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Had an awesome time guest speaking on @lifeinscrub Had an awesome time guest speaking on @lifeinscrubspodcast ! This episode is jam-packed of all things CRNA school: πŸ“πŸ“š
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πŸ’‰ My story & work experience prior to applying. 
πŸ’Š What ICU experience do I need?
🩺 What do CRNAs really do?
πŸ₯ Basic admission requirements. 
πŸ’‰ How to make your resume unlike ALL the others in a sea of qualified applicants.
πŸ’Š Straight up advice. 
🩺 Study schedule & can you work while in school?
πŸ₯My financial story. 
πŸ’‰ What did they ask me in my interview?
😷 My biggest tip for those who want to become a CRNA.
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I’ve linked the episode in my stories & it’s episode 16 on @lifeinscrubspodcast ! 🩺 After you listen you can ask any questions here & give me your feedback! πŸ–€
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A common question I get often, so here’s some of my study methods!

Probably the #1 question I get is what app I have on my iPad to take notes. 

But first the iPad sitch: 
YOU DO NOT NEED THE FANCIEST IPAD. 
I did a bunch of research and decided the base level iPad is absolutely FINE. If you are buying an iPad for school you are buying an iPad for SCHOOL. All you need is a note taking app and a few others on there, no need for fancy anything. You’re broke enough. 

I bought my iPad for about $330 and the Apple Pencil 1 (again, don’t need anything fancy that costs extra πŸ’Έ). I have a lot of people ask me about this so if you’re curious which one I have just comment below and I can dm you the link.

I use the app β€œnotability” to take notes. 
I can add the power-points to my iPad before class, and then take my own notes on them in class via my apple pencil.

Next lies my trusty whiteboard. My desk faces my whiteboard. I sit at my desk for hours every single day. I use my whiteboard in two kinds of ways, active and passive. 

When there is a suuuper difficult concept I try to draw it out. I try & put together an entire chapter/lecture/concept in one place. This is the part that takes forever. Because this is the LEARNING part. You learn as you tie everything all together in relationship with one another and once you understand that? You’ve learned the material. The next part is just maintaining and memorizing that understanding. 🧠

There comes the passive part. I leave my big drawing up on my whiteboard for days. While I could be working on something else, my whiteboard is always in direct view and I look at it often. Eventually it becomes so familiar I can β€œsee” the entire drawing in my head as I’m taking my test. 

More to come if you guys are interested! What study tipz do you use? πŸ“
ππŽπ‘πŒπ€π‹ 𝐋𝐀𝐁 𝐕𝐀𝐋 ππŽπ‘πŒπ€π‹ 𝐋𝐀𝐁 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐒 πŸ§ͺπŸ’‰πŸ©Έ save for reference! πŸ“₯⁣
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Celebrating spring break & one more quarter of cla Celebrating spring break & one more quarter of classroom education, then it’s off to residency! 🌴🌴🌴

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Happy Valentine’s πŸ–€ I love you more than yest Happy Valentine’s πŸ–€ I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow πŸ₯€
Happy #CRNAWeek ! To celebrate, here’s a gift fr Happy #CRNAWeek ! To celebrate, here’s a gift from me & @dnamasks 😷

Be one of the first to snag their new anesthesia bag collection! The winner will receive 1 tote bag, glam bag, & fanny! 

Here’s how to enter:

1. LIKE & SAVE this post!

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3. TAG 2 people that would love these bags! 

4. For a BONUS entry, I’d love to hear your anesthesia story, where you work/what department, or are you an SRNA and where are you in your program? πŸ“š
You can also share this post to your story tagging @dnamasks - (we can only see public story entries πŸ‘πŸΌ

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Tryna’ find which way is up πŸ™ƒ With this ultra Tryna’ find which way is up πŸ™ƒ With this ultrasound, and Crna School in its entirety πŸ“š Happy #CRNAWeek !

