SRNA's: generally, how much...

sonessrna · Nov 16, 2004

What is considered "reasonable" in regards to the number of hours a srna should be demanded to put in during their clinical rotations. are 12-14 hours days normal. That is just the hours in the OR I am referring to. There is still another ungodly amount of hours to put in prepping for the next day, prepping for journal club, prepping for presentations as well as studying for tests. I knew that CRNA school was not going to be cake, but 20 hour days for the next 18 months seems a little excessive. Just curious what other program clinical expectations were like.

Your description sounds fairly familiar.

Quincke · Nov 17, 2004

What is considered "reasonable" in regards to the number of hours a srna should be demanded to put in during their clinical rotations. are 12-14 hours days normal. That is just the hours in the OR I am referring to. There is still another ungodly amount of hours to put in prepping for the next day, prepping for journal club, prepping for presentations as well as studying for tests. I knew that CRNA school was not going to be cake, but 20 hour days for the next 18 months seems a little excessive. Just curious what other program clinical expectations were like.

I would say I spend 12-15 hours a day including driving time, set up time, OR time, care plan time, and prep for the next day time on the average day. I think it is much less stressful being in clinicals every day (class once a week) than class every day. I usually do nothing but clinical, clinical prep, and care plans during the week and have my weekends totally free (NOT what happened when I had class every day). I think 20 hours a day is quite excessive, and personally would not want an anesthetist who is chronically sleep deprived (as opposed to someone on call) putting me to sleep.