NovaAEC

Your statements are very misleading to the AA profession. 1) The practice of anesthesia has much in common with the practice of nursing. More in common with nursing compared to what? The practice of anesthesia is not synonymous with nursing. 2) Anesthesiologists Assistants do not have a nursing background so do not understand basic content such as medical terminology, physical assessment, patient communication and much, much more. This statement makes it seem like AA's don't obtain any training or education in medicine. We both know this isn't true. Patient communication? Are nurses the only group of people who know how to have a conversation with others? AA programs require 2 years of education in science courses (pre-med) many of which take medial terminology as a prerequisite. Physical assessment is also learned in AA programs and again taught in CRNA programs. 3) AAs are taught to assist an anesthesiologist while CRNAs are taught to care for a patient. Assistant is a little misleading when it comes to what AA's do in the OR. In fact, CRNA's and AA's do the exact same thing. Nurses just tend to use whatever ammo they can find to put down another profession that has the same goal they do. To care for the patient while they are in their hands. The nursing board has been outstanding when it comes to supporting nurses (including CRNA's). That is not up to debate. However, when you have posts like this where you purposefully put down a profession with false anecdotes of experience or abilities -- you lose credibility.