Today was a great day. CRNAStudent.com is on the drawing board and will be up and running in a couple of weeks. Ruben of Rsquarednet.net and I discussed the programming plans for the web site using PHP-Nuke open source software. Our meeting next week should nail down the site. Actually both the new web site, crnastudent.com and my home page, DavidGodden.com, will be going through major revisions. Stay tuned to the new developments.

The initiation of crnastudent.com is causing a lot of excitement around here. The idea behind the creation of this web site is to be a resource of information for potential as well as current CRNA Students. There will be feature stories or essays that describe the challenges of becoming a CRNA. Some of the topics that I want to cover as featured articles will include such things as: How to choose the right school and how to get in!; Professional organizations and how students can be involved with them; Jobs, where they are and the different types. All of this information will necessarily involve many people. I think the challenge will be to motivate others to contribute their experience and insight of CRNA student and professional life. Right now the plans for the web site envision a monthly magazine format with several main Feature Column’s:

- Editorial column
- E-Mails to the Editor
- CRNA practice issue News (could use a News Feeder like zFeeder.com)
- Monthly Interview and Profile of a CRNA student or faculty member
- Guest Editorial or essays
- CRNA Practice and Clinical Issues (could include Student published Papers)

This sounds like so much fun doesn’t it and a good deal of work. As I mentioned, the challenge will be to get the cooperation and assistance of the people with the inside scoop. I have plans to interview out of State Program Directors for a column. Finding the right person to do this and the legal issues around publishing interview statements is something that will have to be looked into. What is important right now is that the energy is here to get this thing moving. Your input into this project will be very important to the success of CRNAStudent.com. If you have any suggestions for this web site please pass them along. You can post comments here or send me mail anytime. Thanks.

This past weekend was “Just another Day” at UCLA. New people coming, old people going, what else is new, right? Leigh, my old Pal, had his first day in charge. This is an eye opening experience. For him that is. Here he is trying to make a few beds for our surgical cases. Looks like a lot of fun doesn’t it. What a headache!

While the night shift was giving report, I caught the “Little Star” for posterity. My friend Elliza after a long night. What a sight! She is adorable any time of day, don’t you think?

I will be working at UCLA for the next two months full time and then cutting back. Really its not cutting back its coming to a complete halt while I take on anesthesia training at USC. So much fun. If any of you that are reading this care to, leave me a note and please keep in touch while I am away at school. This posting thing will go on as I have time and energy for such things. After August most of what will be happening around here will be all about Anesthesia School and USC. Yippy!