http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog All things to do with Nurse Anesthesia Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:51:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Fall is here and a new class start their didactic schedule.  This season is a break for the clinical faculty here at the USC program of anesthesia.  The senior students are for the most part off doing advanced rotations such as cardiac or neuro surgery with Staff Anesthesiology in ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/09/06/fall-lecture-series/ Today I will submit two letters that I have received in this last month. The subject of "desire" has come up frequently in those that have written and has caught fire as it were. The idea that a candidate must have a certain, "Fire in the belly" as coined ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/05/21/do-you-have-the-fire-in-the-belly/ Last Friday we were privileged to have several student nurses visit us from the California State University at Long Beach. Friday's is our conference day with a late start in the operating rooms. This week's presentation featured a couple of Residents presenting poster boards in preparation for their ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/04/06/student-nurses-visit-the-or/ This past week I had the privilege to participate in candidate interviews for our Nurse Anesthesia Program here at the University of Southern California housed in the Keck School of Medicine program. Beginning this process started with reading through long dossiers from each of the candidates including transcript records and ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/ Recently I have been in contact with Heather Wilson of Peer Assitance Fame, a National Speaker of Note and good friend. I asked her to send something for the web site and she chose to discuss a little Q and A. Here it is and if any one ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2007/05/25/peer-assistance/ For the senior class members that will be graduating soon, board preparation is on everyones mind or else it should be. I have been doing a little searching around the web for resources for the nurse anesthetist board candidate and found a couple of interesting web sites. Listing ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2007/02/25/resources-for-board-prep/ One of the pleasures that I have today is to work with really great people. One of those individuals is Jim Carey who just happens to be the Vice-President of the California Association of Nurse Anesthetists (CANA). Jim has revamped his pediatric reference sheet and I ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2007/02/24/jims-pediatric-sheet-update/ I just found a link to an on line review course that publishes on line an anesthesia Question Of The Day.  The course at Core Concepts Anesthesia Review is something that I am going to check out in the near future. Enjoy! http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2007/02/19/anesthesia-question-of-the-day/ The longer I am exposed to the great anesthesia practitioners the more respect I have for what we do in the OR. I feel so privileged to be where I am today with the opportunity to do anesthesia and to teach - I am really blown away every day. ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2007/02/19/there-i-said-it-tells-all/ Well - it's been several months now since passing boards and vacation time is over. Since November 1st 2006 the gainful employment thing has been happening in full stride. I could not be happier as a nurse anesthetist! All of the hard work and struggle is worth ... http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2007/02/19/get-to-work-old-man/