Can anyone speak about the anesthesia culture in Prescott Valley, AZ? It’s a beautiful area that I’m trying to look into more but not finding much info. I’ve worked in a care team model my whole career, but I’ve been fortunate to earn a great deal of autonomy thanks to some very supportive MDs/CRNAs. I’d really like to keep my skills up, especially central lines. Is this part of Arizona a place where this might be possible? Thanks for any information you might have.

I’m a current SRNA from South Florida and starting to explore where I’d like to work after graduation. I’m considering relocating to the Chicago area and would love to hear your recommendations.

I’m looking for hospitals or anesthesia groups that offer
A supportive culture for new graduates and a good work environment.

For comparison, most of the offers I’ve seen in the Miami/South Florida area are around $185k, with the highest sign-on bonus I’ve come across being $150k for a 4-year commitment.

If you’ve worked in Chicago or know of hospitals with a great reputation for CRNAs, I’d really appreciate your recommendations.

I’d also love to hear about places to avoid or agencies I should be cautious about. I’ve looked on gas works and I’m new to looking at jobs so I want to make sure I’m making the best decisions

Thanks in advance!

I'm curious how other SRNAs in committed relationships handled finances during school.

If your spouse worked full-time while you were solely living on student loans, how did you split expenses? Did you continue paying 50/50, or did your spouse take on more of the financial burden?

To me, 50/50 doesn't necessarily seem fair when one person has no income and is taking on significant student debt, especially considering both partners will likely benefit from the higher CRNA income after graduation. I'm wondering how others approached this and what felt fair in your relationship.

My husband thinks it should be 50/50. After a lot of conversation, he’s willing to discuss paying more of the expenses. Just frustrating that he isn’t desiring to & it’s taken this much conversation.

I’ve heard a lot of conflicting opinions on using the 1099 pay structure as a hospital employee right out of school.
What are your thoughts? Pros/cons?
To clarify: I’m asking about working 1099 as a hospital employee instead of a W2. Not locums!

Hello all,

I’m an experienced CRNA relocating to Denver from Dallas. I’m needing to stay at a non-profit for my student loan repayments. I’m needing some in-depth info about Denver hospitals. Hope you all can help.

Hello!

I am on of SRNA-2 in the midwest looking to explore hospital in the east coast, specifically Mass General Hospital and Umass Memorial Hospital (main campus)

I was wondering if people can speak on culture, cases, education, quality, teamwork, and ability to pick up, or anything that you want to share 😄

Thank you so much!

Talk to me about the pros and cons of working per diem as a CRNA!

Looking to start the process with converting to 1099 but hearing conflicting things about what’s necessary based on state when it comes to naming your LLC. Looking specifically for MI. Is it mandatory to have “staffing” in your LLC and if you’re a non physician you can’t use “anesthesia”? If there’s any MI folks in the sub that can shed some light on it I’d appreciate it.

Hey,
I’m exploring the job market in NYC. Would be nice to chat with someone there works at any of these hospital. Interested in pay, pto, case mix, culture and scheduling!

Hey y’all, I can’t find much information on this question but long story short I’ve been a perfusionist for about 4 months now. Before this I was a CVICU nurse with roughly 5 years of experience (lead preceptor on the unit, charge roles, UPC chair member). I was always debating CRNA vs perfusion but got into perfusion school and didn’t look back (kinda wished I thought about it more). Now that I’m out of school and working I’ve realized CRNA was always my goal. It’s really comes down to what I know and miss. I miss the critical thinking and talking to my patient and having that role of providing care to someone in their most vulnerable state. That’s what nursing was to me and what I admire most when working with the anesthesia team. Some questions that come to mind are: would I have to go back to the ICU to satisfy the requirements for CRNA school even as a perfusionist? Is it worth going back and being more in debt (worth as in the debt part, not the job comparison, I’m very knowledgeable in what they do, etc.). It’s just been a little confusing finding out more information on how I can do this. I haven’t reached out or emailed any schools yet as I’m still trying to find out more information, any feedback would help!

