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If crnas make as much as a mda does, why not eliminate the crnas and open up a number of residencies to train additional mdas?
anesthesia and nurses
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Sure there's some may be some crossover in salaries, but at a given place, MDAs will make more than CRNAs. Someone can correct me if they know of an arrangement otherwise. Actually, I've heard of CRNA practices that will hire MDAs to provide supervision so in that case it's possible.
Anesthesia residencies have actually cut slots over the last
10 years to better match the supply of interested candidates.
As of the 2003 match, some porgrams still went unfilled so I don't see an increase is spots justifiable yet.
There will probably always be a deficit of MDAs in the most rural areas where CRNAs are prevalent. Same holds true for other specialties in rural areas. Someone has to provide care.
Anesthesia residencies have actually cut slots over the last
10 years to better match the supply of interested candidates.
As of the 2003 match, some porgrams still went unfilled so I don't see an increase is spots justifiable yet.
There will probably always be a deficit of MDAs in the most rural areas where CRNAs are prevalent. Same holds true for other specialties in rural areas. Someone has to provide care.
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I find it odd the way anesthesiologists have allowed nurses to encroach onto their field with the amount of breadth that they have.
If you look at other medical specialities you wouldnt find the same comparisons. I would never expect a nurse to perform a heart transplant for example.
Does this mean that the future of anesthesiology is secure or not? Does nurse involvement limited or is it expanding? Do doctors fill a critical role in this field that cannot be substituted by nurses or is this field going to be substituted in the future by nurses?
If you look at other medical specialities you wouldnt find the same comparisons. I would never expect a nurse to perform a heart transplant for example.
Does this mean that the future of anesthesiology is secure or not? Does nurse involvement limited or is it expanding? Do doctors fill a critical role in this field that cannot be substituted by nurses or is this field going to be substituted in the future by nurses?
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This topic has been beaten to death several times recently so before this gets started again maybe you should try to search this forum for answers to your questions.
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Here we go again.......
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sigh, timmy. you are opening a can of worms my friend. but i did want to point out that if you do look at other medical specialties like family practice (ok, it's not really termed a medical specialty) you will see the same thing. PAs and NPs are taking over everything. i think that it's time to run for the hills and build up our numbers so we can come back with a small army to overthrow these evildoers (haha).
alright i gotta study...
