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  1. Is nursing theory actually used by working nurses?

    BCRNA posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In school I was always told how important nursing theory is in guiding nursing practice and improving care. Both in undergraduate and graduate school my teachers ridiculed PAs for not having a theory...

  2. Can CRNAs prescribe meds or have their own practice?

    BCRNA replied to Infofreak411's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes. There are all CRNA practices. Anesthesiologists are not required. All CRNA practices make ALOT more money because of no profit sharing with third parties. You can also own your iwn staffing...

  3. Most beneficial certification

    BCRNA replied to CIA2013's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Depends on your career goals. Working in informatics does not require certification. It can add to your resume though. If you want a management position then you will need a masters degree. Employers...

  4. Students who fight back at instructor feedback

    BCRNA replied to SHGR's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Are they in their early 20's? I teach undergraduate nursing, and I am shocked at the general attitude that they should be given good grades for showing up, and that they generally ignore all...

  5. Informatics and Nurse Practitioners

    BCRNA replied to husker311's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You could possibly keep your NP license if you can claim your informatics role includes NP issues. It is possible to be 100% administrative and still be a practitioner/anesthetist/etc. Just remember...

  6. CRNA profiles

    BCRNA replied to heatherisbetter's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What is posted by the AANA is very accurate. New grad pay ranges 90 to 120000, depending on market saturation. Top out pay is 180000. Independent practice can take you to 250000. But that is an all...

  7. Part-time opportunities for CRNA's?

    BCRNA replied to allusernamesgone's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I can attest that you can work part time in anesthesia and make 6 figures. Its a great job with great perks. I would make 180,000 full time. It should be about what you enjoy. If pay gets cut, it will...

  8. Part-time opportunities for CRNA's?

    BCRNA replied to allusernamesgone's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A starting salary of 120,000 is really good. the top is probably close to 160,0000. Starting salary is still 2 to 3 times a RN. I think all healthcare salaries will go down because of obamacare. i...

  9. Should I look into nursing informatics??

    BCRNA replied to Es90's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Nursing has many areas you can move into if you do not like one area. Informatics does not absolutely require clinical experience, though I find there are fewer open positions for it (in my...

  10. Denied by patient

    BCRNA replied to kemo1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Where I work patients are told, by the anesthesiologist, it is a CRNA doing the anesthetic. The MD gets paid less for doing a single case. If they supervise they get the equivalent of twice the amount...

  11. fatigue and burn out

    BCRNA replied to Ali22's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Crna school is the hardest thing I have ever done, and I am a Phd student now. The training is very stressful, just know it gets easier, especially when you can choose where to work. Stick with it,...

  12. Regional Anesthesia, Time to Hospital Discharge, and In-Hospital Mortality

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

    Interesting article, but there are way to many potentially confounding variables that cant be controlled for statistically. The design they used can not prove cause and effect, only association. The...

  13. How do CRNAs get treated by MDAs ?

    BCRNA replied to april_tomorrow's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is about power and money, even though physicians claim patient safety concerns. Where I work it has been so long since anesthesiologists actually gave anesthesia by themselves that it is no longer...

  14. DNP Informatics

    BCRNA replied to ldbrady11's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Find a school offering a DNP who also offer a MSN in informatics, they will have the resources. Informatics is clinical nursing, a phd is for research. Informatics specialists are clinicians who have...

  15. Purposive sampling

    BCRNA replied to redtshirt's topic in Research

    Purposive sampling is very similar to convenience sampling. The main difference is that the researcher picks participants based on the researchers judgement that the participant has the desired...

  16. How old were you when you began?

    BCRNA replied to hopeful2015's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I started CRNA at 24, but age ranges were 24 to 52 in my

  17. DNP or CRNA

    BCRNA replied to pjkgrd's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Two completely different paths. The only benefit to both are if you wanted two different jobs. Also, DNP is a degree name that CRNAs can have too. It just stands for doctor of nursing practice. You...

  18. DNP/PhD Study

    BCRNA replied to resilientnurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There are not many dual doctoral programs like that. I did the DNP because I was not completely sure I would like research. I did, and am doing a Phd. I would think that it is a path suited to a...

  19. DNP for Nurse Educators?

    BCRNA replied to ellenhuenink's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The DNP does not teach education either. There are nursing education degrees and certificates. But neither the DNP or Phd includes courses on teaching. Some universities view the DNP as a subset of...

  20. CRNA vs AA- FL...please HELP!

    BCRNA replied to nataliemarkie's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am biased, but I would say CRNA because AAs have a more limited scope of practice and are not employed everywhere. If you ever wanted to move you would be stuck to states with AAs. Also, you will be...

  21. Wolford College Lawsuit Update

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

    I can say from personal experience that my program used us as staff, and that our cases were determined by staffing needs and not my education. My program was owned solely by physicians in the 1970's....

  22. Do you have to get your masters before your doctorate (clinical) for crna?

    BCRNA replied to JasmineTahnijah's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Current CRNAs dont have to get a DNP. And it will be a few years before new ones HAVE to get one. Currently, some programs offer it as an

  23. Is 'Nursing Informatics' really a 'Nursing' specialty?

    BCRNA replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The purpose of nursing informatics is to assist nurses in using information to provide nursing care (facilitating the use of data to create wisdom). A IT department can create software programs and...

  24. Type of PhD

    BCRNA replied to SoJoFlo's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You can be a specialist in a field without clinical work, unless you claim your specialty is clinical practice. Your expertise is your research focus, which is often based in theory development and...

  25. Online Masters vs traditional school - does it matter?

    BCRNA replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Many traditional school offer online degrees (fully online). When choosing a school you need to consider your career goals. Most of the time no one will know where you got your degree (as long as they...