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  1. Scope of Practice

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

    My initial question was designed to gauge the CRNA perception of what defines the scope of practice.... Pain medicine has virtually nothing to do with anesthesiology and is a separate specialty....

  2. Scope of Practice

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

    I am interested in determining what CRNAs think what defines their scope of practice. I am aware of the Louisiana ruling and the California events prior to that. But the AANA defined scope of...

  3. Senior SRNA Accepted to Medical School. Now what?

    paindoc replied to MelissaRN.FutureCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My first thought is "are you nuts"? You are looking at spending nearly a decade of your life for more training when you already have training in a profession that pays well, is frequently satisfying,...

  4. What awful attitudes!

    paindoc replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I can't tell whether the CRNAs that would hang out on that forum are trolls, masochistic, or just love fighting a no-win situation. It doesn't make any sense to torment yourself trying to find the...

  5. bad clinical experience today

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

    Just use the old Harvard chant on her that the footballers use when any opposing team (and there are many) are beating the pants off them: "That's alright. Its ok. You're going to work for me one...

  6. Anesthesia for HALO placement.

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

    Well tolerated is usually the opinion of the one administering or assisting in the assault on the patient. Rarely does any nurse, anesthesiologist, AA, or CRNA ask the following questions after the...

  7. the AA question (Anesthesiologist Anger)

    paindoc replied to Burnt2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have had no military experience, nor will I ever. I have employed 2 CRNAs in the past that were military, one was a colonel with years of experience, and the military CRNAs related to me how the...

  8. the AA question (Anesthesiologist Anger)

    paindoc replied to Burnt2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ahhh...there are always experts with 40 years of inexperience pontificating on the rectitude of their limited perspective. A person completely dependent on others for 40 years is institutionalized,...

  9. Clinical discussion... as requested!

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

    ketamine will potentially interfere with determining whether MH is occurring. It causes tachycardia that can be profound.... I remember in the 80s it was also thought to be a triggering agent. Oral...

  10. CRNA vs Physician Salaries

    paindoc posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Source: www.payscale.com Parameters: 5 years experience in all fields City: Chicago Salary quoted: 50th percentile unless otherwise noted Physicians are quoted for private practice CRNA quoted...

  11. CRNA vs Physician Salaries

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

    Although I am baffled by the term hippocrate (a large box for hippos?), I actually agree with you. I make less than the usual pain physician because I use standardized selection criteria for...

  12. CRNA vs Physician Salaries

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

    It is futile to argue with facts. CRNA salaries have bloated to the point they should indeed become the focus of not only hospital administrators and anesthesiologists, but also the MDs that work...

  13. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

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

    Many chronic pain patients require sedation for pain procedures. The reimbursement a physician receives in an ASC or hospital for these Medicare procedures is 1/3 the amount a physician would make in...

  14. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

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

    The requirements for recertification for MD anesthesiologists were not implemented due to "public safety concerns" as is being espoused here but was part of an effort by the ABMS long term effort to...

  15. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

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

    Virtually all hospitals now require any new physician to be or become board certified within a few years of achieving staff privileges. Older docs without certification were grandfathered in with...

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

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

    I don't think salary parity is reality. The average AA makes 90-95K after graduation while the average CRNA in these venues makes 50%

  17. TCU and Oklahoma distance option

    paindoc replied to LV2BME's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I do not understand "distance option". It sounds as though some of the CRNA training could be achieved by either completing coursework outside of a classroom setting or that some of the clinicals can...

  18. Does time pass slow in the OR?

    paindoc replied to Chip_04's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    lol....this has to be an attempt to bait us guys... No one, not even a military CRNA at Guantanamo Bay, would be so callous as to put their patient's lives in jeopardy by playing games with their...

  19. Ethical/Legal question

    paindoc replied to Sis123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What more needs to be said on this subject that hasn't already been said. This is endless repetition of the same contentions and assertions. There can be no useful discussion on this issue due to a...

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

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

    1. My position is based on cold hard facts that are irrefutable. I have trained 3 RNs to give anesthesia over the past 10 years, and they have successfully administered propofol general anesthesia in...

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

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

    The only relevancy ultimately will be based on valuation of skills at the lowest price. It may surprise you but RNs, not CRNAs, can and do give anesthesia in increasingly large numbers, and do it...

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

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

    Nurses, not CRNAs, with 1 month or less of training could safely administer anesthesia to 99% of the population. I don't think we really need AAs or CRNAs when it comes down to the safety

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

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

    What is hypocritical is that some CRNAs carp at MDs for "interfering in their profession" then turn around and do exactly the same to the AAs. If competition will ultimately play a role in keeping...

  24. Does time pass slow in the OR?

    paindoc replied to Chip_04's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some MDA programs do not permit any reading material in the OR at all since it has been shown to decrease attention to the task at hand. I am not privy to the policies of CRNA

  25. Anesthesologist and CRNA collaboration

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

    Ahhhh great question! I started the anesthesia section of a liver transplant program, was involved in more than 20,000 anesthetics, and had extensive experience in neuroanesthesia. I became bored...