wtbcrna MSN, DNP, CRNA

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    CRNA vs AA?

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

    The only time AAs and CRNAs are interchangeable is when they both work in restrictive ACT environments. When you can find one study comparing outcomes of independent AAs giving comparable care to...
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    Avoiding versed?

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

    Ketamine can cause sexual dreams. You don't want to give the patient any reason to think you might be taking advantage of them d/t sexual associations with ketamine induced dreams. This happened to a...
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    Avoiding versed?

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

    You should talk to your Anesthesia provider the next time you have a procedure, but this isn't the thread to discuss
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    Avoiding versed?

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

    I understand what you are saying, and if a patient specifically asks that a certain drug not be used, like versed, then I generally won't use it, if I feel that drug is needed then I will tell them...
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    How in the name of God will I write my titles

    wtbcrna replied to MrsBelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You are right it is different topic than this
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    How in the name of God will I write my titles

    wtbcrna replied to MrsBelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The ongoing fight with physician political/professional organizations has been ongoing for over a 100 years. There is a book that outlines this ongoing problem with nurse anesthetist and the legal...
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    How in the name of God will I write my titles

    wtbcrna replied to MrsBelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    CRNA Independent Practice Map |
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    How in the name of God will I write my titles

    wtbcrna replied to MrsBelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Because it seems everything I read from you is either anti-APRN or anti-Doctorate for
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    How in the name of God will I write my titles

    wtbcrna replied to MrsBelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Do you have
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    How in the name of God will I write my titles

    wtbcrna replied to MrsBelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Would a physician that signs MD, PhD be a tool
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You really are stuck on this. It is a misnomer to actually call someone with only a Bachelors a Doctor but the title Doctor is synonymous with physicians in this country. I stated that not all...
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    While we're are waiting moderator to approve my link. I just want retire from the USAF and go back to just using my first name with patients. The military seems to think your rank is your first...
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    No every physician in the US is a physician. The degrees of most physicians in the US will be a DO or MD, but not all. "To earn the right to practice in the United States, foreign-trained doctors must...
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    No. They don't grant them another degree. They determine if the training is equivalent. We aren't really disagreeing. Use the title or not just explain who you are, which you should be doing already....
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I didn't say US Medical school graduates, but since approximately 1/4 of US physicians went to a foreign medical school and not all foreign medical schools graduate with a doctorate (England,...
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    All CRNAs are soon to be required to have doctorates for all new CRNA graduates, and not all US physicians have doctorates so your point is mute. There seems to be this myth out there that APRNS are...
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    By the way it isn't the doctorate that gives physicians the ability to practice either. They are licensed as physicians not as
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    In 20 years of practice the worst people about deceiving patients with their credentials that I have seen is interns and residents. It seems with every group of new interns and residents there always...
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    What do you prefer to be called?

    wtbcrna replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    If you believe only physicians should use the title Doctor in a clinical setting then what do you call a dentist (and there are dentists that work in the hospital and ORs), OMFS, podiatrists,...
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    FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    wtbcrna replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    The USAF is short on nurses right now so it's actually an excellent time to apply and get
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    FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    wtbcrna replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    The AF doesn't require you to attend COT, if you attended any other uniformed officer training including
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    FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    wtbcrna replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    Almost 50% of AF nurses are prior
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    FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    wtbcrna replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    Travis is in Fairfield California not Sacramento, which is a little over an hour
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    FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    wtbcrna replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    The CN actually has a set of questions they are supposed to ask. You will also do annual career counseling with your CN once in the
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    FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    wtbcrna replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    Getting the recommendation from a CN is like going up for promotion (Major and up). You either get the equivalent ranking of Do not promote/do not recommend, promote/recommend, or definitely...