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Hello all, I was just reading up on the role of an Anesthesiology Assistant and I understand that the major difference is that they need supervision from an MDA or other doctor. Also, they do not need to be nurses but do need to have graduated with some form of a Pre-Med bachelors degree. As of right now AA's can only practice in I think 13 states? I'm not exactly sure. However, I read somewhere that they can technically practice in any state and their services can just be billed as a Physicians Asisstant. Does anyone know of any truth to this? Thanks for any comments. -Conz P.S. This isn't an invitation for a huge argument over which is better, I just simply want to know if anyone knows any more about this subject. ...anyways if I had to pick, I think a CRNA is more desirable because of the autonomy... ...But I could see how a non-nursing major would find the straight out of college to Anesthesia school appealing...

Hello, I know that everyone always talks about the huge shortage of Anesthesia providers and how you will never be out of the job. However, a big issue to me is security. Are all of your contracts for the most part one year contracts? Is there such a thing as 5 or 10 yr. contracts in Anesthesia? Is there such a thing as "tenure" in the hospital setting? Thanks for any help. -Conz

Hello, The new entry level degree for Physical Therapists is the DPT (doctor of physical therapy). You better beleive that most if not all physical therapists with this degree will have their patients call them doctor, whether in the hospital setting or not. CRNA'S will have the DNP doctor of nursing practice, which in my mind and i suppose the minds of other is equal if not greater than the DPT. Simply due the nature of the profession. Physical therapists have an incredibly meaningful job and I am not trying to deduct from that so of all of you people who have a 3d cousin whos best friend's college roomate is a physical therapist, and are going to want to post in his defense, can stop that train of thought now. I am just saying that CRNA'S have more prescriptive authority (giving anesthesia), are more of an immediate help/necessity to the patient, and provide an extremely specialized service to over 26 million patients (roughly). Yet, we are scared to call ourselves "Doctors", even when the rest of society and the american public has no problem using the term for other types of "practice doctorates" besides the MD's and DO's. It's about time we give ourselves some credit (not me yet), you all give yourselves credit. You don't have to go to med school to be able to enjoy the respect of the word "Doctor". However, you do need to have the self-respect to realize that you deserve to wear the term proudly. P.S. for those of you worried about the confusion it will cause the patient by referring to oneself as "Doctor" w/o being and MD or DO, it isn't the nurse, nurse anesthethist, or doctors responsibility to educate the patient on Doctoral suffixes, job descriptions, and types. They have much greater things to worry about that whether or not you have a DNP or MD behind your name. If its really that big of a deal, why don't we just have a set of flash cards next to every bed, so the patients can educate themselves on our titles and responsibilities. my 2 cents, take it or leave it...

Hey everyone, I've heard some talk on here as to whether or not going the BSN- then gettin expierence or ADN- expierence while getting BSN is the better route to take when pursuing a career as a CRNA. I am wandering wich route you chose, why, and was it a good/bad choice? P.S. I ask this because I've heard of one guy who went straight out of highschool to ADN (took him 2 years) worked in an ICU for 2 years while going to school (finished his BSN). Applied right away to CRNA, got accepted. I thought this was great because it definetly fast tracked the education and/or ICU expierence, although expierence is invaluable. He got his CRNA in I beleive 6 years including undergrad. Thats the quickest I've ever heard. What do ya'll think?

I'm sorry, I can't help you out very much. However, I am a BSN student and I was looking at Rosalind Franklin for Anesthesia school. Did you find the application process hard, do you mind if I ask how many years exp. you have ane yer gpa and what not, I am just looking to know what to expect. Rosalind Frank. would be my perfect anesthesia school since it has a great location to my house and from what I can tell the program is a good fit for me. Let me know how things go, and I appreciate any answers. Thanks, and good luck!

Thats great news. I would love to do it part-time while in school and then definetly in the summers when i'm home, since its a BSN program. How would I go about doing this? I read somewhere that to be able to sit for the certification test of a CNA one needs to have taken a 75 hour course or something to that affect. How does it work if you are a nursing student? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

Hello all, I am currently a BSN nursing student. I was wandering if I could work as a phlebotomist, or CNA during nursing school? I am willing to get certified in whatever is necessary, but I am not even sure if this is allowed? If anyone has any answers, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You.

I'm not sure! This is a very big deal. I wonder if CRNA programs will start to reform their degrees from MSN to DNP, or is the DNP something that must be done after obtaining the MSN in Nurse Anesthesia? I read over the whole report by the "Doctoral Task Force" that the AANA appointed. It was very vague. They basically gathered from surveys of administrators, practicioners, and members that the DNP might be a good idea, but discovered many questions and pros and cons about it. They originally hope for 2015, but gained little support for that timeline. Gained much more support for 2025. Nonetheless, they still have a lot more details to work out, and I will be interested to see how this pans out. MORAL OF THE STORY: the AANA wants a doctoral degree by 2025, but still trying to figure out who, what, where, how, when, and why.

AANA just announced their support for a mandatory practice doctorate for Nurse Anesthesia by 2025. I'm sure this will spark a great deal of opinions. There is still a lot to be answered. Will this be a special DNP for anesthetist? Will the generic DNP do? Is this only for entry or for anyone practicing? Will our patients refer to us as doctor? How will the MD's and DO's feel about this requirement? What do all of you think???

I suppose that this is an attempt to dig a little deeper. We all hear about how great of a job a CRNA is, and how the hours are great, the pay is good, the people love doing anesthesia. I want to attempt to go deeper. What are the emotions of a CRNA. How involved do you get with your patients? What do you feel like if a patient doesn't make it out of the OR. What has been your most emotionally involved case to date. What type of emotions do you feel? You guys get the picture, thanks for anyone who responds, I understand that this may be a little too deep, and somewhat to personal. -Con

Hello Everyone, I was just wandering if there are any programs out there for CRNA's where you could specialize in a certain area of anesthesia such as pediatrics. Or is there any type of advanced training for CRNA's after Anesthesia school (the masters program)?

Hello everyone, I am currently a double major in nursing and business, kind of odd I know. I have aspirations to become a CRNA and hopefully a hospital administrator someday. I was just wandering if it is feasible to be a CRNA and possibly take on a role of Chief of Anesthesia or the department, or even an administrator of the hospital. If I were to go on to get an advanced degree in Public Health or Health Admin. is this a viable option? Has anyone done this, or currently does this, or holds one or more of these titles? Thanks in advance for any help. -Con