Myn in OB

I'm an ER nurse, but I've hung out on OB a few times...all the CRNAs where I work are guys, and everyone loves them. Not "weird" at all.

Congrats on becoming a pop!

Our department is pretty evenly split male/female, and we all do our time in OB. Except for the rare request for a female anesthetist or anesthesiologist based on religion, we don't pay any attention to who's there. And in an emergency, you're gonna get whoever gets there first regardless.

Lurker L and D RN here...CRNA wanna be one day...our CRNAs are about 50/50 male and female in the OB dept. where I work. Nobody seems to blink an eye either way. The CRNAs only attend sections though, they do not place epidurals. (I think I will ask why this week at work.)

We have a small hospital, three MDAs and three CRNAs, all men. Most women don't care, they just want their epidurals.

i have to chime in here, mainly because of my experiences in nursing school during the ol' OB rotation.. hated it.. i wanted to learn and the facility i was at, as well as the staff, was not willing to offer the male students any opportunity to learn (there were only 3 in my class at the time).. i was offered to view a yeast slide and, god forbid, an actual delivery.. what a waste of time and money on my part.. it was basically a textbook rotation.. for that, i have the impression that males, except for docs, will truly not be accepted in the ob/gyn field.. and for that, who needs it - - as far as the crna realm goes, i can't be too sure that that would become an issue..

They place it them at other hospitals in the state, and they may even place them in our main OR, just not OB patients. I really have to ask now..curiousity peaked!

Not all states permit the CRNA to insert an epidural

suzanne, i was wondering if you had evidence to support this statement. as a practicing crna i have been under the impression that crna's can work independantly in all 50 states. the only restriction to practice being hospital policy, not state nursing law.

I have no insights but the title of this thread made me giggle :)

suzanne, i was wondering if you had evidence to support this statement. as a practicing crna i have been under the impression that crna's can work independantly in all 50 states. the only restriction to practice being hospital policy, not state nursing law.

You're correct, gp. I too would appreciate knowing where this bit of disinformation originated. NO STATE to the best of my knowledge has any such restriction, and I'm frankly surprised to see a Moderator spreading disinformation.

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