Happy CRNA Week 2024
A lot has happened
The last two months
I moved to San Diego
Oh what joyous fun
A lot of changes
for my family and for me
New preschool, grandparent help,
New workplace
A lot of things to learn
“Reprogramming” I’d like to say
Each NORA (Non-Operating Room Anesthesia) location
Different than the next
A lot of new people
More than double the CRNA staff
Plus anesthesia residents and attendings
So many new names to learn
A lot of new equipment
And locations of the equipment
And drugs. Where is it? Where is it?
Ah, it is over there
A lot of preops and postops
More digging through charts
Some healthier and some sicker
Like those with LVADs and single digit EFs
A lot of blood
Type and screen, type and cross
Pre-checked PRBCs, FFP warmed
Hourly ABGs
Since I’ve been ‘on my own’
It is getting better
With texting my attending
The first thing in the morning
It is so nice to get help
To start my ‘big’ cases’
Another CRNA to start my second IV
And another arterial line
No matter where you go
It is a work in progress
You try to find a better way
Everyday
As they say
You’re only as good
As your last anesthetic
Keep striving, keep moving