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What is the difference between a nurse anesthetist and an anesthesiologist?
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Anesthesiologist : An anesthesiologist is a doctor that completed medical school, a four-year residency program, and often a one-year subspecialty fellowship. A nurse anesthetist is a nurse that completed nursing school and a two-year nurse anesthetist school.
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