My Goal Of Becoming A Certified Nurse Anesthetist

“Ms. Davis, could you go prep the patient in room 313 for surgery?” asks the surgeon. I simply reply with a head nod and quickly rush down the narrow halls of the clinic while grabbing the appropriate equipment to get the patient ready for the procedure. “What am I” or “What am I doing”, many may ask. This is me seven years from now achieving my goal of becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. The steps to this career require a lot of training and college, but the outcome makes up for it; a CRNA comes with good salary, high job demand, and great benefits.
A Nurse Anesthetist makes good pay and the job comes with great benefits. The average salary of a Nurse Anesthetist ranges from $89,477-$177,158. The pay also varies from location to location, type of facility, number of years in practice, and by what else they specialize in besides anesthesia. In addition, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the annual wage is $151,630 and the hourly pay is $72.90 in the state of Tennessee. The top most paying states are New Hampshire, Nevada, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Wyoming. Some CRNAs get paid close to $100 an hour.
A CRNAs weekly pay ranges from $3,800-$4,200. Hence, there being a low rate of CRNAs, the nurses get paid more for their work. A nurse anesthetist has many benefits; nevertheless, disadvantages come along with job as well. The
Sometimes the work environment and duties of a Nurse Anesthetist is hectic and fast pace. Nurse Anesthetist works wherever anesthesia is needed. CRNAs usually work in emergency operating rooms, but their level of nursing skills and knowledge of anesthetics require them to work in other facilities. In particular, regular hospitals, delivery rooms, critical care hospitals, surgery centers, dentists’ offices, or even healthcare facilities of the Military are a few of the many facilities