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  1. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As indicated previously, how long the profession has been around means nothing. The master's for AA's was formulated because there was essentially no such equivalent with CRNA's. The original AA...

  2. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

    jwk replied to Mully's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Agree on both points - we prefer 3:1 whenever

  3. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

    jwk replied to Mully's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think you're trying to describe what is commonly known as a "collaborative" practice, and those are popping up here and there. However, in a collaborative practice, CRNA's and MD's don't have the...

  4. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

    jwk replied to Mully's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This is a prime example of a misleading statement by a CRNA, the kind used every day in their fight against the ASA. You know very well that CMS does not require that the MD "be in 4 places...

  5. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

    jwk replied to Mully's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The TEFRA requirements you're referring to are for medical "direction", not medical "supervision". Those two terms are not synonymous in this setting (you of course know this I'm sure). And although...

  6. New drug cocktails for executions....opinions?

    jwk replied to traumaRUs's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anyone involved in anesthesia, or most medical professionals for that matter, could offer up any number of drug combinations that would work just fine for capital punishment. There are two concerns -...

  7. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Sadly, you rely on the pablum you're spoon-fed from the AANA to form your opinions, because they clearly don't have a factual basis. On the other hand, I have personal first-hand experience dealing...

  8. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thats laughable. You haven't been doing this a fraction of the time I have. I have a very good memory of "half truths and lies" told by CRNAs about AAs to state legsislators over the years. The...

  9. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anesthesiologist assistant. Although I do indeed practice with anesthesiologists, my practice is not "limited

  10. Nitrous Oxide use may come back to the US for labor pain management!!

    jwk replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nitrous oxide is an anesthetic. It is most certainly NOT as innocuous as all of you are making it out to be. In the US, to be LEGAL, it has to be administered by a dentist, physician, or an...

  11. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "Obvious to everyone" if you have CRNA after your name. As far as the AANA taking the "more professional route" - well, that's just laughable. This is the same AANA that is threatening to sue the ASA...

  12. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    jwk replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Is that really the best you can do...complain about the pearl

  13. LMA Package Insert Key Evidence In Anesthesia Malpractice Case

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm waiting for this same concept to be used against "sedation nurses" and other non-anesthesia providers in a case involving

  14. AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I understand that CRNA's might be afraid of competition from AA's. However, "fear mongering" and "outright lies" and misrepresentation are the exact same things done by CRNA's and their...

  15. AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    HAHAHAHA, that's funny right there - really!!!!!!! First - the AANA and CRNA's such as yourself could teach a graduate-level "demeaning rhetoric" class. As an AA, I hear it each and every day, and...

  16. AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What a coincidence - exactly why I'm here - refuting

  17. AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Cash cows - hmmmmmmm MCG CRNA program - total tuition $15,070, yearly tuition $,7535 MCG Medical School - total tuition $54,516, yearly tuition $13,629 Duke CRNA program - total tuition $71,250, avg...

  18. AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Are you naïve enough to believe that SRNA tuition pays the entire cost of their education? Many CRNA programs are in PUBLIC university settings. The taxpayer subsidizes those institutions...

  19. Bair Hugger

    jwk replied to kellygurl64's topic in Operating Room

    Bair huggers depend on air flow to warm the patient. There is no air flow if the patient is lying on top of the blanket, so doing so is pointless. However - there is nothing wrong with using both an...

  20. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    jwk replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    You just lost all your

  21. "Anesthesiologists are gaming the system"

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    So if you've got no dog in this hunt, why do you care? There's certainly no quality of care/lack of education argument. There can only be a financial/anti-competition argument which translates only...

  22. "Anesthesiologists are gaming the system"

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Similarly, I have personal friends and colleagues who are in groups or practices that have been bought out by AMC's. Those who were present prior to and during buyout almost universally regret it and...

  23. "Anesthesiologists are gaming the system"

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Puhleeze - drop the altruistic benefit to society arguments. I understand you want CRNA-only anesthesia, and that you believe anesthesiologists and especially AA's provide zero benefit to a patient...

  24. "Anesthesiologists are gaming the system"

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    According to a couple others in this thread, this type of experience and common sense is not important. Their view is that unless you have peer-reviewed studies (EBM is their favorite buzzword),...

  25. AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    jwk replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    70% of anything does not equal "almost