DocHolliday

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1. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I used to provide tutoring services in basic medical sciences when I was a med student, and some of the students I tutored were nursing students. Hence, I have some direct 'exposure' to a BSN...

2. Do PAs go to Med School?

   DocHolliday replied to Raas4555's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Hold on there. Don't jump to conclusions. I am exceptionally generous when it comes to passing on whatever knowledge I have to the mid-levels with whom I work. I am a firm believer that it makes my...

3. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   You are mid-levels. In fact, the state legislature in my state refers to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants as "mid-levels". I'm sorry you don't like the title. Would you prefer we call...

4. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   There is a word to describe the idea I'm trying to get across, but it eludes me at the moment. What I mean by 'physician-level' is a doctor who is not subject to the oversight of anyone but the...

5. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Indeed, a PhD in pharmacology is not a clinical degree. It is a research degree. What I think, though, is that a clinical doctorate in nursing is absolutely ridiculous. It's like bronzing a crushed...

6. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   We're not talking about the rest of the world, now are we. That aside, whatever degree a physician holds elsewhere, he or she is still a physician--with all the rights and privileges of a physician....

7. Do PAs go to Med School?

   DocHolliday replied to Raas4555's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I don't own the practice. But you're right, I am an absolute thrill to work

8. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Wtbcrna, that's a very childish response. You need to stop looking at it as being "subservient", and start recognizeing it for what it is: a more highly trained health care professional having...

9. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

   DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   You missed my point entirely. Let me simplify it for you: You know how dentists earn a D.D.S.? Or how podiatrists earn a D.P.M.? Dentists and podiatrists are doctors, with the same level of authority...

10. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

    DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    And not only that, I seriously doubt that the doctoral degree awarded in a DNAP is not going to be a clinical doctoral degree. It'll be more like a Ph.D. (i.e. like a Ph.D. in nursing, or a Ph.D. in...

11. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

    DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't think I'm caustic. Just very, very direct . I'm actually a very nice guy at the office, on the surgical ward, and in the OR. Speaking of which, my beeper just went off! Probably some drunk...

12. Do PAs go to Med School?

    DocHolliday replied to Raas4555's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Well, you have to admit that the anonymity of this forum does allow one to vent. I am well aware of the fact that the nurses, PA's, NP's etc. with whom I work in the hospital could make my life...

13. CRNA vs. anesthesiologist

    DocHolliday replied to jermaughan0814's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Silber study showed nothing that could be used to compare CRNA outcomes vs. MDAs. I know you could probably care less what the AANA thinks, but their write clearly demonstrates why no other medical...

14. Do PAs go to Med School?

    DocHolliday replied to Raas4555's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    When I say "second guess", in some cases I am asked something along the lines of, "Dr. S., don't you think it would be better to...." or "I really think we should XYZ instead of ABC" (ABC being what...

15. Do PAs go to Med School?

    DocHolliday replied to Raas4555's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would agree that it's not the norm, but I'm a firm believer in the idea that where there's smoke, there's fire. I work with mid-levels regularly, and although I have never had a bad experience with...