Nurse Anesthetist or Physician ?

Pre-Med & Medical School Careers in Medicine
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<p>Anesthesiology is the longer and much more expensive career path. (4 year undergrad + 4 years med school + 4 years of residency)</p>

<p><a href=“http://residency.wustl.edu/CHOOSING/SPECDESC/Pages/Anesthesiology.aspx”>http://residency.wustl.edu/CHOOSING/SPECDESC/Pages/Anesthesiology.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Nurse anesthetist requires an APRN degree (4 year BSRN + 1 or more years as an acute care nurse + 3 years accredited CRNA program)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.aana.com/ceandeducation/becomeacrna/Pages/default.aspx”>http://www.aana.com/ceandeducation/becomeacrna/Pages/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Job outlooks for both career paths are strong. </p>

<p>Anesthesiologists have higher earning potential than do CRNAs, but also have a longer training period & incur larger debt.</p>

<p>Anesthesiologist handle more complicated cases while CNRAs only attend routine, uncomplicated cases. CNRAs always work under the supervision of a anesthesiologist.</p>

<p>Which you choose depends on what trade-offs you find acceptable. </p>