define critical care
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    New VA Policy - CRNAs will not have full practice authority

    wtbcrna replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    This is my response to the reopening for comments on the VHA ruling on CRNAs. "I am writing to express my disappointment in the decision to not include giving CRNAs the independence we deserve in the...
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    Should the title "CRNA" be rebranded?

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

    The title CRNA along with many other attributes is what separates us from
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    Army CRNA Expectations

    wtbcrna replied to bscri4821's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You go through a healthcare recruiter. The program is only for active duty. You can do direct accession through the USAF for USUHS, but all the services send students to
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    Off the clock

    wtbcrna replied to JLV5646's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    CRNAs schedules are varied. You can usually work as little or as much as you want with the caveat that you may have to move to find the job you want. Most CRNAs don't specialize. I do everything right...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think we will see more of the older CRNAs retiring that put off retirement when we were in recession. This should help offset some of the regional glut of anesthesia providers. There will continue...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't even get what you are arguing about. You first claimed that Psych NPs make comparable salaries to CRNAs, and when I posted the national average salaries for each showing that wasn't correct...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes and no. The highest paying ones are almost always 1099, but the highest salaries are often more tied to location not longer hours or no vacation. GasWork.com - Reference
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It isn't really a debate. The national salaries are what they are. CRNAs are the highest paid APRNs on average. There will always be regional differences and outliers. There are posted jobs for CRNAs...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Psych NPs average around 96k. CRNAs average around 150k before benefits and 170k with benefits
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    Define this

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

    Proper use of research is basing decisions on high quality evidence and in general that rarely applies to one study. We have a lot of dogma in anesthesia based on single studies: MP scores (...
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    Define this

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

    I understand what you are saying, but I respectfully disagree. Understanding when and how to best use research to base our practices on is the future and that is the path we are being expected to...
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    Define this

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

    What you just described is the lower tier of the pyramid of evidence. Why would a hospital/ASC or an anesthesia provider not perform valid literature review for the answers to clinical questions, if...