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There was a day at clinical way back when I was in There was a day at clinical way back when I was in nursing school 10 years ago. It’s funny how some of the simplest of conversations you remember forever. 

My preceptor asked me how I liked my coffee, and scared and passive little me mumbled “oh, however…”

She looked at me and told me, “Always know what you want. So how do you like your coffee?”

Black I said. 

Always know what you want. ☕️

#nursingschoolproblems #crnaschool #srna #anesthesiaschool #anesthesia #nursingschoolprobs #futurenurse #futurenurses #registerednurse #registerednurses #bsnrn #icunurse #icunurses #nurseanesthesia #nurseanesthetist
Precedex Education! 💉⁣ We love precedex in th Precedex Education! 💉⁣
We love precedex in the OR, but I didn’t so much in the ICU 😂 ⁣
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Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀 3 mo Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀
3 more months until graduation!! 🎓👩🏻‍🎓
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⏰ 2,200 hours of clinical experience down and some more to go BUT
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The countdown begins 🎉
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I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with your friend cause you will end up dying from laughter at each other the entire time. 🫀💉 @ed.tee 
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PROPOFOL FACTS🤍😴💤 Did you know the last 2 PROPOFOL FACTS🤍😴💤
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Nurse Anesthetist loaaaaadingggggg… ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Nurse Anesthetist loaaaaadingggggg…
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4.5 months til’ the title!! 🎓
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I thought I’d be all coordinated and wear this c I thought I’d be all coordinated and wear this cap for dental cases, then the OR nurse asked me if there were butt cracks on my cap & now I’ll never unsee it 😂 🍑 looks like this is my new endo cap 💩

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I’ve been seeing so many versions of what happen I’ve been seeing so many versions of what happened with #radondavaught that me & my roommate found the official court documents & photo evidence for those who are interested in what happened in the words of RaDonda herself. In general, don’t ever trust what comments you read on social media, & read the facts before forming your opinion, regardless of what stance you take. This is an unfortunate circumstance for everyone involved & I am so SO ready for the nursing profession to start to feel passionate and empowered again. 😕 Swipe to read, what do you guys think?
Let’s talk about blood transfusion! 🩸⁣ ⁣ Let’s talk about blood transfusion! 🩸⁣
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𝐩𝐑𝐁𝐂𝐬 ⁣
🔴 Transfusing 1 unit of pRBCs raises Hgb ~ 1g/dL & Hct by 2-3%. This provides a good estimate of where you should be at without drawing labs.⁣
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🔴 There are 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 that increase the shelf-life of blood. ⁣
- 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞: anticoagulant. You don’t want your blood clotting in the bag! It inhibits calcium. Keep this in mind if giving multiple units, could lead to hypocalcemia. ⁣
- 𝐃𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞: substrate for glycolysis for energy (ATP). This prevents the RBC from using the oxygen they’re transporting to the tissues. ⁣
- 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞: a buffer that prevents acidosis⁣
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🔴 Although these additives are great to prolong banked blood, they also come with consequences the longer the blood sits there. ⁣
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𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 include:⁣
- ↓ 𝐩𝐇 = ↑ lactic acid = bad⁣
- ↑ 𝐊 (keep in mind for renal fail pts). Hyperkalemia can result from an impaired RBC cell membrane that happens with stored blood, causing K to leak out. ⁣
- ↓ 𝟐,𝟑 𝐃𝐏𝐆 = ↓O2 release to the tissues. Which is the whole point of RBCs right. To deliver oxygen to the body. This is why with ECMO patients we used to ask blood bank for our blood to be <10 days old, to get the max benefit for these sick hypoxic patients. ⁣
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🔴What does 𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 mean? You’ll see this a lot on your blood bags. Leuko = WBC, reduced. This reduces/removes WBCs from pRBCs. This decreases the risk of febrile transfusion reactions & other adverse effects. ⁣
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It was a cool day. I remember the first time an an It was a cool day. I remember the first time an anesthesiologist went to intubate and he let me peek at the vocal cords when I was 15. I fell in love with anesthesia that day. 

