Question for all you "gas passers"

[shodobe]

Now before I ask don't any of you take this personal. It seems to me that there are alot of nurses who haven't even gotten out of school yet that they are shooting for the CRNA programs before even taking care of one patient. What I am saying is, some don't really want to be nurses they want to be pseudo-mds. I have worked with many well qualified and talented CRNAs and have been in this business, the OR, for 27 years and it seems strange that many nursing students want to apply right out of school. A long, long time ago when I thought I wanted to do this the only requirement was a BSN to apply, now I know it is much more. Maybe some of you can answer this because I know many of you spent a few years actually taking care of patients before going to CRNA school. I know that there a few nurses out there that would have never made it in Med school and this is their way of getting around that by going the "short" route. I am not making it out that CRNA school is easy, far from that. I know it is very intense. I just don't want any of you thinking I am trivilizing it. Thanks, I hope to get back some good answers. Mike

[smogmatt]

shodobe: my hang-up is the underlining subconscious attitude, not the questions you asked. not only by you but also by other RN's.

EMBITTERMENT: I got so tired of the "older veteran RN's" being so bitter and angry to me as I told of them of my plans of becoming a CRNA.

the general attitude of tearing someone down when they want to do something "DIFFERENT"

why is there the attitude of "oh I'm just a grunt in the trenches?" the surgery couldn't take place w/ out everyone on the team.

When you or I need surgical attention I hope we have a good circulator, scrub, surgeon, CRNA, PACU RN, SICU RN etc, etc.

I understand if your miffed about some hotheaded kids w/ an attitudes, but those kids have got other issues.

what's your solution to the problem??

[FlyingED]

now, to change the subject. That is one great looking dobe.