[schizo85]

nurse anesthesiologist is the highest paid in the nursing specialty? true or false?

[Nurse Ratched]

Move this out of an unrelated thread into its own .

[UCDSICURN]

I'd bet RN's with their JD and in practice would pull in more than CRNA's. A buddy of mine that went that route started off at just under 200k with no attorney experience, just his healthcare background.

[deannicholas]

Doing what? Malpractice stuff?

[MmacFN]

hmm

Isnt a Nurse JD a lawyer not a Nurse anymore?

Lawyer is a whole seperate profession and isnt an advanced nursing role, the increased starting pay is simply a concequence of nursing experience. Unless you mean legal nurse consultant. This is not an advanced role but a different one where you study charts, make notes of standards of care and testify as an expert witness.

[UCDSICURN]

Originally Posted by MmacFN

hmm

Isnt a Nurse JD a lawyer not a Nurse anymore?

Lawyer is a whole seperate profession and isnt an advanced nursing role, the increased starting pay is simply a concequence of nursing experience. Unless you mean legal nurse consultant. This is not an advanced role but a different one where you study charts, make notes of standards of care and testify as an expert witness.

Yoga is a nurse, an anesthesia provider and an attorney. If Yoga is busy consulting in a legal case, I guess that wouldn't be nursing by definition, but Yoga's ability to consult was only made possible from the professional nursing/anesthesia experience that has been acquired and certainly can be argued that it is indeed an extension of the nursing profession or an advanced nursing role, but not an advanced clinical practice role. Looks like we're both splitting hairs here. I'm sure you knew what I meant and I was simply pointing out that there is bigger money to be made utillizing one's nursing experience other than being a CRNA.

[yoga crna]

Originally Posted by schizo85

nurse anesthesiologist is the highest paid in the nursing specialty? true or false?

I am curious why you are asking. Let us know something about you. I always like to know who I am talking to before I discuss money.

yoga

[Country PICU]

Does always have to be about money? It would be nice to focus more on the aspect of helping others in a time of crises.

[lonestargas]

Schizo, just browse the gaswork.com website. The pay for CRNA's varies. Depending on the area that you live in, a CRNA can earn from $100-$250K/yr. I have heard of some earning more than that, but not many earning less than $100K.

[mystic_fish0526]

Originally Posted by CRNA2012

Does always have to be about money? It would be nice to focus more on the aspect of helping others in a time of crises.

Yep. That's why medical schools are swamped with applicants. They all are about helping others in a time of crisis