Early on in clinical, I would think of that moment sometimes & wonder how he was able to do that so gracefully. I remember being so overwhelmed with intubating - how was he able to keep that perfect view for so long and so casually? I felt like I had seconds before I would lose my view and struggle to find it again. I felt like that would never be me and that I was a failure. 

I remember being asked by preceptors to explain each step of what I was doing during induction, and how my mind would literally black out cause I was trying so hard to focus on the tasks. How could they expect me to say everything out loud and the rationale plus answer their questions during such a critical moment? 

Today there were 2 nursing students shadowing in the OR, & my preceptor told me to explain everything I was doing & then I did. And when I went to intubate I got my view & asked them both if they wanted to see & then they did. And idk if I’m emotional because I’ve had 3 hours of sleep or cause that was just kinda cool because I finally felt competent enough to do what that MD did 15 years ago but yeah it was a good day.

Sassy Anesthesia

Wedding

Vegas Bachelorette

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

I decided on the oh-so-typical location for my bachelorette party – Las Vegas. This was for several reasons, one being the rising cost of bachelorette parties these days being absolutely ridiculous. Vegas can be relatively affordable for a group of girls. And two, I didn’t want to have to plan activities and make a schedule in addition to planning a very detailed and annoyingly extra bachelorette. I’ll keep this short and sweet – I just wanted to share some decor, gifts, outfits, and some aesthetic inspo.

I booked us two rooms at The Cosmopolitan Hotel – the “wraparound terrace fountain view suite,” and then the additional “terrace 1 bedroom with fountain view”. This way, we were able to conjoin all the rooms and be together and comfortable in a larger group. The view was absolutely worth the price!

 

 

For the weekend’s vibe, I wanted to theme it classic Las Vegas (obviously), with light pink, silver and iridescent accents. I was able to find a lot of budget-friendly decor from Walmart for streamers, balloons, helium tanks, plates etc, and then also splurged on a few super cute and trendy pieces from Etsy and Party City. I’ll link everything as I go!

 

Dollar tree picture frames, pink poker chips and dice from Amazon.

 

 

 

I did a themed candy bar with pink treats and these super awesome custom M&Ms my MOH ordered for me! I went to the dollar tree to get the various glass containers and then found the cute giant martini glass from Hobby Lobby! Hobby Lobby has soooo many different types of glassware you can use for any event, and it’s even better when they have them 50% off. Plan in advance so you can wait out their sales that change every week, you’ll save a crap-ton of money!

 

 

I had a hangover station set up cause let’s be real. Vegas is no joke. We included Tums, pedialyte, OTC nauzene, pepto-bismol, band-aids (super handy for heel blisters), bobby pins, gum, hair ties, Tide To-Go pen, and individually packaged makeup remover wipes.

On the contrary, here’s the drink bar in the kitchen. I wanted the drinks/mixers to go with my aesthetic so I bought pink La Croix, light pink Cranberry juice, pink margarita mix, pink lemonade, pink energy drinks (I know I’m so annoying). But then had to have Veuve so that threw off my scheme a bit. Damnit champagne why do you have to be so good?

 

 

My MOH came up with the cutest idea to have a cotton candy prosecco set-up you can see below. Then I found this local custom cookie decorator, and I had her design the freaking cutest cookies ever to go along with my color scheme. Also these cookies taste SO GOOD like you know normally cookies this beautiful never taste good well, these do. You can pick them up in Vegas or have them delivered to you for a charge. Click here to check out her website.

 

 

Next I put together super cute tote bags for each girl as a thank you. They turned out amazing! The seller was super awesome too, I was OCD and wanted my name to be in pink inside of red, so she helped me customize the bag. Inside, I put in a weekend itinerary, face mask, hand sanitizer, coordinating pink pedialyte, mascara, and a kylie lip kit. Also how cute is this custom Mrs bag?! I ordered this off of Etsy and it’s cheap! I linked everything below.

