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    Pain Management Fellowships for CRNAs?

    Bluebolt replied to Migrating's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have met CRNAs who have done pain management training and do practice it independent of physician anesthesiologists. While this is possible it is an uphill battle and some states can make this type...
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    Go Fund Me

    Bluebolt replied to offlabel's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I understand your perspective, Offlabel. I've heard so many convincing viewpoints on both sides of the debate about this hot topic. I'll leave my personal opinion out of it until after my upcoming...
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    Go Fund Me

    Bluebolt replied to offlabel's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Wow, Offlabel, you surprise me. I would have never taken you for the type to support this new movement. Big changes seem to be on the immediate
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    Would you rather be a CRNP?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    So I don't mean this question to be offensive. I'm an ICU nurse getting ready to apply to CRNA school very soon and I of course have everybody in my life giving me their opinions. I'm getting a good...
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    Was CRNA worth it all?

    Bluebolt replied to murse1293's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I wouldn't have been anything else. The hardest thing I've ever done but also the most
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    Overtime?

    Bluebolt replied to Reminisce's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The same thing happened at the main hospital in my town this year. CRNA only now. From what I heard the CRNAs worked very autonomously and provided all the anesthetics while the MDAs provided a half...
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    1099 vs w2

    Bluebolt replied to Gassadist's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    So those of you with more real-world experience with this would you say that with a job offer of $250,000 1099 would be equivalent to a W-2 offer of $220,000? As a single male I would just have to...
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    Employer paying off Student Loans?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So I'm applying to CRNA schools this Summer. I'm planning the loans I'll need to take out to pay for the programs. Essentially I'm planning for $100,000 to $150,000 for the 3 year DNP program...
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    Employer paying off Student Loans?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yeah, what Brandon said. As the OP who 3 years later is looking at graduating with my CRNA DNP this Summer I'm still waiting on that option that will pay off the $150,000-$200,000 (Yeah, turns out it...
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    CRNAs vs. AAs

    Bluebolt replied to Yoonsung0506's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This is a misnomer. Saying we have a similar scope of practice would be like saying AAs have a similar scope of practice to whom they are assisting, their physician anesthesiologist. They are...
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    CRNAs being supervised by drs who are not anesthesiologists

    Bluebolt replied to Oklahoma 1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Those regulations are in order to bill for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). It has nothing to do with your license to practice anesthesia. CMS requests that in 33 of the 50 states you need a...
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    Do you use the title "Dr."?

    Bluebolt replied to DreameRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just move to a state with independent practice for APRNs. Open your own practice, use your title how you see fit while also positively representing your field as a Nurse Practitioner. Make sure your...
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    Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    Bluebolt replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree it's not wise to make blanket statements that nurses don't do cadaver lab. At my university, it was a very competitive BSN program so many of us did extra sciences to make ourselves stand out...
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    Do you use the title "Dr."?

    Bluebolt replied to DreameRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "Good morning, I'm Dr. Smith your CRNA providing your anesthesia today." That should take you less than 10 minutes. It encompasses all the information required to inform your patient about who you...
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    Do you use the title "Dr."?

    Bluebolt replied to DreameRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thank the Lord for you, Wtbcrna. Sometimes I read some comments from people claiming to be APRNs on here and I almost hope they are internet trolls rather than real life APRNs. If you have a Florence...
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    Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

    Bluebolt replied to 06crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm a third-year SRNA currently looking at jobs. I fall into the millennial generation. I have a very different perspective than the one you describe, as do many of my classmates. We had a recruiter...
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    Relocating to CO.

    Bluebolt replied to Pgcrna222's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Double check the contracts you're signing then because a non-compete clause is pretty standard in anesthesia contracts. If they will enforce them is another matter but I have known CRNAs burned by...
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    Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    Bluebolt replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand the perspective some people have that we should not entice or lie to get men to go into nursing. If they want become a nurse, let them, and if not don't encourage it. I think...
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    Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    Bluebolt replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No Harm Found When Nurse Anesthetists Work Without Supervision By Physicians https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2008.0966 Just some information for those not in the anesthesia field but...
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    Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    Bluebolt replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I understand this is coming from your perspective which is shaped by your personal programs education didactically and clinically. I don't want people to get confused and think that your statements...
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    Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    Bluebolt replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Your decision to start an allnurses account with a title like MDdropouttoCRNA is an odd choice. I've never personally met a CRNA who was not fiercely proud of their degree and training. You seem to...
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    Question from a Cali RN making good money.

    Bluebolt replied to LifelongRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I was in the same situation as you a few years ago. Working for Stanford, making a good six figures, easy job with great benefits, pretty good autonomy (for an RN). I was sending out applications to...
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    Cardiac Anesthesia

    Bluebolt replied to CNPICU's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So pediatric anesthesia is a specialty area by itself. It's considered a specialty rotation during the third year of my program and it's required. If you like it you can request to do a couple more...
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    do fellowships and residences count in the years of ICU experience?

    Bluebolt replied to savyj96's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If it is an ICU residency where you are working as a licensed RN then it should definitely
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    A CRNA places second in the Boston Marathon

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Nursing News

    This was a major surprise considering she has only run one other marathon in her life, probably the one that got her a qualifying time for the Boston Marathon. She had no sponsors and nobody knew who...