Is the AA profession gaining ground?

And, lets not forget the many states that have opted-out, and the many more to do so. That will never happen for the AA's.

Frogive my ignorance, but what does it mean to 'opt out'?

Go to www.aana.com and learn all about the CRNA profession.

A minority of the states have opted out, and none have done so in almost two years.

Your reaching for something to hang on to, but facts are facts-

A minority of states have AA's, and in over 30 years, there are only 4 schools...half of them located in one state.

Some folks are still holding on to their Confederate money, too!

Well, that auta tell ya something right there!!!

Just a outsiders view of the whole thing. Why in the world would any midlevel provider want to have all of this autonomy and basically be acting like a doctor. That is just extremely risky and I can promise you if and when the public is really and I mean really informed who do you think they will prefer as there provider? If you as a patient were given the opportunity to decide between a surgeon and an advanced practice nurse or any midlevel group and a doctor which one do you think would win out! I mean come on everyone why are you all pretending. Yes, you may have had a yrs. experience in the ICU but let me tell you from experience that don't mean jack compared to the rigors of a doctor, even the worst doctor has more education. 1 year experience in the ICU won't help one bit with a difficult airway which may have to be surgically obtained. Yes, you can maintain BP's in crashing patients but usually within a doctor ordered or hospital approved guideline, so the ICU experience although good and helpful does not make a midlevel any better than any other midlevel. I don't know why doctors have allowed this to go as far as it has because all they really need to do is to expose the public to how anesthesia is provided and that there are some instances where the is no doctor in anesthesia any where to be found for their surgery and I believe that would make a huge impact on this whole debate. It is a little silly to see some of the posts from nurses that think they can provide the same care as a doctor but even with studies do you think, I mean really, think that you are comparable to a physician! I have a lot of respect for nurses, especially those that have commited themselves to caring for sick patients and especially with the nursing shortages out there. But no midlevel provider should be doing anything to another human being without being supervised by a board certified doctor. Sorry for long post but lets all not forget how this all works or at least should work.

After reading your innane post...

...one can see why.

Regards,