Posted by Dave J on January 15, 2008, 7:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Apples to apples"
Stanley, you have only been doing anesthesia for a year or two. Again, all things equal with NO INDICATION that you need to do one anesthetic over another, you do what the surgeon wants. If he wants a general and you insist on a spinal and you have NO INDICATION for it, and something happens, you will be sitting in court trying to explain why you a NURSE did not do what a DOCTOR wanted. You can argue IF you got a reason that one is better than the other but YOUR preference is not an acceptable reason.
Like I said, after you have been doing anesthesia for 10 years, get back to me. I have been doing anethesia for 33 years and have never been sued, never named in a suit and only called in as a witness to what a OB doctor did on a delivery.
You keep thinking you are an independent practitioner and you will become very good buddies with some defense lawyers.