Carrer options for an AP RN?

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Hi all,

I'm a CRNA with a MS in Anesthesia....a very niche degree. My previous career was entirely bedside.

After several years as a CRNA and several facilities, I've accepted that the profession is not for me. Don't get me wrong - I love the paycheck. Who wouldn't? But it is all the extraneous variables that really turns me off: the god-complexes, the constant politics with anesthesiologists who look for any way to belittle, losing that patient connection, fighting to get a bathroom break, stuck in a windowless room for hours on end in one spot. In the OR setting, you really see the business side of things and I feel very disconnected to why I truly entered this profession. Minutes are dollars. And at the very least, I feel like I'm losing many of my skills I once honed so very well.

Can anyone shed light into career options that are possible with a MS? I love education but it seems I need to go back to school in order to get into that field / hospital based nurse educator.

Going back to school is a hard no.

Thanks for the brainstorm session in advance!

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Hhhmmm, you hate being a CRNA. I would too. School is not an option. Are you sure?

But with money comes options. For example, saving a very large percentage of your quite large paycheck. Which is what I have been doing, as a PMHNP consultant.

To the point where, in a couple of years, I should be able to limit my practice to the facilities I enjoy.

If that is a no go, I have no other ideas.

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Specializes in ICU, trauma, neuro.

You could probably teach as adjunct faculty at many CRNA schools. If you went back for your PhD it would be optimal, but even without it I bet you could get hired by many schools.

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On 5/27/2019 at 1:33 PM, njxcrush18 said:

Hi all,

I'm a CRNA with a MS in Anesthesia....a very niche degree. My previous career was entirely bedside.

After several years as a CRNA and several facilities, I've accepted that the profession is not for me. Don't get me wrong - I love the paycheck. Who wouldn't? But it is all the extraneous variables that really turns me off: the god-complexes, the constant politics with anesthesiologists who look for any way to belittle, losing that patient connection, fighting to get a bathroom break, stuck in a windowless room for hours on end in one spot. In the OR setting, you really see the business side of things and I feel very disconnected to why I truly entered this profession. Minutes are dollars. And at the very least, I feel like I'm losing many of my skills

I started in pacu and you just rattled off all the reasons I didn't want to be a crna. So many colleagues and crna's I worked with encouraged it too.

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