RRNA or SRNA for title, What is your opinion?

[TexasCCRN]

I have seen RRNA and SRNA quite often here and just wondered what you all thought of the 2 titles. I like RRNA myself. They way they explained it to us at TCU is that it can ease some pt anxiety when they see SRNA they are thinking oh my goodness a student doing my anesthesia. And if 16months or longer is not a residency I don't know what is. After all we, like some medical residents will be spending plenty of time sleeping at the hospital (maybe not sleeping, but sleep-walking). I think if all programs switched to the RRNA it also looks better on the profession for everyone to be more uniform. Just interested in what everyone else has to say.

[Lucy54]

Just a little funny story pertaining to titles. I graduated from nursing school and immediately started a preceptorship in the ER while awaiting my NCLEX results. My badge read NGRNP (new graduate registered nurse practicing) I coulnd't believe they put that on my badge. Every time someone would ask me what it stood for, the nurses would say, "new girl, really needs practice"!!

Oh well, I've recovered, and now I'm back in school with another student title. Just for the record, I'd rather be known as a Nurse Anesthesia Resident, but my school uses SRNA.

[NOLA-ROB]

resident, holder of a medical residency, a physician or other medical professional in a united states hospital, who after completing a specified level of schooling and an internship receives specialized clinical training. residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in north america and leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. whereas medical school (nursing school) gives doctors (nurses) a broad range of medical (nursing) knowledge, basic clinical skills, and limited experience practicing medicine (nursing), medical (advanced nursing) residency gives in-depth training within a specific branch of medicine (advance practice nursing), such as anesthesiology.

residencies are traditionally hospital-based and in the middle of the twentieth century, residents would often live in hospital-supplied housing. "call" (night duty in the hospital) was sometimes as frequent as every second or third night for up to three years. pay was minimal beyond room, board, and laundry services. it was assumed that most young men and women training as physicians had few obligations outside of medical training at that stage of their careers.

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