I'm telling u/flipdoc to take a chill pill on this issue. They got accepted to medical school a whopping few days ago and now all of a sudden they've taken it upon themselves to crusade against nurse practitioners and crnas? The user is more concerned with rank than actually helping people (e.g. Patagonia is the new new black (white coat) and using multiple computers to cheat on online tests. This is so ridiculous that it's comical. How about they spend some time in the clinical setting before forming such an opinion about all of these "militant CRNAs"? Yes, I can tell a young student to put the ax down before they have a chance to pick it up. It's becoming a meme at this point. "Omg, these CRNAs and NPs are takin' muh jerbs!!!1" The CRNA vs MD battle has been going on for nearly a century, and is anyone out of a job? There is plenty of work to go around. I'm trying to offer an olive branch here. The infighting between the various professions is counterproductive. We should be unified in our commitment to high quality patient care, hold each other accountable, and use our brain power to change the system for the better rather than the preservation of the status quo.