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CRNA or NP: which questions clarified the right advanced-practice path?

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For nurses who seriously considered both paths, what helped you compare scope, prerequisites, school intensity, clinical work, schedule, geography, and debt? Which assumptions changed after you shadowed or spoke with people doing the work?

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