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Becoming a Nurse Anesthesiologist |
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Nursing is one of the fastest growing career fields available today. People are always getting sick and injured. Nursing specialists, such as Nurse Anesthesiologists, are in high demand and the growth outlook for these professions are staggering. A professional nurse anesthesiologist is called a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist). Among the first specialty nurses to require continuing education. CRNA’s must be re-certified every two years, which includes meeting practice requirements and obtaining a minimum of 40 continuing education credits. In order to become a CRNA, it will take no fewer than seven years of education and experience. The average nurse anesthetist works a minimum of 1,694 clinical hours and will have administered more than 790 anesthetics before becoming certified. |
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Aye, There's The Rub . . . |
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Written by Samantha Arnold
Any woman can tell you that life causes stress. It doesn't matter if you are a single mom working two jobs, or a single woman enjoying the dating life. Most stress settles into your body’s muscle system, causing headaches, backaches, and a multitude of other symptoms. As a college student, I am often hunched over my laptop for hours on a daily basis. After working for awhile, my shoulders and arms cramp up, and I hear myself saying, “I really need a massage.”
But what exactly does a massage therapist do? What kind of training do massage students go through?
I talked with Candace Frye and Rosalie Jacobi Hutchens from Pitt Community College's Therapeutic Massage Program in Greenville, North Carolina. Frye is the Program's Director; Hutchens is the Program's Administrative Secretary. In addition, Hutchens is a recent graduate from Pitt's Therapeutic Massage Program. |
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