What does the Shadow Know?
Recently I had the chance to interview and conduct a day long orientation to a potential candidate to a Nurse Anesthetist Residency Program. Good candidates are hard to find ala May West. Some of you may know the reference. There are SRNA programs out there that like young blond inexperienced […] (Source: Nurse Anesthetist)
Source: Nurse Anesthetist - November 12, 2014 Category: Nurses Authors: David Roy Tags: Anesthesia Student Life Source Type: blogs
The Anesthesia Machine Check
Geetings to all readers that have been waiting for a new post from the Nurse Anesthetist. Today the focus on anesthesia equipment is increasing both in board review preparation and in the practicing anesthestist. I will highlight this by a short vignette from this week. This is another day in the OR with simple cases and […] (Source: Nurse Anesthetist)
Source: Nurse Anesthetist - November 9, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: David Roy Tags: General Source Type: blogs
SRNA Boot Camp
It is now April and our new Registered Student Nurse Anesthetist’s (SRNA’s) have been in the OR now since January – just a total of three months now. The progress that they have all made in the operating room really has been tremendous. To see students come into the operating room for the first time, [...] (Source: Nurse Anesthetist)
Source: Nurse Anesthetist - April 6, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: David Roy Tags: Student Life Source Type: blogs
NBCRNA Updates
There has been so much going on. One of the projects that is in the works is to get others to participate and write for the nurseanesthetist.org web site. I have invited several to submit articles that would be beneficial to the SRNA community. Here I am opening the door to others that may want to write for the web site. Our focus here has been the SRNA but we could open the window a bit and include general anesthesia topics. These ideas would also certainly be welcome reading for the potential SRNA candidate as well as those already in programs.
The reason I am writing today is to make sure everyone is aware of ...
Source: Nurse Anesthetist - February 22, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: David Tags: General Source Type: blogs
New Academic Year Thoughts
The academic year is well underway and thoughts now turn to the candidates that will be filing applications for graduate nurse anesthetists programs. For those that are thinking about or are applying this year here are a few tips from someone fresh in the mix.
Dear David,
Words cannot express the gratitude that I have for the invaluable shadow experience you presented me and all the words of encouragement you provided me. Forgive my redundancy, but thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you some more. My journey to become a CRNA started when I was just in my third semester of nursing school. During my...
Source: Nurse Anesthetist - December 29, 2012 Category: Nurses Authors: David Tags: General Student Life Source Type: blogs
