CRNA Pay?

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.

Doing what? Malpractice stuff?

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.

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.

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

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.:smiley_ab

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.

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.:smiley_ab

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

yoga, you are both an attorney and CRNA? WOW, how long did it take for all of that. I am just starting out, I will go to med surg to get experience. I am just curious as to what job you like better? How did you get all of that done? Do you have little kids at home? It just seems like a huge accomplishment.

I think the answer to his question is simple. It depends on where you are working, your title, qualifications and obviously years of experience. an experienced nurse with an MSN/MBA who is the Director of nursing or vice president incharge of patient care services will make more then 200K. a good nurse researcher can gain more than 200K/yr from projects and a good nurse consultant too makes a lot.

Eddy

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.:smiley_ab

It's only about the money when you don't have any.

If I thought I could make good money as a legal nurse consultant I'd be busting it right away. I like paperwork as opposed to actually working with patients in a lot of cases. Maybe it is a flaw of mine but I'm a nervous person and do better with my nose in a book than actively working with patients. This does not mean I don't care about patients.