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  1. CRNA vs Physician Salaries

    platon20 replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thats absolutely irrelevant to the fight that the AANA is waging against AAs and you know it. The bottom line is that the studies show that AAs (in whatever supervision venue) have equal outcomes to...

  2. CRNA vs Physician Salaries

    platon20 replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thats absolute garbage. AAs have absolutely nothing to do with CRNAs independence or professional role. You are fighting AAs because of one thing: greed because you dont want more competition in the...

  3. CRNA vs Physician Salaries

    platon20 replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thats funny I was going to say the EXACT SAME THING about the hostile CRNA attitudes towards AAs. Lets not pretend the AANA has clean hands here. They are just as dirty and hypocritical as the...

  4. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OH please. I dont ever want to hear you CRNAs claim to be different from MDAs ever again. Both of you who care only about your "turf" and making as much money as possible. YOu are just as bad as...

  5. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Providers should be increased at all levels to handle the shortage, CRNAs, AAs, and MDAs are all needed. I dont want to ever hear you complain about MDAs trying to attack CRNAs again. You have lost...

  6. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Do any CRNAs have anything other than self-protectionism to back up their claims? I guess not because I havent heard any so far. The only thing I've heard so far is "dem aas gonna take our jobs!"...

  7. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This reeks of a scared little person who wants patients to suffer so that he can artificially ratchet up incomes for his provider group. Your tone/attitude is EXACTLY the same thing that MDAs said...

  8. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The supervision for AAs varies ont he state, but many states do not require that the MDA be on-site to monitor the AA. There's also talk of eliminating the supervision requirements or at least toning...

  9. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    there is absolutely zero evidence that crnas are makign less money because of market oversaturation. crnas average over 100k per year and its been that way for years now. now if you have good...

  10. Doctor or Nurse Practitioner??

    platon20 replied to curlysin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There's no difference between "nursing philosophy" and "medicine" when it comes to diagnoses or treatment. NPs treat HTN, diabetes, heart failure, etc the same way a doc

  11. Doctor or Nurse Practitioner??

    platon20 replied to curlysin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Depends on the state. Most states require some kind of "collaboration." But there are states that allow total solo practice. If you want to be "captain of the ship" I would go to med school. It...

  12. Rural Midlevel Abuse

    platon20 replied to cgfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "Fair wage" is whatever the market will bear. If a hospital doesnt offer a pay package that you like, then go elsewhere. That competition for jobs will force them to raise wages. Or an even better...

  13. TEXAS CRNA's Call to action. Stop the potential AA bill!

    platon20 replied to Outdoor1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This post is a joke right? There is a huge anesthetist shortage in TX as well as the entire nation. We need more people providing gas, not less. Studies show that MDAs, CRNAs, and AAs are all...

  14. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    platon20 replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I dont understand. As a psychiatric NP, you can already do anything and everything that a psychiatrist MD does. ARe you trying to become a surgeon or what? Because unless you want to be a surgeon,...

  15. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    platon20 replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE THAT CRNAS HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES THAN AAS You cant, because that evidence doesnt exist. However, there is ample evidence in peer reviewed pulbications like JAMA, NEJM, etc that...

  16. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    platon20 replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Cmon guys, I'm as pro-CRNA as they come, but there is some MAJOR hypocrisy coming from the nurses here. The bottom line is this: its a FACT that outcomes are the same for anesthesia, regardless of...

  17. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    platon20 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    You guys really need to brush up on your pathophysiology. IS has absolutely no direct effect on temperature. What it can do is decrease atelectasis, reduce chances of pneumonia, and indirectly lower...

  18. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    platon20 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Thats bad logic. If you go to rural Georgia you will find snake handlers who all have anecdotes about snakebites curing disease. Anecdotes are worthless because it creates a selective memory

  19. Silly question re: lab coats

    platon20 replied to Spacklehead's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What med school is this? No med schools that I know of allow their students to wear long

  20. How much to pay a collaborating doc

    platon20 replied to chellefnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    why do you need a collaborating doc? I thought all the states allowed independent practice by

  21. CRNA PHD Anyone?

    platon20 replied to Oldsalt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You guys are confusing several issues here. First off, a PHD is an academic degree, not a professional one. That means you gotta do original research to get it and get published. Thats required for...

  22. How can I check out a doctor's reputation?

    platon20 replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Just because you are "high risk" does NOT mean that you ahve to have an ob deliver your baby. please consider a CNM (nurse midwife). They can do anything that an ob doctor can do, they can even...

  23. NP's are okay to see if you have a cold, BUT...

    platon20 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What does this mean? ARe you saying the NNPs told the doctors the plan for the patient and the docs just followed their orders? If thats the case, why were the doctors even taking care of teh babies...

  24. Why CRNAs are here to stay

    platon20 replied to aquaphoneRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The fact is that its INCREDIBLY rare for a CRNA to make as much as the average MDA. AVerage MDA pulls in over 350k per year! A CRNA making that much would put them almost 3 standard deviations above...

  25. doctors without borders/MSF

    platon20 replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Medecins sans frontieres French for doctors without borders. this was originally a french