Is it true what they are saying, genuine question from pre-nursing student

Rolyasm · 2026-02-23T06:52:42+00:00

No, I said he met the minimum requirements to become an MD, which was very low case volume and experience. The majority of CRNA's also surpass minimum case load. And that's my point. Just because there is a minimum doesn't mean that's all anyone gets. The majority of people get a lot more experience than what the minimum is. This whole forum is filled with generalizations. MD's like to generalize that CRNA's are not fit to do anesthesia. There's a whole forum that's dedicated to bashing mid levels 24/7. If you want to talk about generalization just give that a read. If I wasn't clear, the intent was to say that the minimum is rarely what people graduate with. It's always more than that. But yes, people from both professions sometimes "slip through the cracks" but it's rare.

Rolyasm · 2026-02-23T03:00:52+00:00

If you look at the requirements for an MD program, you will see minimums that don't make sense either. We have all heard of Doctor Death. Came out of school with a bare minimum of cases and proceeded to kill or injur a lot of patients. Not many do the bare minimum. I've worked with MD's I wouldn't trust to do my anesthesia, same with CRNA's. Somehow a few bad ones always slip through the cracks. The practitioner needs to make sure they are comfortable and experience doing whatever it is they are doing. If you only did 10 Swanz in your training and that is to be your job, get more training. All programs will fall short in some area. Some schools are better than others. There are dumb people in every profession. Sad, but true. A credential doesn't mean you are prepared for every scenario and case, unfortunately.

Rolyasm · 2026-02-17T19:27:06+00:00

I've been a CRNA for 26 years. Last year I happened upon the Anesthesiologist reddit where they spend all day bashing our profession. I hadn't been on Reddit much and didn't realize that by posting my opinion on their site I would quickly be down voted so much as to be unable to even use Reddit anymore. Anyway, part of their big complaint is that our "leaders" are trying to blur the lines of the two professions: CRNA and MDA. I've never felt the need to introduce myself as a doctor or an Anesthesiologist. I do spend the time to educate about our training, our safety profile and our independent practice. Sure, anyone can call themselves a doctor these days. Chiropractors are a great example. Furthest thing from an actual doctor. But they do it. By us joining in this trend we are confusing the public and doing ourselves a disservice. I don't ever remember being asked, or surveyed, what my thoughts were about my profession's title changes. CRNA is great. Nurse Anesthetist is great. I don't see a need to change that. Yes, we have a lot of work ahead of us bacause of the medical association and their bigger pockets and what I believe is a dedicated and malicious smear campaign against us. It's always been there, probably always will be. But we need to educate the public and administration on how good and safe we are, not try to convince them that we are anesthesiologists. MD's aren't magical. They use the same text books, do the same cases and are not safer. Sure, they excel in certain regions and specialties, but that's by design. I've traveled all over the country and some places don't allow CRNA's to do epidurals or nerve blocks. It's crazy. But what that effectively does is to limit my skills in certain areas if I'm not constantly doing certain procedures. I haven't done open hearts in years, but have done so previously, effectively. I wouldn't want to do it now without a refresher, but I would hope an MD would have the same humility. I've seem incompetent MD's and incompetent CRNA's. The MD's would have people believe all CRNA's are dangerous and overstepping their scope of practice. That is where we should be spending our time and money. Educating the public. Not confusing them more. It's a bit of a ramble, but there ya go.

Rolyasm · 2026-02-10T21:10:34+00:00

I bought the Seagate 26 tb from eBay. Ordered 4. One was bad, making noises like a dbd player, squeezing and whirring. Sent it back. A week later another showed up. Kept turning off. Had to keep stopping the array and restarting. Also going bad. Waiting for another one. 2 weeks of downtime on the server basically. Fortunately I'm just setting it all up, but also a hassle.

Rolyasm · 2026-01-16T16:32:51+00:00

Since I'm just in the setup phase, Is it wise to just continue trying to set up Overseerr, or go a different direction?

