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I'm jealous, I should say envious, because my sis will be done with grad school in 2.5 years, be better trained (clinically) than I am, will be able to focus on one case at a time, and will be have greater decision making powers. Pharmacy is a good pick and I feel lucky to be doing it, but it's stressful, filling 300+ orders a day while customers are screaming at you that they've been waiting a whole 15 minutes for their script, and why can't I have my controlled substance Rx early, and why do I have to pay a $10 dollar co-pay, and whaddya mean I have no refills, and on and on and on. So much of the retail pharmacists job is customer service that we don't get to think clinically all that often. On the hospital end, pharmacists are just glorified data entry techs/information specialists. But If I want clinical glory, I can do a 2 year residency, get paid less after I'm done, then try to keep up with the doc's caseloads, doing my 40 hours while they do 60. Pharmacy has it's priorities all screwed up. The role of a nurse anesthetist seems more clear, although I don't really know much about the job. Although I'm envious of my sis, I can't imagine going to any more school, pharm school has completely turned me off to higher education, so best of luck coopsc1.

Go CRNA. I'm a 4th (final) year Pharm D student and my sister is doing interviews at CRNA schools and I am jealous of her.