wtbcrna MSN, DNP, CRNA

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    The USAF is now taking direct civilian to SRNA applicants

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

    Look through the faculty list at USUHS GSN department and contact LtCol Alan Todd. He can give updates if they are still accepting applicants. It isn't unusual for the military programs to extend the...
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    The USAF is now taking direct civilian to SRNA applicants

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

    My understanding is this is for the class starting next year. The requirements are listed for the school on their website. Graduate School of Nursing- Uniformed Services University Then you also...
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    The USAF is now taking direct civilian to SRNA applicants

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

    Up until now only Active Duty USAF nurses could apply to the USAF/AFIT/USUHS CRNA program. This is a change that allows civilian ICU nurses to apply and come directly into the USAF and goto the USUHS...
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    The USAF is now taking direct civilian to SRNA applicants

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

    You would have to contact a health services recruiter to find out. I don't think a lot of qualified applicants apply for HPSP though, but I am not
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    The USAF is now taking direct civilian to SRNA applicants

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

    You could apply and see what happens, but I wouldn't give up the civilian school offer until you were absolutely sure everything was done and you got into USUHS and the USAF. You could also apply for...
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    Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    wtbcrna replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    JWK prove it... AAs do nothing to improve patient care. AAs were invented to try to control CRNA practice. AAs are nothing more than a political tool. AAs cannot function independently and cannot...
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    Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    wtbcrna replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Jay's piece wasn't from the AANA. That was his personal piece. Yes, there are many instances where the ASA uses half-truths and lies to make their points while trying to maintain their monopoly on...
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    Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    wtbcrna replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Puppies and Kittens you have been posting a whole 2 days on here, and have made several posts in the CRNA forum. There is an obvious reason why people are having a hard to believing your credibility...
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    Stress dosing in adrenally insufficient patients substantially exceed requirements

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Sep;98(9):3687-93. doi: 10.1210/jc.2013-2148. Epub 2013 Jul 16. [h=1]Cortisol response to operative stress with anesthesia in healthy children.[/h] Taylor LK, Auchus RJ,...
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    A new reversal for neuromuscular blockers

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anesthesiology. 2013 Aug;119(2):317-25. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182910213. [h=1]Calabadion: A new agent to reverse the effects of benzylisoquinoline and steroidal neuromuscular-blocking agents.[/h]...
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    High intraoperative O2 decreases SSIs and PONV

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anesthesiology. 2013 Aug;119(2):303-16. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31829aaff4. [h=1]Effect of intraoperative high inspired oxygen fraction on surgical site infection, postoperative nausea and vomiting,...
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    LMA Package Insert Key Evidence In Anesthesia Malpractice Case

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "In a Connecticut courtroom a manufacturer's package insert for a laryngeal mask airway became a key piece of evidence in a medical malpractice lawsuit. When a medical malpractice lawsuit is brought...
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    European Body Calls for Halt to Marketing of Hydroxyethyl Starch

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A committee of the European Medicines Agency has called for a suspension of the marketing of infusible hydroxyethyl starch (HES), concluding that the clinical benefits of the products "no longer...
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    New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    The problem isn't using potassium or pancoronium. It is what are you are going to use to induce general anesthesia that is always being
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    New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    It is not that Versed is cruel and unusual punishment, but that is the defense that lawyers will use to delay capital punishment. It is just legal nonsense that causes taxpayers untold amounts money...
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    New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    Morificeko, I was just joking with you about the BIS. I still don't like it though...lol In all seriousness though we cannot use the BIS monitor on capital punishment prisoners for a couple of...
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    New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    It is almost exactly why STP stopped being produced. STP production was moved to a foreign country that did not allow capital punishment, and that country stated it would sue the manufacture of STP if...
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    New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    Propofol Lethal Injections Blocked as Teva and Hospira Re-Enter Market BIS does not work. BIS has been proven not to show any difference in anesthetic awareness, and it doesn't even measure the...
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    New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

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

    Versed can be used for induction of general anesthesia. We typically do not use Versed that way anymore, but Versed is an acceptable and well documented way to induce general anesthesia. The prison...
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    An Analysis of the Safety of Epidural and Spinal Neuraxial Anesthesia

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    [h=2]An Analysis of the Safety of Epidural and Spinal Neuraxial Anesthesia in More Than 100,000 Consecutive Major Lower Extremity Joint Replacements[/h][h=3]Pumberger, Matthias MD; Memtsoudis, Stavros...
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    High PT, Low INR

    wtbcrna replied to Stephalump's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Lab is wnl/slightly elevated. The patient may have slight risk of bleeding, but the risk of embolism would be decreased not increased. http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/clinical/coag/PT%20INR.pdf Normal...
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    Good candidate or not?

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

    Apply, the worst that can happen is the school tells you no and you apply again in a year. Your stats are good so far you shouldn't have a problem getting into school, but you should at least apply...
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    Non-nursing major to CRNA vs. Pre-Med

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

    Just FYI: 1. AAs can only work in some states. AAs must always work in an ACT practice under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. CRNAs work in every state and can work independently without...
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    Nursing and then medical school?

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

    My schedule is typical military M-F with call. We work 0630-1530 in the OR ( extra duties are squeezed in after hours or whenever between cases), and call is split evenly between the CRNAs and...
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    Nursing and then medical school?

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

    Yep, and you still work the same shift as the anesthesiologists there. I work in the hospital and a surgery center part-time ( completely off subject here). I like the efficiency and fast turn overs...