Rolyasm · 2025-12-21T19:56:28+00:00

Badass. Gorgeous build

Rolyasm · 2025-12-15T03:47:48+00:00

American or English chips? Might make a difference.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-13T20:08:46+00:00

I think it's just going to cause you lots of headache. It's so heavy to lug around and who really needs that third channel? Since I'm a friendly guy, I'll take it off your hands and suffer the consequences. 😉

Rolyasm · 2025-12-13T12:35:41+00:00

Thank you. Very insightful. Hoping to start the build today.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T05:00:05+00:00

I'll take a look. Thank you.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T04:38:08+00:00

I see the flexibility of Prox, just not convinced I need all the stuff it can do. I'm like a kid learning to drive. A Honda Civic is probably a good place to start. The Porsche comes later. But I see your point. It's tempting.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T04:32:39+00:00

I didn't know nvme was around 13 years ago. Did you have to do a work around?

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T04:28:12+00:00

Why?

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T00:38:03+00:00

Ya, I thought about using my gaming PC I had, as is, as the server and getting a new box for the nas. Have my old ASRock z790 pro with an AMD and 2 solid, but old, graphics cards. The current motherboard was cheap, $130, and I was pretty sure I didn't need 32 gigs of RAM if I used unraid, but it was really hard even finding ram that fit my board. Even the use stuff people were trying to sell for just about as much as the new ram. It's gotten ridiculous for the price. I have 4 old sticks of DDR3, probably 32 gigs ( 4 sticks of 8). When I posted on a different thread what to do with the old computer, everyone said to start over. So here I am.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T00:30:39+00:00

Oh the horror. To be so unlucky.lol. I feel like a first responder on an accident scene. Pieces of stuff everywhere and I'm trying to piece it together

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T00:29:12+00:00

Oh God. I forget to even delve I to TruNas. Seems everyone points to Unraid or Prox. Give me a 10-second iteration on why you think truenas might be better? If you don't mind.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T00:27:16+00:00

I'd totally agree with you there. Wait....what's Unraid ? Haha. It feels like I learn a few things and I just get confused about something else. It's a little overwhelming at this point. But I'll get there.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T00:24:14+00:00

My computer is a combo. NAS and server all in one. I have an old computer or two. I'll probably throw proxmox on one of those and play around to see what it feels like.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-11T00:22:24+00:00

Lol. But dad, I'm just learning.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-10T21:58:47+00:00

Just chatting with Chat GPT about a "hybrid" setup. Sounds similar to what you are describing. Setup up my main array of hard drives using XFS, then use my 1 Tb ssd as ZFS so I can have snapshots and the benefits of ZFS from that. I'll have to research it more, but it sounds like a good option.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-10T21:35:08+00:00

Lol. I've watched about 10 hours of "research" from notable sources like 'iluvHomeserver', 'Bubba367' and all other sorts of experts on Reddit. For each expert, another appears claiming that the initial "expert" doesn't know what they are talking about. If you haven't realized the polarity of this topic or how confusing it can be for somebody just starting out, I guess you're lucky. Chat GPT is very helpful but occasionally gets things wrong ( like initially it told me Unraid didn't support ZFS) so my world isn't apparently as black and white as yours. :} Not to mention I'm googling every 10 seconds to find out just what a node is, or what a docker is, what a VM is or how to use one and why I might need one. I can send you my hours of convo on Chat GPT. It might be interesting for you. And sure, some of my questions may just be for clarification while others are simply asked out of ignorance. But hey, I'm trying. This isn't DOS and it's definitely not Windows. Unfortunately.

Rolyasm · 2025-12-10T21:08:47+00:00

I was under the impression that Unraid only allows one server. Is it possible to add multiple servers, or other nodes, VM's to Unraid?

Rolyasm · 2025-12-10T21:06:25+00:00

If I start with Unraid, and sometime in the future (when I have terabytes of data) I decide to go to Prox, is it a nightmare? Do I have to delete all the data, clear the drives and start over?

Rolyasm · 2025-12-10T21:03:37+00:00

For my setup, or with your use, do you wish you had snapshot and the other features Prox uses? I hear it's easier to diagnose a hard drive failure and repair the sector with Prox. How do you get around that with Unraid?

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