NAPS Career Opportunity Tool
Please rate the items from the most important to least important. This will help the clinical sites to understand what you are looking for and perhaps allow them to tailor their presentations to your priorities. Once completed I will ask you to rank all the items that you assigned “1” or “Very Important”.
| 1-Very Important | 2-Important | 3-Somewhat Important | 4-Not Important |
| Practice Issues: | |
| Hospital location | |
| Flexible scheduling-type of shifts—8 hour, 10 or 12s | |
| Part-time positions available | |
| Relocation allowances | |
| Night and weekend call requirements | |
| Anesthesia care team approach with CRNA: MD ration no greater than 2:1 | |
| A positive CRNA/MDA relationship | |
| Willingness on the part of anesthesiologist to teach regional, invasive lines, complex cases | |
| Whether or not anesthesia residents are being trained at the hospital | |
| Variety of cases performed at the site | |
| Availability of challenging cases for the CRNA staff | |
| Availability of trauma cases | |
| Ability to perform regional techniques | |
| Ability to place central lines | |
| Size of the CRNA contingent (any other Columbia grads?) | |
| Autonomy of CRNAs | |
| Continuing education benefits, is CE encouraged? | |
| Ability to participate in M/M conferences/research opportunities/grand rounds | |
| Dollars and Cents: | |
| Overtime availability | |
| Is there mandatory overtime | |
| Total compensation packages (pensions, bonuses, educational allowances) | |
| Sign on bonuses | |
| Salary growth projection |
| Added Value Benefits: | |
| Vacation time | |
| Tuition reimbursement |
Now please rank all the items you rated “1” or “Very Important” with the most important item listed first. Thank you for your cooperation.
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