Xithorus

He seemed to give an appropriate response to the question asked, and it didn’t give off a superiority complex when I read it. You’re a bit more free as a CRNA vs AA, get paid a little better on average, and have more job opportunities. Suggesting that those things provide a better job experience isn’t a superiority complex.

Also, talking about where he works (a GI clinic) in a demeaning way like that shows off your superiority complex.

All new CRNAs require a doctorate degree to enter the field as of 2025, so basically all the schools have swapped to only doctoral programs at this point. But even before the swap nearly 80% of CRNA schools were 36 months long. 24 months being the shortest available, but only a few schools offered that. So I don’t think the assessment for “just a masters” is fair. Not to mention that the average CRNA has 8,000+ clinical hours in either an ICU or anesthesia setting (we could argue how valuable those clinical hours are) but a masters in AA is usually a 24 month program with around 2000 clinical hours, and no required outside clinical experience. CRNA programs are mostly (and eventually all) 36 months long, with 2000+ (2600 I think) clinical hours + the average of 6,000 clinical hours in a critical care setting prior to crna school. I really don’t think it’s a fair comparison to be frank. Just like it’s not a fair comparison to suggest that just cause a CRNA has a doctorate degree that they are the same as an MD. Obviously the difference between an MD and a CRNA is much greater than an AA and a CRNA but the point stands.

But you are right, many aspects of the two jobs are the same. And I see where if you did not want to be a nurse first and do nursing, then you wouldn’t want to go the CRNA route. And I’m general I don’t think CRNAs should be independently practicing, but I think some fields they have the ability and knowledge to independently practice safely (such as many out patient surgery centers, or stuff like placing epidurals for pregnancies).