SuperSixEightMD

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1. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

   SuperSixEightMD replied to Loux's topic in Career Support

   I'm a physician, so I'm going to give you my take on the issue. First off, that claim that physicians treat diseases while nurses treat patients is absolute crap that the nursing professions seem to perpetuate, thinking that by saying it enough it wi...

2. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

   SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

   Clue me in, what did I blow here? Check your hospital policies, Nomad. If there are anesthesiologists available, then there's a heirarchy. Saying this casts into doubt that I'm an anesthesiologist? Unbelievable.

3. DNP required soon?

   SuperSixEightMD replied to deadsoul's topic in Doctoral

   Spoken like someone who's never been to medical school! Honestly, Wtb, have you ever stopped to wonder what it is we learn in medical school? Have you ever wondered why it's so hard to get into medical school, or why medical school is notorious for...

4. DNP required soon?

   SuperSixEightMD replied to deadsoul's topic in Doctoral

   Dentists and podiatrists are experts in their respective fields -- akin to physicians having expert status in medicine. As such, a dentist has no 'limit' on his/her practice of dentistry. Why do you keep saying that physicians are the ones who are...

5. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

   SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

   Stanman, I think you're paying a bit too much attention to the "nurse practice acts" and not enough attention to the place where the rubber hits the road -- the hospital or surgery center. Granted, I work in a large, teaching hospital with a departme...

6. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

   SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

   Dream on, stanman. Why don't you go and ask the chair of your hospital's anesthesia department who plays a supervisory role when CRNAs and anesthesiologists are working "together". And when I say "supervisory", I don't mean directing you, per se. But...

7. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

   SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

   You're making reference to the military, and simultaneously accuse me of having a "very narrow view of anesthesia practices around the country"?? The military is a bizarre entity that is notorious for taking cost-cutting measures where health care is...

8. Med school for experienced CRNA?

   SuperSixEightMD replied to SpouseofChicagoCRNA's topic in CRNA

   Four years of residency. Not three. We do four years of residency. That's a gross overestimation. The woman is married, and presumably her husband works and can support her for her four years of medical school. Thus, she'll probably only have to...

9. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

   SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

   You didn't describe your practice setting. Are anesthesiologists employed? If they are, then they are responsible for you. They may not be in the room with you, but the hospital dictates that they're responsible for you.

10. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

    I think there are some assumptions that can be safely made here. 1. An anesthesiologists training is broader than a CRNA's. And an internists training is broader than a DNP's. 2. There is no such thing as 'knowing too much' where skilled labor is co...

11. DNP required soon?

    SuperSixEightMD replied to deadsoul's topic in Doctoral

    In a health care setting, it's not so simple. Patients have certain expectations when they hear the word "doctor". When they hear that word, they assume they're going to be treated by a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or optometrist. Anyone else u...

12. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

    I've worked with both AAs and CRNAs. Functionally, they are identical entities with similar training and similar capabilities. As AA's become more prominent, they'll eventually push for more autonomy......just as CRNAs have. So, the answer to your ...

13. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

    Oh? I'm wondering how you'd know what part of a medical education isn't relevant, since you've never been to medical school? I can tell you, as an anesthesiologist, that this stuff does have a bearing on one's ability to be an excellent anesthesia p...

14. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

    You know, that argument is getting awfully old. It's completely false, but you guys keep repeating it over and over and over....as though saying it more and more will somehow make it true. It is impossible - I repeat, impossible - to practice medici...

15. CRNA VS anesthesiologist MD

    SuperSixEightMD replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

    I'm going to get flamed or banned from the forum for saying this, but it must be said. Anesthesiologists don't "collaborate" with CRNAs. It never happens. In hospitals where both practitioners are employed, there is a well-defined hierarchy where a...