[bisson]

I keep hearing here and there that CRNA's don't have a lot of job offers?

how true is that? i mean , i know to an extent since it is a specialty that you're not as widely recruited as a regular nurse, but still. did you have a hard time looking for work?

one thing i keep hearing is that many hospitals don't need CRNAs

[alansmith52]

WOW,,
nothing could be further from the truth, whomever is telling you that has some agenda, probably a nursing faculty.

I get so many job offers its almost annyoing (I said almost)
I have a whole black garbage leaf bag in my closet at home where i toss job offers that come in the mail (just in the mail).
I there are plenty of jobs

[bisson]

Originally Posted by alansmith52

WOW,,
nothing could be further from the truth, whomever is telling you that has some agenda, probably a nursing faculty.

I get so many job offers its almost annyoing (I said almost)
I have a whole black garbage leaf bag in my closet at home where i toss job offers that come in the mail (just in the mail).
I there are plenty of jobs

funny enough, it IS from faculty. thanks for clearing up the B.S. I really truly appreciate it. you can't believe everything you hear, i guess.

[catcolalex]

It does depend somewhat on the area, Utah, for example, does not have many jobs, they are there, but you can only find them with a lot of probing.

[platon20]

Originally Posted by catcolalex

It does depend somewhat on the area, Utah, for example, does not have many jobs, they are there, but you can only find them with a lot of probing.

Whats up with Utah? Do Mormons not believe in surgery or something?

seriously, every state has a CRNA shortage. I've never heard of anybody having trouble finding a job

[nilepoc]

Originally Posted by platon20

Whats up with Utah? Do Mormons not believe in surgery or something?

seriously, every state has a CRNA shortage. I've never heard of anybody having trouble finding a job

Whats up, is that some states are more desirable to live in than others. For example, Colorado. In colorado the Anesthesiologists have a huge presence and are very influential. So much so that they bullied the governor into withdrawing a request to grant independant practice to CRNAs. I looked into jobs in Reno Nevada and found a similar situation to Colorado. Anesthesiologist only practices dominated the landscape. Federal jobs exist, but are few and far between. If you are willing to move to a less desirable local, you will find jobs a plenty.

[Reno1978]

Originally Posted by nilepoc

Whats up, is that some states are more desirable to live in than others. For example, Colorado. In colorado the Anesthesiologists have a huge presence and are very influential. So much so that they bullied the governor into withdrawing a request to grant independant practice to CRNAs. I looked into jobs in Reno Nevada and found a similar situation to Colorado. Anesthesiologist only practices dominated the landscape. Federal jobs exist, but are few and far between. If you are willing to move to a less desirable local, you will find jobs a plenty.

Becoming a CRNA is something that interests me, but you're totally right about Reno, NV. I'm in Reno in a BSN program, but I'm interested in shadowing a CRNA and I'm having a very hard time finding one locally! It's all MDAs here. I found that the hospital out in Elko is mostly CRNAs for that hospital's anesthesia group, but that's 300 miles away. I think I may have to wait until I'm done with my BSN before I continue my quest to shadow a CRNA.

[bisson]

Originally Posted by Reno1978

Becoming a CRNA is something that interests me, but you're totally right about Reno, NV. I'm in Reno in a BSN program, but I'm interested in shadowing a CRNA and I'm having a very hard time finding one locally! It's all MDAs here. I found that the hospital out in Elko is mostly CRNAs for that hospital's anesthesia group, but that's 300 miles away. I think I may have to wait until I'm done with my BSN before I continue my quest to shadow a CRNA.

how do you shadow CRNA's? and is that something that you have to do on your own? is it a requirement for the program?

[alansmith52]

Originally Posted by nilepoc

Whats up, is that some states are more desirable to live in than others. For example, Colorado. In colorado the Anesthesiologists have a huge presence and are very influential. So much so that they bullied the governor into withdrawing a request to grant independant practice to CRNAs. I looked into jobs in Reno Nevada and found a similar situation to Colorado. Anesthesiologist only practices dominated the landscape. Federal jobs exist, but are few and far between. If you are willing to move to a less desirable local, you will find jobs a plenty.

agreed, Utah, Nevada and Colorado are exceptions
can you imagine how many mormon anesthesiologist there are? where do you think they want to live? aside from being a desirable state to live as Nilepoc stated these guys also have serveral generations of family in utah so the market is bad for us in these few states.

[EmeraldNYL]

There are currently jobs in Philly, but I see the market becoming saturated very soon because there are so many ******* students here!!! I was also told the Phoenix, AZ area is bad for CRNAs d/t MDA monopoly.