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What is the hardest thing about becoming a nurse anesthesist?

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Tequila’s Answer

I'm not one but I have several friends who are. I'm very much aware of their degree path. First and foremost, you have to be a nurse, typically, nurse anesthetist (NA) were degreed as bachelor of science nurses (BSN) who specialized in intensive care nursing, trauma emergency nursing, or less often neonatal intensive care nursing (one of my friends had this background) AND has at least one full year of experience in one of those nursing specialties. The more experience you have, the easier graduate school will go and the more competitive you are when applying to graduate school. Second hardest part about becoming a NA requires you to get accepted into a graduate school (you will be getting a Master's degree) with a NA program; that is why you first need to have a BSN and had graduated with a high GPA. Once you meet the stringent prerequisite job experience, then you have to get through the intense graduate program. It's almost like going to post medical school. The 3rd hardest part is graduating: you have class work, laboratory and clinical (working under a NA in a hospital setting; sort of like on the job training) requirements throughout the entire graduate program; it's a balancing act that you would have become familiar with while in your BSN program.
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Estelle’s Answer

As a surgeon, I see CRNAs at work all the time. Most of my operations go very smoothly. However, I do hear stories of patients that become unstable during an operation and require the CRNA to think quickly. However, CRNAs work under anesthesiologists and have access to their greater years of training and expertise, so you are never far away from an expert.
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