CRNA's have previously held an enviable posistion: very well-paid nurses, who now can practice "independently" in most states, but many are getting too big for their britches. Calling a nurse "doctor" is patient abuse; imagine the poor patient preparing for surgery, in walks a CRNA and introduces herself as "Mary from anesthesia" never calls herself a nurse, goes heavy on the "I'll take great care of you nonsense" and the poor patient assumes that he's getting an anesthesiologist. Add a bogus "doctor" title to CRNA and the deception is complete. I have no problem with CRNA's, AA's or anyone else practicing under the DIRECT supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anyone who equates nursing school to medical school needs an enema (figuratively); oh for that, call a nurse.
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