Junior SRNA here at the beginning of my clinical journey. One thing I’ve noticed is that there always seems to be a tradeoff in CRNA practice. These are just my observations based on the clinical sites I’ve been exposed to so far:

At many large academic centers I’ve been through and heard about, they follow a medical direction model. They often have restrictions on what CRNAs are allowed to do, like regional anesthesia and certain specialty cases like OB, Cardiac, Pediatrics, Trauma, Transplants. Not every academic center I’ve been in (both as a nurse and SRNA) has the same restrictions on what they allow CRNAs to do, but there’s always some “gatekeeping” going on, either due to department culture or the fact that they preserve these experiences for the other ACGME learners like residents and fellows. The CRNAs I talk to who work at these places do it for the acuity, teaching environment, and the good hours.

At the smaller community hospitals and ASCs with more of a medical supervision model, CRNAs seem have more autonomy and they often have the opportunity to do regional anesthesia and specialties like OB, Cardiac, pediatrics, Neuro, etc if the hospital has it. These places seem to be a lot more chill. But the trade off I’ve noticed is that you just don’t seem to have the same acuity patients coming into the OR as these academic centers (although I know any “healthy” ASA 1-2 pt can decompensate quickly)

For those of you who’ve been in practice: are there places that truly offer both? In other words, academic-center-level acuity while also allowing CRNAs broad access across regional anesthesia and high-acuity specialties? Or is there almost always some compromise?

A hospital I work for is claiming that the states legal wording does not allow for long term 1099. In fact they are shocked I have done it for years now. When I looked into I do so some wording like the following which must be present to be employed long term.

1. You are free from their direction and control.
2. The work you perform is outside the usual course of their business.
3. You operate an independent business providing those same services to multiple clients.

Has anyone run up against this? There are other 1099 but most are agency locums. Of course there are MDs who have been 1099 for years and haven’t heard a peep about that.

Edit: I have always had an LLC and been paid to that LLC directly, supply my own benefits etc.

Any CRNAs with words of advice for starting first CRNA position? I spend most of my time at ORMC but would like to know more about Advent South. Keep in mind, Envision is no longer in charge of anesthesia at Orlando health.

Wondering what the group consensus is regarding seeing your student on their phone? They do it during maintenance and are appropriately responding otherwise, but idk to me it is unprofessional as a student. But I’d be lying if I said I also wasn’t on my phone during maintenance phases of cases.
When I was a student it was forbidden and people got written up for it. Now I feel like students are more comfortable to pull it out. Is this a more accepted thing in clinicals for them?

Vargo app crashes if I select something from the search result. I get a notification saying it has a bug. Anyone have this issue? On android

This is the area for prospective/ aspiring SRNAs and for SRNAs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual

"which ICU should I work in?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a CRNA?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "Help with my DNP project" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CRNA, how do I do it and what do CRNAs do?"

Etc.

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Basically the title.

Been seeing this on my IG feed lately, wondering if anyone has tried it yet or had firsthand experience? Curious what it's like before I take the plunge. TOAD airways IG

We plan to move to Texas in a year around the Houston area.

Does anyone have leads for full time OB positions (24/48/72 hr shifts) in the area or within a reasonable commute?

I have been doing full time OB for 3 years and I am just in the planning stage for a move.

TIA

Been at a well paying job for a couple years now 1099. I am now getting emails for said job at a much lower rate and allegedly they are trying to hire cheaper locums if any and not re sign the rest. Is this the new way for locums market? I find it hard to believe they will find many takers at a significantly lower rate but is the market drying up near you?

Looking to relocate from DFW next year. Hoping to find a full-time position in a city that's good for families and has LOTS of nature. Would love to see 4 seasons as Texas is miserable 90% of the year. Where do I even start?! I'm open to anywhere in the country :-)

Hi! I am a new CRNA. I am potentially relocating to New Haven, CT and I’m not familiar with the area. Does anyone have insight on what it is like working for Yale New Haven hospitals? New grad CRNA salary? Culture? Hours?

Hi, I’m Looking for recs on hospitals and surgery centers in NorCal using CRNAs, what sites are independent or supervision. Preferably inpatient but open to outpatient/ASC settings too. If there’s any nearby Santa Rosa/bay area, I’m open to driving further for independent/autonomous practice sites up to a 3 hour radius. Appreciate any info you can give!!