Posted by stanley kristiansen on June 10, 2008, 9:44 pm, in reply to "Re: The lies Continue"
Just wondering, What has this got to do with the "LIES", and all motor skills, intubation, line placement, regional anesthesia are easy to learn. The question regarding critical care nursing as an advantage are not these skills, but the experience of managing acutely ill patients something no AT has and for the nurses taking the AA route they may have it but for the main most AA do not, in short order they will develop these skills just as all of us develop our skills and abilities as we work and gain experience. The largest difference is that A crna has the opportunity to develop more independent critical thinking skills related to anesthesia. As a solo practitioner there is no one supervising you or telling you how to perform a case, no one to bail you out you must learn more or you just cannot do the job. Some CRNA's do some do not. Just as CRNA's and AA's can learn a lot from their attending but they will never learn how to think and operate independently. Does this mean they are bad anesthesia providers NO. It just means they must be supervised. Now if someone could please point out the lies, or just admit that the original thread was just a mistake?