Life Doesn’t Stop at the OR Doors
Two CRNAs talking about the stuff nobody says out loud. The money, the marriage, the burnout, the life you’re actually trying to build outside the OR. If you’re thinking it, we’re talking about it.
Built for CRNAs Who Want More
Hosted by Shantall Ruiz Cummins, DNP, CRNA and Marc Smith, DNP, CRNA. One of us came up through the Army, one came up civilian, we both ended up 1099, and we started this show because nobody warns you about the part that comes after the credentials.
Career
How to get in, how to get through school without losing your mind, and what nobody tells you about the first year out.
Lifestyle
Travel, marriage, kids, burnout, and figuring out how to have a life when the schedule owns you.
Freedom
1099 versus W2, side income, getting out of student-loan debt, and building the kind of options that let you say no.
Meet Your Hosts
Shantall Ruiz Cummins, DNP, CRNA
Dominican-born, Army veteran, 1099 CRNA, mom, and co-founder of Clock Out & Connect. She came up through Army anesthesia and now sets her own schedule in Tampa. On the show she keeps it honest about what the job really costs you, and what it gives back.
Marc Smith, DNP, CRNA
Jamaican-born, civilian 1099 CRNA, dad, and co-founder of Clock Out & Connect. He came up on the civilian side and brings the energy and the hard questions to every episode.
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