Stress Management Video Tools
Here are some stress links to stress management tools VANA can use to prepare for the recertification boards: Free: https://healthyvisions.net/product/my-healthy-affirmations-app/ To purchase: https://healthyvisions.net/health-and-wellness/ Free on Ron Eslinger YouTube meditation relaxation: Sleep using theta mixed with Alpha frequencies: https://healthyvisions.net/health-and-wellness/ 528 Frequency for relaxation for stress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkvEAEi44w Breathing for relaxation: [...]
17 Scientifically Proven Ways to Study Better This Year
From TheBestColleges.com: https://www.thebestcolleges.org/17-scientifically-proven-ways-to-study-better-this-year/ For better or worse, studying is part of college life. It is also a technique that requires patience, practice, and trial and error. As you think about studying methods that are right for you, consider the tips below. You might find techniques that will help you get [...]
25 Tricks to Study Faster and More Effectively
Article from StudyPug.com: https://www.studypug.com/blog/how-to-study-faster/ There’s an upcoming test tomorrow so you settle down your thinking chair, a mug of coffee as you plan to pull an all-nighter. So you carefully get your book, and turn it the coverage of the exam and you read the first few lines. After a [...]
20 Effective Ways to Calm Your Nerves Before an Exam
College-level study naturally brings with it some degree of stress and nervousness. Stress and nervousness, especially, seem to go hand in hand with academic exams. While some stress and a “slight case of nerves” will likely always be a part of any test taker’s experience, being overly nervous can affect [...]
Test Anxiety Tips: 10 Strategies for Before and During the Test
From PsychCentral.com: https://psychcentral.com/anxiety/overcoming-test-anxiety If you live with performance anxiety, taking a test can be overwhelming. But test anxiety can be managed and these tips may help. Test anxiety is a common form of performance anxiety, which can create stress, fear, and overwhelm before or while taking an academic or job [...]
Best Studying Tips of All Time
Article from Cappex.com: https://www.cappex.com/articles/academics/top-10-study-tips Exams can cause tremendous stress. Not knowing what to expect and how you'll end up doing can be nerve-wracking. But have no fear! After learning these study tips and tricks, you will feel ready to take on anything. Practice them, and you'll be prepared to tackle [...]
Spring Boards Questions
A patient with diabetic nephropathy is undergoing a radiologic procedure with radiocontrast dye under general anesthesia. What actions by the anesthesia provider will limit the renal effects of the dye? Administration of ketorolac (Toradol) Pre-hydration with IV fluids Pretreatment with N-acetylcysteine Use of hypotensive technique During the luteal phase of [...]
VANA By The Numbers
Here’s a quick look by the numbers at some of the action VANA members have been up to this year: Throughout the General Assembly session in 2023, 318 VANA members sent nearly 900 letters to their Delegates and Senators to stop AA legislation and promote VANA’s bill to end supervision. [...]
VANA Legislative Summary
The 2023 Virginia General Assembly began in the middle of January and finished on February 25, 2023. In that short 45-day time period, hundreds of bills were heard. And while VANA monitored all of the bills for impacts on Virginia’s CRNAs, the following outlines those bills we considered of priority [...]