Tote bags

Itinerary

White Mrs bag

 

 

Okay so night 1. I themed this as pink night which everyone hated me for but its okay. Everyone ended up looking super cute whether they’ll admit to it or not. I got a cute bridal veil to wear, linked here, and I wore hot pink Kendra Scott earrings to match my girls.

 

 

We look so good right. Here’s the secret. Ring light baby. Hotel rooms are dark and annoying for photos. I brought my ring light and our pics turned out amazingggg. All my friends loved it. I linked one here.

 

Here’s the view from our balcony.

 

Day 2. Pool party day. We ended up going to the pool party at the Cosmo (Marquee) cause I didn’t want it to be difficult for people to go back to the room if they were done…so glad I did this cause some of us ended up leaving early just to chill at the hotel room before going out again that night. I didn’t want my group getting too split up/lost in Vegas if we had gone to another day club. We all wore coordinating bathing suits which turned out so freaking cute. My recommendation for any Vegas pool party is to GO EARLY. Like 10am early. We got there a little late and by that point it was super full and hard to find a table. Bachelorette parties can be hard to accommodate since the group is so big and uh, they can tell you’re not interested in the single guys no more. I also designed a snapchat geotag beforehand and I had this available at the pool party. SO FUN. And then my sister picked the most awkward photo of my husband and made it into an obnoxiously giant face sign which was quite the hit.

 

 

That night we had sequin night. We got so many compliments from everyone on how cute we looked! Such a cute Vegas vibe.

 

 

The morning after we wore these super cute t-shirts to our hangover brunch before we all took off home. Mine said “Wife of the Party” and the girls’ all said “The Party.” I’ll link them here.

 

 

Another detail I included but not pictured:

Vegas before Vows banner

 

Well that’s it! I hope this was helpful to you if you’re planning a bachelorette party in Vegas!

 

 

 

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There was a day at clinical way back when I was in There was a day at clinical way back when I was in nursing school 10 years ago. It’s funny how some of the simplest of conversations you remember forever. 

My preceptor asked me how I liked my coffee, and scared and passive little me mumbled “oh, however…”

She looked at me and told me, “Always know what you want. So how do you like your coffee?”

Black I said. 

Always know what you want. ☕️

#nursingschoolproblems #crnaschool #srna #anesthesiaschool #anesthesia #nursingschoolprobs #futurenurse #futurenurses #registerednurse #registerednurses #bsnrn #icunurse #icunurses #nurseanesthesia #nurseanesthetist
Precedex Education! 💉⁣ We love precedex in th Precedex Education! 💉⁣
We love precedex in the OR, but I didn’t so much in the ICU 😂 ⁣
Who’s a fan and who’s not?⁣ & save this post for reference!
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#crnaschool #anesthesia #anesthesiaeducation #icunursing #icu #icunurse #icurn #crna #srna #srnalife #srnaprobs #futurecrna #nurseanesthetist #nurseanesthesiologist #anesthesiology #nursingschooleducation #nursingeducation⁣
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Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀 3 mo Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀
3 more months until graduation!! 🎓👩🏻‍🎓
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⏰ 2,200 hours of clinical experience down and some more to go BUT
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The countdown begins 🎉
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#crna #srna #srnalife #srnaproblems #nurseanesthesia #nurseanesthetist #nurseanesthesiologist #anesthesiology #nurseanesthesiology #futurecrna #srnatocrna #nurseblog #icurn #crnaweek #nurseanesthesia #crna #crnaschool #srnatocrna #nurseanesthetists
I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with your friend cause you will end up dying from laughter at each other the entire time. 🫀💉 @ed.tee 
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#crnaschool #arewedoneyet #futurecrna #futurecrnas #srna #srnalife #srnaprobs #srnaproblems #nurseanesthesia #nursesweek2022 #nursesweek #anesthesia #aneathesiaschool #nurseanesthetist #nurseanesthesiologist #operatingroom #scrublife
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