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Do/Can CRNA's make as much as MDA'S, say if I was a CRNA and I was making 150k a year for 3 12's a week, if I worked 60 hours every week (like a md) would I make 300k that year? would they pay me that much overtime? would they let me work that much overtime? Do any of you know anyone who works this much?

Specializes in Nurse Anesthesiology.

Salaries are continuing to go up. Market was saturated a few years ago in my area but has since become pretty open and starting to see a lot more sign on bonuses around 10-30k. I consider it good money but still not what we should make considering CRNAs do all the work while the MDAs collect our money while sitting in a lounge relaxing.

This thread hasn't been posted on since 2012, just curious how some of you if your still a CRNA view your profession overall now almost 7 years later? Is the market still saturated? Have you had to take pay cuts? Are you making good money? Do you still love your job?
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Salaries are continuing to go up. Market was saturated a few years ago in my area but has since become pretty open and starting to see a lot more sign on bonuses around 10-30k. I consider it good money but still not what we should make considering CRNAs do all the work while the MDAs collect our money while sitting in a lounge relaxing.

Supposedly MDA's are being phased out more and more of the hospital setting I have heard? (Due to cost effectiveness). If so, that's great news for the CRNA field. My previous hospital I worked at did not renew the MDA contract and brought in CRNA's instead.

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Supposedly MDA's are being phased out more and more of the hospital setting I have heard? (Due to cost effectiveness). If so, that's great news for the CRNA field. The previous hospital I worked at did not renew the MDA contract and brought in CRNA instead.

The same thing happened at the main hospital in my town this year. CRNA only now. From what I heard the CRNAs worked very autonomously and provided all the anesthetics while the MDAs provided a half done preop and mediocre blocks. The administrators and business team of the hospital realized that the CRNAs were doing all the work and never had issues they couldn't handle and when they needed a second set of hands just called the board runner (chief CRNA). They realized how much money they would save by just hiring in more CRNAs and letting all the MDAs go.

A big ACT in a local city to here also decided to fire a couple MDAs, make the board runner a CRNA, and open up regional blocks to the CRNAs. This is probably one of the largest anesthesia management companies in the nation so if it works well financially for them here it will surely spread to other locations.

"The times, they are a changin" - Bob Dylan

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Specializes in Nurse Anesthesiology.

Yes, CRNA only practices are coming up more and more which is great. The issue that will always be there is in a CRNA group you have to be better than the MDAs. Administrators and surgeons will see a bad outcome from a CRNA and say "see we need MDAs" but if its a MDA practice they would never say they need CRNAs. Same goes in my current practice. I have personally seen MDAs dilate the SC artery or carotid while trying to put in central lines... If I were to do the same thing accidentally you could guarantee I and the rest of the CRNAs would never be allowed to place another CVL. Unfortunately it's a double standard and as a CRNA you will have to be better than the MDAs.

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