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HAPPY #CRNAWEEK ! 😷🩺🫁 Even though I am 1 HAPPY #CRNAWEEK ! 😷🩺🫁

Even though I am 18 months away from becoming a CRNA (😳) I am excited for what this career holds for me! This semester has been crazy, I feel like I say that every time, but somehow it really does keep getting harder as we go πŸ˜‚

This quarter we have been doing lots of cool things in our sim lab:
-Central & arterial line placements
-Epidurals & Spinals
-Ultrasound
-High fidelity mannequin simulations

And somehow I start my clinical residency in 5 months 😳 I’ve already gotten my first assignment that I’ll tell you guys all about really soon! Any CRNAs or SRNAs celebrating this week? πŸŽ‰

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For those who have been struggling with staying se For those who have been struggling with staying serious about COVID, wearing a mask, limiting gatherings, then this is for you. I’ve seen this trending, and it’s to show awareness of how COVID has affected so many people. 
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I’ve talked to lots of my coworkers, and we can all agree that it’s hard for people to believe in something unless they have been affected by it. The goal of this post is to visually represent everyone that has been affected by this virus.
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Post the hearts that relate to you:
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❀️ Lost a loved one or friend to COVID.
🧑 Know someone who has lost a loved one or friend to COVID. 
πŸ’› Have taken care of a patient with COVID.
πŸ’š Have personally suffered from COVID. 
πŸ’™ Have a loved one or friend who has suffered from COVID.
πŸ’œ Have been an essential worker on the frontlines of this pandemic.
🀍 Have had a loved one, friend, or personally lost a job due to COVID. 
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What’s yours? Comment below and share, or repost to see how your followers have been impacted too. πŸ’•
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April is Donate Life Month

April 20, 2017April 26, 2017

Alright alright. Not the most uplifting topic, I know. But it can be. And I want to educate you on the importance and relevance of this topic, as well as encourage discussion between your family on the topic of…organ donation. Before you stop reading, PLEASE just hear me out. I understand this is a topic that most people don’t like to think about. But, it can be even more difficult when you’re faced with a decision down the road that you haven’t put any thought into. I have a lot of experience seeing this decision emotionally destroy families because it was something they had never talked about. And because of the lack of conversations about organ donation, thousands of lives are lost that could have been saved.

Lets start with some stats. More than 119,000 Americans are waiting for a life-saving transplant. Every ten minutes, someone is added to this list. And unfortunately, 8000 Americans a year (22/day) die waiting for a transplant. About 54% of Americans are registered organ donors. We need that percentage to go up. Are you in that 54%?

So here comes the truth. YOU….die. Yes, its true. You actually will die. Very weird to think about, I know. But it happens, and it happens to every one of us. Sometimes it will happen young, hopefully it happens when we’re older. But that’s not our decision to make. What is our decision, is what we do with our bodies after death, and how we choose to manage our bodies when we are hospitalized.

 

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My hospital lights up in pretty blue and green lights for the month of April, in honor of Donate Life month πŸ™‚

 

As an ICU nurse, I see death a lot. It’s never easy, and it’s always hard to comfort families during this difficult time. One thing you can do now to decrease that stress is to have a conversation about your end-of-life preferences. One of the biggest issues families face when a family member is dying, is that they never talked about what their preferences were. This is a conversation that should happen in the home, not in the ICU.

You think – Oh, I’ll just talk about those issues when the time comes. Well guess what. Majority of the time, nobody knows when they’re going to get sick! Or hit by a car. Or have a heart attack. Or fall off a cliff (cough). And if you’re unable to speak? Does your family know what you would want in that situation? Are you comfortable with a ventilator helping you breathe, a feeding tube in your stomach? CPR? (which FYI = hard chest compressions possibly breaking ribs and causing more complications if you survive). This is TOUGH STUFF! Stuff that no one normally thinks about. You need to contemplate what you would want if you do end up that sick. And if you don’t make it. I’m really not trying to scare you, I just want you to be able to make that choice, so your family doesn’t have to.

Okay, so if you’re still with me here…I promise it’s going to get more positive! I am writing this post as National Healthcare Decisions Week is April 16-22, in addition to Donate Life month being April. One more stat: 90% of people agree that discussing end-of-life decisions with family is important. 27% have actually done so. That means that 73% of people are leaving a major decision up in the air; which is so distressing to family members when the doctor asks them: “what would they have wanted?” And unfortunately, when family doesn’t know the patient’s choices, they usually opt out of organ donation, which could give life to others who do not have the diagnosis to survive without it.

