Confusion anyone? Nurse or Physician?

[chocomorsel]

http://texasgeneralhospital.com/physicians/arrington-joseph-crna/

Maybe the hospital or group needs to be more precise and create less confusion to the public.
Oh, what the hell, this specialty is circling the drain anyway.

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[caligas]

http://texasgeneralhospital.com/physicians/arrington-joseph-crna/

Maybe the hospital or group needs to be more precise and create less confusion to the public.
Oh, what the hell, this specialty is circling the drain anyway.

Clearly an anesthesia "provider."

 

[deleted480308]

hahaha, it was only a matter of time

 

[Carbocation1]

"Circling the drain"

 

[deleted162650]

Oh, what the hell, this specialty is circling the drain anyway.

Consigliere wins over another one.

 

[chocomorsel]

Consigliere wins over another one.

Haha. He is the King of the Doom and Gloom.

 

[Planktonmd]

As we repeatedly said on this forum, our CUSTOMERS (Surgeons, hospital admins and patients), couldn't care less who provides the anesthesia services as long as it is cheap and easy to replace.
The only metric that these customers care about is mortality, and since killing a patient has become extremely difficult with the advanced monitoring technologies, it's very difficult for them to understand why a physician is needed for something you could train a monkey to do!

 

[caligas]

As we repeatedly said on this forum, our CUSTOMERS (Surgeons, hospital admins and patients), couldn't care less who provides the anesthesia services as long as it is cheap and easy to replace.
The only metric that these customers care about is mortality, and since killing a patient has become extremely difficult with the advanced monitoring technologies, it's very difficult for them to understand why a physician is needed for something you could train a monkey to do!

I think people underestimate the expense of breeding, raising, and training a monkey to do anesthesia.

 

[drmwvr]

Things must be getting lean in Texas...a few of them seem to be making ends meet by spending time in the ER and radiology suite.

 

[pgg]

I think people underestimate the expense of breeding, raising, and training a monkey to do anesthesia.

The screeching, biting, and poo flinging have to be factored in there too.

When I was an undergrad the lab I worked in had three macaque monkeys. They were jerks.

 

[deleted162650]

The screeching, biting, and poo flinging have to be factored in there too.

Are you referring to the monkeys or the midlevels?

 

[Psai]

At least it doesn't say Dr. Joseph Arrington, CRNA DNP-BC Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia
These will be coming soon if my school's srna school is any indication

 

[yancantcook]

http://keck.usc.edu/en/Education/Ac...tment_of_Anesthesiology/The_CRNAs_of_USC.aspx

Scroll down to see the "Dr. Jane Smith, CRNA"

 

[criticalelement]

The ones who have doctors have EdD after their names. I thought that was an educational administration degree just like bill cosby has.. wtf are we using all degrees in the healthcare setting... Someone should email that chairman to point out how stupid that looks.

 

[Man o War]

I guess this is why we are having to sit through meetings and write policies about what verbiage these folks are allowed to use at our hospital when treating patients.

 

[Planktonmd]

The screeching, biting, and poo flinging have to be factored in there too.

There are surgeons who do these things everyday in the OR, and it's not considered a problem as long as they can do surgery!

 

[SouthSideSteve]

I'm confused as to what "Nurse Anesthesiology" is.

 

[Consigliere]

Haha. He is the King of the Doom and Gloom.

Check that...I am the King of Reality.

 

[Man o War]

I'm confused as to what "Nurse Anesthesiology" is.

Nurse anesthesia= cookbook on ASA 1 and 2s, anything else causes questionable clinical decisions and calling an MD for help. I still get the willies thinking about the surgeon's son who almost had an ICU stay because a CRNA thought he needed three times the amount of narcotics I or any other reasonable anesthesiologist would've given.

 

[Psai]

 

[San Marzano]

At least this isn't specific to anesthesiology. Most new NP's are graduating as "doctors" of nursing practice. I bet they are chomping at the bit to be titled "doctors" too.