Do CRNAs do probono...?

MmacFN · May 25, 2006

hey wally

I know of at least one CRNA who goes on operation smile and various other charity trips. She does the limitied anesthesia and blocks for free.

Tranman · May 25, 2006

Do strippers give free lap dances? JK

Of course CRNA's can do charity work. Many CRNA's travel with medical teams every year to 3rd world countries to offer medical help.

UCDSICURN · May 25, 2006

One of the CRNA's at my hospital just got back a bit ago after 6 weeks in Vietnam. He was on a cleft lip/palette team. There's plenty of it out there, no worries there.

deepz · May 25, 2006

......I was wondering if any CRNAs actually did any pro-bono work?........

As noted above, there are many groups such as Operation Smile. Personally, most ALL my charity $$ go to Mercy Ships Intl because they squeeze every penny's worth of good out of contributions. Workers on-ship actually pay their own room and board. Highly dedicated in their service to Africa and central America.

http://www.mercyships.org

and first hand account by a CRNA:

http://www.gaspasser.com/BudBusby.html

deepz

30andconfused · May 30, 2006

Predictibly this thread is not as long as the "what keeps you motivated thread" LOL it sure isnt pro-bono thats for sure. Oh, but I'm the one whose jaded...

zaggar · May 30, 2006

Hi 30andConfused,

If I got ya right, you woke up 4 days ago and realized you need to do something different in life. You would also like to make some cash and not clean up after people.

Yeah, CRNA is the highest paid nurse specialty, but what a row to hoe! First you have the nursing prereqs, then getting accepted into nursing school, then getting the BSN, then getting 2 years or so of bedside experience, then prereqs for CRNA school, then trying to get accepted into a CRNA program (which I imagine is also very, very competitive).

My suggestion is to look into being a personal financial advisor : http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos259.htm

or a financial manager : http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos010.htm

For a person interested in cash, nothing makes more sense than studying cash flow and entering a field involving money. Remember, with guys like these, it's not just how much money they make - it's also that however much they make they know exactly what to do with. An accountant can make a $50K salary seem like twice that.

Nobody enters the medical field for money anymore. Young people who want to get rich don't become doctors, they become investment bankers. You can easily make twice as much cash in less than half the time - and be your own boss.

pelsmith

PANurseRN1 · May 30, 2006

How much do you want to bet that 30andconfused is actually a troll from SDN?

30andconfused · May 30, 2006

Hi 30andConfused,
If I got ya right, you woke up 4 days ago and realized you need to do something different in life. You would also like to make some cash and not clean up after people.
Yeah, CRNA is the highest paid nurse specialty, but what a row to hoe! First you have the nursing prereqs, then getting accepted into nursing school, then getting the BSN, then getting 2 years or so of bedside experience, then prereqs for CRNA school, then trying to get accepted into a CRNA program (which I imagine is also very, very competitive).
My suggestion is to look into being a personal financial advisor : http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos259.htm
thank you for the info
or a financial manager : http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos010.htm
For a person interested in cash, nothing makes more sense than studying cash flow and entering a field involving money. Remember, with guys like these, it's not just how much money they make - it's also that however much they make they know exactly what to do with. An accountant can make a $50K salary seem like twice that.
Nobody enters the medical field for money anymore. Young people who want to get rich don't become doctors, they become investment bankers. You can easily make twice as much cash in less than half the time - and be your own boss.
pelsmith

thank you for the info I'll look into it