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Deepz, you crack me up. I hate to admit it, but you seem to reflect a lot of what I'm feeling, but don't have the ____'s to say. God bless you and those like you man. DAMN FEW LEFT!

The ASA leadership are very bright bunch. Make no mistake, they have a plan. The moral to this story is for everyone here - CRNA's, SRNA, RRNA's, and CRNA wannabe's (Sorry to leave you MD and AA looky loo's out), to get involved in the AANA and state Nurse Anesthetist organizations. Passion can can be a good thing. The ASA certainly knows this. For over 100 years Nurse Anesthetists have been there when others have not. Unfortunately, most of the public does not know who we are.

Congrat to you lashbyccrn. I spent today hanging out at Arrowhead and was very impressed with everyone. I'm hoping I have one of those letters in the mail within the next day or two - Lord willing.

I changed careers some 12 year ago in order to become a CRNA. I am now 47 years old. Before becoming a nurse, I was a manager in the business world and made a very good living. It was during my first semester in graduate school for business when it dawned on me that I absolutely hated what I was doing. It was then that I decided to attend Nursing school. Fortunately for me, I am married to the most precious human being I have ever met (she's also a nurse) and she was very supportive. Unfortunately however, due to financial reasons, I was not able to pursue CRNA school until now. Is it too late? Not for me. This is a continuation of a goal (and dream) that I started sometime ago. I can't tell you how many times my stomach has ached as I've seen colleagues of mine, many of whom I've trained, going on to become CRNA's. I was always happy for them but sad for me. Anyway, financially, I'm in a good place now and I'm looking forward to meeting some of you guys and gals in CRNA school-Lord willing. I applied to one school last year, and four schools this year. Is it too late? No way. It's never too late to pursue your dreams. Good luck all.

Tenesma, first let me say that I do enjoy most of your posts. They are generally educational and well reasoned and for that I thank you. That being said, your comment re: RRNA's (cute) is offensive to many on this board. I can tell by your posts that you're a pretty smart guy so I feel pretty confident that you knew the response you would get by this comment. After all this is a CRNA and CRNA wannabe site. There are currently several nurse anesthetist programs that use this term. My guess is that there are no physician anesthetists on their Nurse Anesthesia Graduate School Board to veto such a term. I could go on about physician anesthetist gate keepers within Nurse Anesthesia programs but I won't. My point here is that CRNA's are CRNA's. They are not MDA's. If they want to call themselves RRNA for whatever reason, and their reasons seem well reasoned, it's no ones business outside of their profession.

Good Luck. Let us know how it goes.

Many thanks for the post Trauma Tom. Great timing!