Washington, D.C. CRNAS

[pnurseuwm]

I don't know if I've posted this topic before, but I'll ask again.

Are there any D.C. CRNAS on this board? Does D.C. use CRNAs heavily or do they rely on other anesthesia providers?

I'm asking these questions because gaswork.com, and other CRNA job sites, really don't have any openings in D.C.

After graduation, I would like to move out of Wisconsin (maybe to Texas, or Tennessee, but D.C. also seems to be like an interesting place).

If there are any nurse anesthetists on this board practicing in D.C. could you just describe your work experience: do you feel like you are supported and well respected? how does your salary compare to CRNAs in other states/regions? is there a large market for CRNAs in D.C.? etc.

Thanks a bunch

[deepz]

My observation from the amount of bickering and hate throwing on this board, is that AAs are very significant. At least to you DeepZ. If the AA issue is so insignificant then why do so many people have such deep rooted feelings about a handful of professionals that have a different background prior to entering Anesthesia school? It looks like the actual anesthesia training is almost identical on a whole.

How many times have we read the words like 'hate' and 'anger' misused on this BB? Hate is a strong word, 69. This is politics, nothing personal. I don't know you, but your take on 'identical' training seems to be purely speculation?

As to what I myself might find significant, that has little to do with *national* significance. A couple hundred AAs after 30 years don't cause any CRNAs that I know to lose sleep, though AAs have posted here how we 31,000 CRNAs are 'scared' of them, how AAs will 'soon be coming to a State near you,' and various other hollow boasts and threats. The bragging part they have learned very well from the A$A. People who care about quality anesthesia naturally have deep-rooted feelings, and voice them forcefully.

Long ago the novelist Henry Fielding wrote that only Hypocrisy and Affectation truly deserve ridicule. These Atlanta posers furnish plenty of material for ridicule, richly deserved.

IMHO

deepz