Noyac said:
Well HOLY CRAP, you must be a doctor in disguise. YOu mix it up with the residents and are self proclaimed as equal. Well then why don't you take the ABA written and orals? Oh, I forgot your a nurse. So like Dave said your study and reading advice doesn't mean crap here. You can read BIG Miller all you want but your grasp will be limited at best without you even knowing how limited it is.
PS: Barash is the bomb. You (not you Nite) can actually read it after spending all day in the OR (Nite, I'll bet you get those nurse hours in crna school also don't you?) without falling asleep.
No Doc in disquise here, not that cool. Actually considered the Med School route when taking post grad classes and preparing to apply to CRNA school. here was my reason not to.
CRNA school 2.8 years total cost = 90k
starting salary = 125-130k / 8-10 years experience in rural area = 200k plus
Graduate at 28 yrs old
MD 4 years plus residency what 3-4 years
Cost not sure exact but 200k at least Id assume just through the first 4yrs.
Graduate closer to 35 yrs old
Starting salaries vary 150ish for IM, FP maybe , MDA 250 plus ect ect.
Plus I really was interested in anesthesia, so I can goto school for 2.8yrs, graduate young as hell, and make the same salary that many MD's do now (not including anesthesiologists and the other speacialties) while doing something I really enjoy and feel passionate about. Hey 130k at age 28, not bad, took my Dad 55 years to make that much. So it was a given for me, didnt consider the other route long.
SO I enter CRNA school and Joe Blow enters med school heres how we pan out the first decade.
I grad CRNA school 2.8yrs start at 130k.
SO by the time hes done with med school (4yrs) I have earned 156k him none
He does 3year anesthesia residency plus 1 year ct fellowship making about 150k maybe during that time and finishes.
During his residency and fellowship I make 560k with a small raise.
SO total by the time he is done residency he made 150-160k
me 716k.
He starts at 220first year, 240 the next then at 260 the third and 11th year since we started comparing earnings.
SO after the first 11 years since entering medschool joe made 870k
I went rural after 7 years at 185K/yr
SO 11 years since we started comparing:
Joes MDA = 870k-200k(school)= 600k
Me= 1.45mil - 90k(school) = 1.36mil
Another decade passes and with joe making 285k/yr and me still 185k
Joes=3.45 million
me =3.21million
So 20 years after Joe MD entered Medschool he has finally earned more than the CRNA that he despises. Not to metion the CRNA is 48 yrs old and he 55 years old.