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How many CRNA grads end up going for the full blown MDA? Does anyone know?

Let's not forget that many of the new CRNA students served the absolute minimum caring for patients before starting there programs. About half of my class has said that they went into nursing just as a path to the CRNA job. I know that in the past n...

My observation from the amount of bickering and hate throwing on this board, is that AAs are very significant. At least to you DeepZ. If the AA issue is so insignificant then why do so many people have such deep rooted feelings about a handful of p...

Can someone tell me the differences between working in a general practice and a dedicated pediatric practice? The info I am looking for is just the kind of day to day differences, and not the specific dosages or medications. Thanks

Thanks for all of the great info

Could the remark have been meant just to put the patient and there family at ease and not as a major political statement to force CRNAs everywhere to be subservient? Also I would think that anyone providing anesthesia (AA, CRNA, MDA) is part of the s...

Do all CRNAs hold Masters degrees? Or do some just hold a cert?

Quick question for the CRNAs that are practicing now. Does a MDA take offince to the term "Anesthesia Doctor"?

I am still confused on why a CRNA would work for any MDA, much less one that does not have proper respect for a fellow professional. I understand that an AA has to be supervised, so it makes since on why they work for a MDA. But from my understandi...

JWK, How many people in your class of AAs were English majors? And how many of the English majors out there have all of the pre-med coursework needed to get into one of the AA programs? Are there any CRNAs that are practicing today that do not have ...

Is there any procedure that you would want a MDA over a CRNA to be putting you under?

I have a Palm T3 and it works great. Most of my class has Palm PDAs. Many of the Anesthesia books come with a free version in electronic format and are great reference from the PDA. I have a Palm OS PDA, but I think that almost all of the software...

Does anyone know why the vote was so one sided? I was not so surprised about the outcome, but was amazed that it was a landslide. Just good lobbying on the part of the AANA or was it typical Louisiana politics? Also, does anyone want to give odds t...

One you are in, the best motivation is probably knowing that you already have student loans invested in your education. By sticking it out you will be able to at least be able to break even and then quit.

How does it work for out of town clinicals? Is housing normally provided and what is done for travel expenses? I am guessing that it is just wishful thinking that housing a food is provided by your host hospital, but thought I would ask. Can anyo...

can a crna practice without any md involved? specifically doing something like pain management on a private basis, or do they always have to work in cooperation with some licensed physician?

WoW!!! Great explanation without any politics. My hat is to you TeenyBabyRN.

Thanks, but I think I was not clear on my question. One of the programs that I was looking at had two out for town rotations for clinical for 3 weeks each. I am guessing that is not a normal part of most programs based on the responce level.

Is there any advantage to a hospital to have MDAs on staff instead of CRNAs? My understanding is that Medicare reimburses at the same rate for both professions, so why would a hospital have a MDA that has to be paid 3X what a CRNA makes? And the ot...

can one of the opps please consider posting a poll on line to take up the issue of banning aa discussion in the main crna forum or create a new forum dedicated to the never-ending argument that leeches away at the constructive discussion here? i woul...

At least increase for the next 25 years (for me)

i agree with your logic and the principals that you have put forth. i am more concerned with the ramping up of new crna schools than i am about the existing two aa schools or rumored third. as for mda flooding the market we have little control over...

i was looking at the billing issue as a totally separate topic. i wanted to understand the financials on why i will paid a fraction of someone else that does virtually the same job as me (when i graduate).

great information. help me a lot in understanding the financials behind my chosen (soon to be) career. if i am reading this correctly, then there is no additional net charge for having one mda and 4 aas or crnas in s "anesthesia care team" than to ...

I have no problem with people arguing over the issue, but just thought that the normal flow of information that I have enjoyed for the past year was being choked off by this one argument. It looks like people only have so much time/energy to partici...