CRNA Program or Law School Harder?

[beedog13]

I am a first year SRNA and my wife is a 3rd year JD (Law) student. We are engaged in a friendly wager about the volume of info and/or level of difficulty concerning our two fields of study. Anyone done both or know anyone who has and would care/dare to make a comparison???

My guess is that I am going to lose this one because it seems that unlike CRNA students, law students somehow become endowed with Vulcan (Mr. Spock) logic sometime during their 2nd year in school, and are therefore, way above any thoughts that are "illogical." She thinks law school is way tougher...I am guessing that omniscience and omnipotence don't come until the coronation that makes them sun-gods on earth at the end of their programs LOL. My position is that while they are quite different, CRNA school can be just as demanding...

Hoping to have fun with this...

Beedog

[loveanesthesia]

Keep it coming...

Beedog

I think the thing that sets nurse anesthesia apart is the time frame in which you must make important decisions. It's not just the volume of information you must master, which I think is about equal between the two, it's how you must apply it quickly and accurately. It's not enough that a CRNA know the pathophysiology, presenting signs, prevention and management of MH, the CRNA must recognize it when they see it during one of their 'routine' cases. The CRNA must sort out that the tachycardia indicates MH and not the dozen other things it could be. You could have all the information committed to memory, but it would be useless unless you could apply it at the right time. The second thing is the technical skills, getting the ET placed, etc. That is a completely different realm of mastery that has no equivalent in law. The third thing is multitasking, while the CRNA is thinking 'could that tachycardia be a sign of MH?' they are also making sure the patient is relaxed enough, the IV is running, adjusting the OR bed, answering the surgeon's question about whether the antibiotic was given, ect, ect, not to mention keeping up the the charting (that a lawyer may review in the future). Those are the reasons I think a CRNA program is more challenging than law. Neat question! and debate is not 'fighting', it's a mental exercise, and understanding that is where the law student could have us beat.

[gluck]

I've never been involved in a case but i'm sure that even getting sued is a very upsetting matter. I hate to imagine what it would be like as a defendent in a criminal case, but clearly people's lives are hanging in the balance. And some lawyers do quite literally have people's lives in their hands, not for an instant or for an OR case, but dragged out for years and years.

[alterego33]

A prominent CRNA who is also a JD, was asked the question at a recent lecture. She said anesthesia is much harder, but the legal education was very interesting and now she is glad she has the legal education.

Also, I found it interesting to note that she said most of the CRNAs who are also lawyers, end up going back into anesthesia because the pay is better and there they all love anesthesia.

[Mamassage]

....both occupations could clinically put me to sleep hehe

:yeah:Too funny!

[tridil2000, MSN, RN]

Are there scholarships for CRNA schools? I know there are for law schools, but I have never heard of them for CRNA schools?

TT

[FA to CRNA2b]

Are there scholarships for CRNA schools? I know there are for law schools, but I have never heard of them for CRNA schools?

TT

Johns Hopkins has a full scholarship for nurses who have worked for them a minimum of 3 years. You would go to Georgetown since JHU does not have their own program and return with a work commitment. The military also pays your way.