Why everyone wants to become anesthetist? Is it because of the salary?

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My 3 friend wants to become anesthetist because of salary. I mean yeah the salary is good but how's the job market? How stressful is the job? Right now it's really hard to find a job as an RN without experience. Imagine finding a job as Anesthetist. It went to my mind also that I want to try anesthetist but lets face it,there's too many competition and I don't have an Idea about the job market of anesthetist..

It's easy to say I want to become an anesthetist but hard to earn it..

oops, drips and gases.

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Specializes in Mixed ICU, OHU.

Because so many people are going into the field of CRNA due to $$ it irritates me. At first I was hesitant to tell people my ambitions to become a CRNA because many RNs as well as CRNAs place judgement. I am often annoyed by people who claim to want to be a CRNA, however have never shadowed nor fully understand the job.

I'm not going to lie, CRNA paycheck is nice, however it is definitely EARNED. Thankfully I am up to the challenge :D So much respect for all the CRNAs out there.

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Ha! No more pee or poo. My....foot.

Trust me, you will still have pee, poo, vomit, blood,saliva, etc. If you are going into anesthesia to get away from bodily fluids, you are going to be very very surprised when you get there.

:-)

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Specializes in Surgical ICU.

I hate when people accuse my pursuit to becoming a CRNA as solely dependent on the money. My general reasons.

1. I love the human body, I love controlling it, altering it, doing everything that I can to help make it better. Becoming a critical part of the surgical team would satisfy this desire.

2. I love learning. I hate sitting at work everyday knowing that there is a lot that I dont know. I know that my potential has not been reached, I know my understanding of my patients are not complete.

3. I love being hands on,.. I like seeing the benefit of my intervention. Whether this be titrating sedation and paralytics to get the best abg outcome or giving a real good enema (a really really good one, lol) and providing relief for a patient and preventing obstructions... I just love it!

4. When I walk into the OR or the SICU,.. it just feels right. I can't explain it.

5. The higher pay compensation is just a bonus... and it is nice to think that one day my family and I could be less financially stressed. But,.. If you look at my history,.. If you look at all the classes that I've taken and had to pay out of pocket for (thousands of dollars ppl), all the times I come into work unpaid to sit and listen to this educational program or etc,.. the time I spend reviewing research and then presenting it to my fellow employees .. I think you'll see that I do this because I love it not because of the money.

I think you have to appreciate bedside nursing first, appreciate the person as a whole, be able to help them medically and truly comfort them when they are at their most annoying before you can be entrusted to "give it your all" when they can't complain and you won't be seeing them and their family the next day.

good luck to everyone!!

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Specializes in Surgical ICU.
No more pee or poo! Bye bye needy pts driving you crazy for 12hrs. The OR is a pretty cool place to be. I cant see anyreason not to pursue it other than the no working for 28 months and the massive loan incursion thingy...

No more pee?? you will live by pee. During big operations it will be your job to climb under the OR table making sure not to contaminate anything and MEASURE PEE! intake and output will be critical. You need to know their perfusion status, you need to know their total output,.. are you overloading them, do they have comoridities which would make this even more dangerous (chf), are they in acute renal failure? does it appear that their GFR is sufficient enough to handle the dose of medications that you are giving them? Not all cases will have central lines and CVP and arterial line measurements,.. even long ones. So appreciate pee and get ready to be infering a lot of information about the patient just from their pee. :)

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I've also been shocked at how many others want to be CRNA's. I first went to college for Chemical Engineering and after realizing how awful the paper industry was doing, started working as an EKG tech to explore the health field. Doing that, I got to see what else I would like to do. ED tech, ICU/CCU nurse, and nurse anesthetist (after job shadowing) were the jobs I thought looked great to me. The nurse anesthetist looked ideal to me because it reminded me of my chemical process control class, as well as the very interesting job of a beater engineer at a paper mill - which involves controlling every additive and the mechanical tuning of the machine based on the specs of the paper that you want and what the sensors are picking up at the reel. It was a combination of that with nursing, working with people, which I had learned to prefer over machines (you never have the same day twice!). So it seems like the perfect combination for me. I didn't really think about the money, except that it would help pay the massive loan I'd incur getting there, and the fact that I wouldn't be putting a dime into retirement until my 30's, haha.

I guess overall, I feel like it's for me, but soooo not for some of the others who want to do it. Although I don't mind the job I do now, which includes a huge amount of excrement and bodily fluids... I am extremely mathematically and scientifically inclined, while I find that the majority of those in nursing school are not (at least not math - biology, yes). I am also a guy, and work with exactly zero male coworkers where I am now - I get along alright, but I picture life being better having other guys around again, in the OR.

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I knew I wanted to become an anesthesia provider in paramedic school. We would go to the OR to get intubations and I was fascinated by anesthesia. To me it is the coolest thing in medicine.

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It is highly disappointing to hear so many nurses show their only desire for higher education as a CRNA is the salary. Even if you have money, it does not mean you will be happy. Those who go into anything with money on their minds will never succeed as those who go into a field with the field's values and purpose in their hearts.

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I guess some have the desires in their heart to be and become an NA to make sure that the hardwork is being paid off such as student loans. We have to remember were not working for charity; were working to get paid for what we love to do.

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Specializes in Transplant/Surgical ICU.

I guess overall, I feel like it's for me, but soooo not for some of the others who want to do it. Although I don't mind the job I do now, which includes a huge amount of excrement and bodily fluids... I am extremely mathematically and scientifically inclined, while I find that the majority of those in nursing school are not (at least not math - biology, yes). I am also a guy, and work with exactly zero male coworkers where I am now - I get along alright, but I picture life being better having other guys around again, in the OR.

Nice way to boost your ego!

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Specializes in Medical/Telemetry. Now ICU.
No more pee?? you will live by pee. During big operations it will be your job to climb under the OR table making sure not to contaminate anything and MEASURE PEE! intake and output will be critical. You need to know their perfusion status, you need to know their total output,.. are you overloading them, do they have comoridities which would make this even more dangerous (chf), are they in acute renal failure? does it appear that their GFR is sufficient enough to handle the dose of medications that you are giving them? Not all cases will have central lines and CVP and arterial line measurements,.. even long ones. So appreciate pee and get ready to be infering a lot of information about the patient just from their pee. :)

I think he/she was probably referring to....no more pee, meaning no more cleaning up pts inc of urine and stool :):D

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