Thanks guys. Last I heard was around 90, so I was just curious what are rumors and what's the truth (generally speaking). I think 110 is realistic for Georgia, including Savannah and other cities in the state.
Just something I heard from a preceptor, not sure if it's true. He said it was a listing of some sort that has been available for some time, and he said they'll never fill it at that salary. Just hoping its an anomaly and not a trend (or better yet just plain false).
Just curious, do many recent grads work at a 2nd hospital to get more hours (like an additional 20 or so extra)? I really want to pay off loans as quickly as possible, and doubt a hospital will give someone 60 hours. Any thoughts about this in Atlanta, Houston etc? It's something many PA's do.
I'm obviously not an AA, but your question about working extra hours is one of the things pushing me towards pursuing CRNA school instead of AA school (in addition to repeatedly being turned down from AA school, LOL). I live in a city in which a few AA's work, and both the AA's and CRNA's I have talked to have told me that it is much easier for a CRNA to earn extra income than an AA due to CRNA's having much more lenient supervision laws. A friend who is a CRNA told me that they and the other CRNA's love to do extra hours in one of the local endo clinics and in outpatient surgery centers and that they're usually in around 6:30 AM and out for the day by 12:00 PM. However, AA's aren't able to do these extra endo clinic/surgery center shifts because anesthesiologists do not work on the premises.
Is it true that many anesthesia groups in the southeast are preferring to hire CRNA's over AA's since CRNA's can be employed with more flexibility? I was told by a CRNA (not one who is particularly anti-AA) who works with a local anesthesia group that it isn't really financially feasible for them to hire AA's anymore since their anesthetists need to be able to work a few days in the hospitals, a few days in endo clinics unsupervised, a few days in surgery centers unsupervised, etc. This person told me to only pursue AA school if I'm willing to limit myself to working in hospital-based practices that always have anesthesiologists on staff. So is it true that if an anesthesia group assigns their anesthetists to work in any non-supervised situation, they are unlikely to hire an AA?
I am asking because I have received an offer to attend an 11-month accelerated BSN program, but I am still hesitant because, of course, I would still have to work for a year as an ICU RN... and I really don't want to work as a nurse! But if it would substantially pay-off in the long-run to be able to work as a CRNA, then it might be worth it.
One other positive regarding the accelerated BSN program is that it includes 5 graduate-level MSN classes, which would reduce the length of CRNA school by almost an entire semester.
on June 4, 2012, 8:27 pm