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the older docs are ok with crnas more because it means more money for them, less hours and they are close to retirement. us young docs are not ok with it because crnas won't leave well enough alone. your aana is constantly on the offensive to take it all over and also likes to lie to get their way. examples: http://www.psanes.org/hb_1256.html http://www.asahq.org/washington/drlema'slettertoaana5-14-05.pdf everyone is making good money and has an awesome job... so leave it alone. as people, most of you are equal if not better. as anesthetists, you are still the midlevel. if you want to be the top dog than go the route of the top dog.

Those are completely understandable reasons to chose the CRNA route. It is a good career! But your militant co-workers are ruining it for everyone. Anesthesiology, aside from being a great job, has been a cash cow for everyone for years. Why is it so bad to continue working under supervision for well over 100K per year as a nurse? You joined the nursing profession to be a nurse, which is a very admirable profession. The word NURSE on a nursing board is used like it's a dirty word. Be proud of your profession but also understand that you are not the docs, no matter how much you think you know. So all of you militant CRNAs should try to learn something from tiff. Know your boundaries. If you want to be the top dog, just go to med school. Trust me, it's not all that it's cracked up to be.

You nurses work hard. Therefore, you all believe that you should be at the top of the medical food chain. But guess what? You are not. You are not doctors or anywhere near the equivalent of doctors. If the prestige was so important to you, why didn't you just go to medical school? Did you really think you could back door your way into being a doctor? CRNAs had it great for quite a while. You all were making big $$ and had a great thing going. But now your greed has completely ruined it for you. You couldn't accept making 100K+ as a NURSE, you had to go after the anesthesiologists salary. You have bit the hand that feeds you, woke a sleeping giant and you will be squashed. AA programs will start rolling with full support from the ASA and they will replace you. Why? Because they are willing to do the job that you greedy nurses no longer want to do. Which is to be an anesthesia ASSISTANT. To HELP in the anesthesia care team model and not think they are captain of the ship. I will watch the CRNA empire fall over the next 10-20 years with a giant smile on my face. I will never hire or work with a CRNA and have many many residents starting out who have the same views. Bye bye big headed nurses... hope you enjoy going back to changing bed pans.

Do any of you realize that CRNAs are MEANT to be supervised by MDs!?!?! Due to the need for anesthesia providers, CRNAs were granted limited solo opportunties. There are now over 1300 residents per year graduating from anesthesiology programs. There will be more than enough to run cases and they will want ASSISTANTS.... not nurses who think they are equal and try to push MDs out of an MD job!