Nurses Earns More Than Doctor’s
Despite the developing shortfall of family doctors in the United States, medical centers last year offered higher salaries and bonuses to specialist nurses than to basic care doctors, granting to an yearly survey of physicians’ wages.
Primary care doctors were offered an average base salary of $173,000 in 2009 compared to an average out base salary of $189,000 offered to certified nurse anesthetists, or CRNAs, according to the latest numbers from Merritt Hawkins & Associates, a physician recruiting and consulting firm.
And the firm’s projections for 2010 indicate that the average base salary for family physicians will be about $178,000 compared to $186,000 for CRNAs.
CRNAs are advanced practice nurses who administer anesthesia to patients. An important distinction between CRNAs and anesthesiologist is that when anesthesia is administered by a nurse anesthetist, it is still recognized as the practice of nursing rather than a practice of medicine.
“It’s the fourth year in a row that CRNAs were recruited at a higher pay than a family doctor,” said Kurt Mosley, staffing expert with Merritt Hawkins & Associates.
CRNA salaries have trended higher as the number of surgical procedures picked up pace over the past few years, fueling demand for anesthesiologists and anesthetists.
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