I would say that she was blowing smoke, or on the chronic herself. And who drops out of medical school? We had 2 expelled for cheating, one repeat 1st year due to personal and academic problems, and one leave 4th year to pursue a lucrative business venture.
They're so hell bent on pushing for independence that they're selling out the majority of their members who are very happy with, and well compensated by, the existing anesthesia care team model. I would say that she was blowing smoke, or on the chronic herself. And who drops out of medical school? We had 2 expelled for cheating, one repeat 1st year due to personal and academic problems, and one leave 4th year to pursue a lucrative business venture.
CRNA mills are pumping out CRNAs as fast as they can. They're a couple years from killing themselves. They're betting it ALL that they will get 50 state independent practice soon AND that many hospitals will adopt that system AND that patients and surgeons will find that acceptable. While they wait and hope, salaries will fall as competition for jobs increases, which is happening now BTW. We hire about 1/yr and are ultra selective. We used to get 2 or 3 good candidates/yr. This year we have 9 or 10, and several are from other parts of the country. The best programs may be competitive, but anyone smart enough to think that they can get into medical school would have little trouble getting into a CRNA program, and I doubt there is much competition at all at the expanding number of CRNA mills. All the while CRNA quality will fall as well. Great plan AANA.
The only hitch to dropping out and going CRNA is the nursing degree, which can be accelerated, and a year or 2 of work to qualify for admission.
I would say that she was blowing smoke, or on the chronic herself. And who drops out of medical school? We had 2 expelled for cheating, one repeat 1st year due to personal and academic problems, and one leave 4th year to pursue a lucrative business venture.
CRNA mills are pumping out CRNAs as fast as they can. They're a couple years from killing themselves. They're betting it ALL that they will get 50 state independent practice soon AND that many hospitals will adopt that system AND that patients and surgeons will find that acceptable. While they wait and hope, salaries will fall as competition for jobs increases, which is happening now BTW. We hire about 1/yr and are ultra selective. We used to get 2 or 3 good candidates/yr. This year we have 9 or 10, and several are from other parts of the country. The best programs may be competitive, but anyone smart enough to think that they can get into medical school would have little trouble getting into a CRNA program, and I doubt there is much competition at all at the expanding number of CRNA mills. All the while CRNA quality will fall as well. Great plan AANA.
The only hitch to dropping out and going CRNA is the nursing degree, which can be accelerated, and a year or 2 of work to qualify for admission. It's a good alternative career to consider, but give it a good look first. No one knows what's going to happen to their salaries in the future. Of course the same is true everywhere in medicine. If you want to be a nurse, be a nurse, if you want to put in the required time and have a much broader depth of education become an MD.
I would say that she was blowing smoke, or on the chronic herself. And who drops out of medical school? We had 2 expelled for cheating, one repeat 1st year due to personal and academic problems, and one leave 4th year to pursue a lucrative business venture.
CRNA mills are pumping out CRNAs as fast as they can. They're a couple years from killing themselves. They're betting it ALL that they will get 50 state independent practice soon AND that many hospitals will adopt that system AND that patients and surgeons will find that acceptable. While they wait and hope, salaries will fall as competition for jobs increases, which is happening now BTW. We hire about 1/yr and are ultra selective. We used to get 2 or 3 good candidates/yr. This year we have 9 or 10, and several are from other parts of the country. The best programs may be competitive, but anyone smart enough to think that they can get into medical school would have little trouble getting into a CRNA program, and I doubt there is much competition at all at the expanding number of CRNA mills. All the while CRNA quality will fall as well. Great plan AANA.
The only hitch to dropping out and going CRNA is the nursing degree, which can be accelerated, and a year or 2 of work to qualify for admission. It's a good alternative career to consider, but give it a good look first. No one knows what's going to happen to their salaries in the future. Of course the same is true everywhere in medicine. If you want to be a nurse, be a nurse, if you want to put in the required time and have a much broader depth of education become an MD.
Just because the AANA plans this doesn't mean it will happen. DNP's with their "anesthesia residencies" can have fun getting full malpractice coverage.
Yes. There's a link in the first post.
