What else can CRNAs do?

[murse916]

Besides providing anesthesia during surgery what can a CRNA do for patients? I know that PAs working in surgery are also allowed to work in the clinic and do outpatient care a few days of the week. Can CRNAs do something similar? If not, do you feel anesthesia gets boring after some years?

[Maizee]

I was an RT then a neuro ICU nurse. Got bored with both. I've been a CRNA for over 30 years and I've yet to want or have time to do anything else. I do hospital OB and epidurals full time. I moon light doing pain clinic, GI lab and office plastics prn. I live in a metro area in TX and make over 200k a year.

Honestly, I am one of few people I know who loves my job and consider my self lucky to have found this career when at the time I started, pay was the same as an RN supervisor job I was offered.

The school was totally consuming with an 80% divorce rate, mine included. I would never recommend the school for someone with kids, forget outside work or social life.

Yet, if I knew what I know now of what a good fit it is for me, I would do it again for only RN pay

Posted by: murse916

Original Content: Besides providing anesthesia during surgery what can a CRNA do for patients? I know that PAs working in surgery are also allowed to work in the clinic and do outpatient care a few days of the week. Can CRNAs do something similar? If not, do you feel anesthesia gets boring after some years?