What is the most important Pathophysiology for Nurse Anesthesia?

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I found the most awesome Pathology book. Robbins Basic Pathology and it is not a difficult read(so far). I read some Cell Injury & Heart and love it so far. What chapter/systems should I give the most attention to to get the most out of my ICU experience and more prepared for CRNA school?

My guess:

Chapters 1&2 Cell Injury & Inflammation(Becsuse they are basic and foundational for all the other chapters)

3. Hemodynamic Disorders

12. Lung

10. Heart

22. Central Nervous System

6. Genetic & Pediatric Diseases (Because these types require surgery often, make sense?

How about your take?

Table of contents can be viewed here: Robbins basic pathology 9th edition

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Specializes in critical care.

Oral cavity - this one is a big deal with intubation and dysphasia.

Infection.

Hemodynamics.

The thing is, though, they are ALL connected. Liver and kidneys affect meds. Kidneys, lungs and heart are all related. Throw liver in there and you have a giant mess.

On that note, after working for 1.5 years after graduating, it's kinda funny seeing all these systems separated again, one system at a time. Ahhhh if only they were so compartmentalized.

Did you just graduate? If so, congratulations!

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Yes I've seen a few times on this forum and others to know the ans in and out. I hope I manage to do so :)

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No I'm beginning a bridge to RN this spring (hopefully). I was planning to go through Excelsior last year because it was not possible to go to a brick & mortor school but issues came up and I could not afford it anymore. Things are much better now. I have the opportunity to both go to a brick & mortor school and afford it. I'm looking forward to finally getting it done with. Thank you for your response! You actually looked at the table of contents lol

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Specializes in critical care.
No I'm beginning a bridge to RN this spring (hopefully). I was planning to go through Excelsior last year because it was not possible to go to a brick & mortor school but issues came up and I could not afford it anymore. Things are much better now. I have the opportunity to both go to a brick & mortor school and afford it. I'm looking forward to finally getting it done with. Thank you for your response! You actually looked at the table of contents lol

I did! No sense in answering without all the info! Since you're not yet in the program, then, why not pop through all of it? Wouldn't hurt to refresh before school, if it really isn't that painful to get through. God knows you'll hit them all in med/surg!

Good luck to you!

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Thank you for that!

Oh, believe me I am. The only reason I'm choosing a few to go over now is because I have to prep for the RN entrance exams. I haven't been able to put down this book so I have given into putting some time aside to read a little every day.

So basically I calculated how many chapters I can go through by February(When the 10 week Chem/Math prereqs starts) by determining how many pages I can read a day. That's why I need to prioritize and only do a few. I stupidly thought I wouldn't be able to get my LPN transcripts without my loan being paid off first or else I would have been accepted by now. Fortunately it's a rolling admissions school and I've seen other people talk about having a test date in the month before the start of the program.

If I don't get a testing date in time to be accepted for the spring start I will def go through the whole book and corresponding Saunders chapters before the Fall session in Sept! And yes I will be so excited to begin Med-Surg and apply what I learned! This book makes me feel so smart lol. But the review version which is all clinical/case questions is brutal. Maybe because I'm use to NCLEX style questions and these are USMLE. Then again I did read like only two banged my head and went back to Baby Robbins lol. Check it out if you can! Thank you!

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When I responded earlier with ANS I had assumed that you had already been accepted into CRNA school. My new advice is that you don't study for anesthesia at all right now. You have a long road ahead of you and you will learn everything you need to know in school when the time comes. CRNA school is a one day at a time kinda deal.

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Specializes in 15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU.
When I responded earlier with ANS I had assumed that you had already been accepted into CRNA school. My new advice is that you don't study for anesthesia at all right now. You have a long road ahead of you and you will learn everything you need to know in school when the time comes. CRNA school is a one day at a time kinda deal.

That's what I thought. Not even an RN yet.

This guy is waaay too ahead of himself.

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Hi I totally figured that :p. The pathology in this will be helpful for CRNA school but isn't isolated for anesthesia provider material. Pathology was learned (shallow) in LPN school, will go over again in RN school and go in deeper detail in CRNA school. I am trying to avoid learning material just to pass my tests all over again when I do the RN program. I want a solid pathology basis for my future. So that I am prepared to take advanced Pathophysiology. The pathology in this book will be seen in clinicals in RN school and in NCLEX books. It's basic (but more detail than nursing books because it is designed for med students) and every RN should know basic pathology. My Saunders comprehensive review lists key points of each system. When I read a section on heart failure in the pathology book and then go back to the Saunders I understand the Saunders better because of the foundation this book provides. I have only home care experience so most people in the program who have worked in hospitals or nursing homes may be higher on the scale for pathology knowledge as I have forgotten almost everything. So this is a prestudy for Med Surg but also I am thinking about my future in ICU nursing and will like to focus on topics that are most important for that either way it's killing two birds with one stone. I want to focus on the hardcore sciences and CCRN while working in ICU. The time for pathology is now :p

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I'm confused what is wrong with learning basic Pathology? Please explain.

I'm not asking which anesthetics do I need to know and if I did and you didn't like the question you could just not answer.

Being ahead of myself let's see... Advanced pathophysiology is learned in CRNA school... Hmm that would mean basic pathology is learned as a RN, or no? I expressed concern about shallow learning in RN school. If I listened to you I would be in bad shape trying to go over basic pathology once accepted into a CRNA program. So no I am not ahead of myself some people would call it showing initiative, determination. Qualities any nurse should have. And like I said to the other poster. I want to have a solid basis in pathology now (more solid on the topics more useful for ICU/CRNA) because once I graduate RN I will do my BSN and once I begin working I will have to focus on hard sciences and other admission requirements. There's nothing wrong with studying basic pathology.

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Specializes in critical care.

OP, you're fine. You're eager! I get that. You'll be so slammed for RN, you won't even be thinking about CRNA except to remember it's your goal. That's probably what inspired those posts. Keep calm and be awesome! [emoji5]️

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