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Do you know whether an anesthesiologist or CRNA provided the epidural? There's a huge push to replace MDs with nurses for anesthesia (to keep costs down) and I
by nugget 10y ago
Do you know whether an anesthesiologist or CRNA provided the epidural? There's a huge push to replace MDs with nurses for anesthesia (to keep costs down) and I've heard of cases like this as a result. Like Nabisco
shrinking a package of oreos from 6 cookies to 4 (for the same price) it's part of the slow dilution of service that we aren't supposed to notice.
- Scoundreller 10y agoIs there evidence to suggest that CRNAs provide poorer care? Someone that is paid less or has less education does not automatically result in poorer outcomes.
- nugget 10y agoPay has nothing to do with it but I don't think it's a stretch to believe that the average MD with 4 years of med school + 4-5 years of 60 hr/week residency would outperform the average CRNA (nursing + 18 months of 40 hr/week residency). The studies done are usually political submarines motivated by one side or the other in the fight against mid level independent practice rights.