help please.

WolfpackRed · Sep 17, 2011

as a SRNA, and as a CRNA, you have many instances where you interact with patients. For instance pre-op interviews, I have about 10 minutes to get a health history and gain their trust that I have the skill and knowledge to take control of their autonomic nervous system, give them the anesthesia they will need to get through the surgery and do it in a safe manner.

Another example would be doing monitored anesthesia care - not every patient goes to sleep; often a CRNA has to give sedation and monitor the patient during a surgery or procedure and they can still talk and move.

Finally, during OB situations, the mothers often don't go to sleep and the SRNA or CRNA is up there with them giving them reassurance on how everything is going.

angeldancer3492 · Oct 20, 2011

Thanks for the info!!!!!!! What is it about your job that you enjoy the most? Is every patient a different experience? If you don't mind, I really will appreciate if you told me everything on your experience.

jenwil52 · Oct 20, 2011

Have you gotten then chance to follow a CRNA. I was pretty sure this was the specialty I wanted to go into due to a personal experience I had. I spent 8 hours in the OR/pre-op interviews with a CRNA and KNEW for sure that was what I wanted to do. I could not wait to get into a position where I could apply to schools and hopefully get into a program, so I did some more shadowing and love the profession. This is something that most school require and some even require a recommendation letter from a CRNA, so if you are still unsure of the profession in general, I would go ahead and set-up a shadow time, and you can ask all these questions in person, along with getting first hand experience of what it might be like.

Just my suggestion - even though I have absolutely no training as a CRNA at this time.