<p>I am trying to become a Certified Nurse Anesthetist but do not know if there are any other options in the Medical field. </p>
<p>Not sure what you mean?</p>
<p>CRNA is an advanced practice nursing degree which requires a BSRN plus completion of a X years of nursing experience and a then a Master’s degree. (There’s a great of deal of talk of requiring a nursing doctorate for nurse anesthetists in the near future).</p>
<p>If you strictly want anesthesia, there are 2 other options: certified anesthesia assistant (<a href=“http://www.anesthetist.org”>http://www.anesthetist.org</a>) or a MD with a specialty in anesthesia.</p>
<p>If you’re just trying to get info about other healthcare profession careers, try starting here:</p>
<p><a href=“Career Explorer”>http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/careers/careers</a></p>
<p>Ok thanks I wanted to go either as a simple physician or a Nurse Anesthetist</p>
<p>OK, but please realize that there is no guarantee you’ll qualify for an anesthesia specialty even if you do make it into med school. Anesthesia is a medium-competitive specialty that requires certain USMLE board scores as well as strong letters of recommendation from your anesthesia preceptors from your clinical rotations. </p>
<p>OK</p>