wtbcrna MSN, DNP, CRNA

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    Before going to CRNA school

    wtbcrna replied to edvaz90's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The 1 year critical care experience comes from Nurse Anesthesia Council of Accreditation. The NA schools have to abide by that COA mandate or risk losing their accredited status, and the student(s)...
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    Before going to CRNA school

    wtbcrna replied to edvaz90's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The prerequisite for all CRNA schools is a minimum of 1 year of critical care experience. Most CRNA schools will not consider ER as critical care
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All HCWs that took care of ebola patients are required to be monitored for at least 21 days post-exposure. "IDSA Statement on Involuntary Quarantine of Healthcare Workers Returning From Ebola-Affected...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Do you? I have a lifetime alumni access to Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) library. I basically have access to every English peer-reviewed scientific journal there is. I...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, if you actually scroll to the end of the CDC and other links you notice that the CDC link was a literature review and many of the others provided links have articles that they utilized too. You...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You really do read into things what you want don't you. He was expressing worry over getting ebola when he was discussing his pseudo-symptoms and he did not have a fever because he currently was not...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Review of Human-to-Human Transmission of Ebola Virus | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC Questions and Answers about Ebola, Pets, and Other Animals | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC Actually, it boils down...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The case did pan out. There was shown not to be a legal or scientific reason to require mandatory quarantine of asymptomatic HCWs who took care of ebola patients. Why don't you actually try to...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "Antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing" Actually as the above quote shows it was referring to antigen testing too. Diagnosis | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever |
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ebola blood testing has not shown to be accurate unless the person is symptomatic. People have also not been shown to be able to transmit ebola until they are symptomatic. It doesn't matter how much...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ebola research and the lack of science behind mandatory quarantines for asymptomatic persons exposed to ebola has already been discussed in detail on
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It would help if you actually looked up ebola blood testing or any of this other information before you started spouting misinformation. "Ebola virus is detected in blood only after onset of symptoms,...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It really bothers me that my fellow nurses don't understand basic science of public health. By your way of thinking every nurse, every HCW, and every person should be quarantined that comes into...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    wtbcrna replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kaci Hickox was never symptomatic and never had Ebola. CDC recommendations for these type of cases where HCWs have been exposed to Ebola through routine care and are not symptomatic do not include...
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    Military Nursing Questions Answered

    wtbcrna replied to navyman7's topic in Government, Military

    I am CRNA, so unfortunately I don't know a lot about the floors at WRNMC. WRNMC is the referral military hospital for all of D.C. area so you can expect a busy ER there. The last time I was here the...
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    Military Nursing Questions Answered

    wtbcrna replied to navyman7's topic in Government, Military

    I am working part-time at WRNMC while at USUHS, if you questions about WRNMC or the local area I maybe able to answer them. This is my second time being stationed
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    Drexel SRNA hopeful...

    wtbcrna replied to Beachie27's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You want to become a CRNA, but you don't have any references from a CRNA?. I just saw one applicant not get chosen for that very reason, so I think it definitely is a must. Would you apply to...
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    Drexel SRNA hopeful...

    wtbcrna replied to Beachie27's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Your stats look fine, but do you have a reference from one or more
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    MSN or DNP as CRNA?

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

    1. How do you know going into NA school, if you are going to teach or not in the future? A lot of things change after a couple years of practice. 2. The DNP/DNAP does not change a CRNA's scope of...
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    New Research In Anesthesia 3/2015

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi Everyone, I thought I would start a new research in anesthesia summary about once a month. Please, feel free to add any interesting articles that you feel are current and relevant. Penn Medicine...
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    Sad Boards

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

    I liked the Core Concepts Practice Exams. Practice Exam Package The people that made the practice exams are both question writers for the actual exam, NA instructors, and all the questions are...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    wtbcrna replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it is fixed now. I was having trouble with the
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    wtbcrna replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Immunogenicity, Safety and Tolerability of Vaccinations in Premature Infants "Abstract Infections are more common and generally more severe in neonates and young children than in older children and...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    wtbcrna replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I just noticed that andi78 has changed their screen name to
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    wtbcrna replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually, the tide is turning against anti-vaccine people. Everyone is getting tired of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks that occur d/t this anti-vaccine ideology. The only reason you think...