Here’s some organ donation info:

  • ANYONE can potentially be an organ donor. It depends on your diagnosis and medical history at the time. Don’t let any past medical history keep you from registering. Register, and the physicians will decide at the appropriate time.
  • All major religions support organ donation as a compassionate choice.
  • Organ donation is free to the donor.
  • You can still have an open casket funeral.
  • Donation is only considered AFTER brain death is declared. A lot of people worry that your medical care will be different if you are a registered donor. Your life is the number one priority of medical staff when you are a patient. They will do everything and anything they can to keep you alive, registered donor or not. The conversation to donate is only an option and brought up AFTER you have been declared brain dead, which is irreversible. Nobody will give up on you just so they can get your organs. It’s not like that at all.

I hope all of my readers out there live long, happy and healthy lives. The truth is, all of us will die eventually. Do you want to just die, or live on through the most generous gift of all? Register to be a donor, and save up to 8 lives.

REGISTER HEREΒ and watch this adorable video below.

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Had an awesome time guest speaking on @lifeinscrub Had an awesome time guest speaking on @lifeinscrubspodcast ! This episode is jam-packed of all things CRNA school: πŸ“πŸ“š
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
πŸ’‰ My story & work experience prior to applying. 
πŸ’Š What ICU experience do I need?
🩺 What do CRNAs really do?
πŸ₯ Basic admission requirements. 
πŸ’‰ How to make your resume unlike ALL the others in a sea of qualified applicants.
πŸ’Š Straight up advice. 
🩺 Study schedule & can you work while in school?
πŸ₯My financial story. 
πŸ’‰ What did they ask me in my interview?
😷 My biggest tip for those who want to become a CRNA.
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
I’ve linked the episode in my stories & it’s episode 16 on @lifeinscrubspodcast ! 🩺 After you listen you can ask any questions here & give me your feedback! πŸ–€
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#futurecrna #crnaschool #srna #srnalife #srnaproblems #srnatocrna #anesthesiaschool #anesthesiaschoolproblems #nursingschoolproblems #icunurses #icunurse #nursetobe #anesthesiaresident #anesthesialife
STUDY TIPZ πŸ“šπŸ“Œ πŸ™‡πŸ»β€β™€οΈ A common qu STUDY TIPZ πŸ“šπŸ“Œ πŸ™‡πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

A common question I get often, so here’s some of my study methods!

Probably the #1 question I get is what app I have on my iPad to take notes. 

But first the iPad sitch: 
YOU DO NOT NEED THE FANCIEST IPAD. 
I did a bunch of research and decided the base level iPad is absolutely FINE. If you are buying an iPad for school you are buying an iPad for SCHOOL. All you need is a note taking app and a few others on there, no need for fancy anything. You’re broke enough. 

I bought my iPad for about $330 and the Apple Pencil 1 (again, don’t need anything fancy that costs extra πŸ’Έ). I have a lot of people ask me about this so if you’re curious which one I have just comment below and I can dm you the link.

I use the app β€œnotability” to take notes. 
I can add the power-points to my iPad before class, and then take my own notes on them in class via my apple pencil.

Next lies my trusty whiteboard. My desk faces my whiteboard. I sit at my desk for hours every single day. I use my whiteboard in two kinds of ways, active and passive. 

When there is a suuuper difficult concept I try to draw it out. I try & put together an entire chapter/lecture/concept in one place. This is the part that takes forever. Because this is the LEARNING part. You learn as you tie everything all together in relationship with one another and once you understand that? You’ve learned the material. The next part is just maintaining and memorizing that understanding. 🧠

There comes the passive part. I leave my big drawing up on my whiteboard for days. While I could be working on something else, my whiteboard is always in direct view and I look at it often. Eventually it becomes so familiar I can β€œsee” the entire drawing in my head as I’m taking my test. 

More to come if you guys are interested! What study tipz do you use? πŸ“
ππŽπ‘πŒπ€π‹ 𝐋𝐀𝐁 𝐕𝐀𝐋 ππŽπ‘πŒπ€π‹ 𝐋𝐀𝐁 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐒 πŸ§ͺπŸ’‰πŸ©Έ save for reference! πŸ“₯⁣
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Celebrating spring break & one more quarter of cla Celebrating spring break & one more quarter of classroom education, then it’s off to residency! 🌴🌴🌴

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