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Anesthesia for TURP-how to avoid CRNA
by n85082, Aug 07, 2009 09:19PM
I need to schedule a TURP and want to make sure that the anesthesia is performed by a physician, not a nurse (CRNA). I realize that some CRNA's are good, but I had a terrible experience with one and the anesthesiologist who was supposed to be supervising her commented about her poor performance: "they are only nurses". Is it adequate to note this on the consent? thanks
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by rem223, Aug 08, 2009 12:42PM
To: n85082
Good luck getting an anesthesiologist, most places use the nurses (crna's) and they bill you or your insurance company as if you were attended to by a doctor. This is total rubbish. Sure, a nurse can give anesthesia, a flight attendant can fly an airliner, etc until something goes wrong. CRNA's do not have meaningful supervision, I don't care what they say. My neighbor is an anesthesiologist and has high praise for "some" CRNA's just as she has high praise for "some" anesthesiologists...but there is a quantum of difference in getting your anesthesia from an MD and from a nurse. No comparison. The CRNA that I had couldn't even do procedural sedation with any degree of competence...maybe others are better..I'll never find out,
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