How much do surgical assistants make?

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How much do surgical assistants make?

Answer 1

There is a significant amount of confusion regarding the term Surgical Assistant.  This term is ambiguous and can describe several levels of health care providers who perform the role of assisting in surgery, but have different levels of education, and a different scope of practice outside the operating room.

The Surgical Technologist, who receives the additional education and certification to be a surgical assistant, may make $35,000 to $55,000 per year.  They have limited utility outside the OR, and their level of assistance in the OR may be limited by their scope of practice.

Then there are RN First Assistants who assist surgeons in the OR.  They average $68,000 or more per year, but have increased uses both in the hospital and clinic setting, within the nursing scope of practice.

There are also Nurse Practitioners who have been educated as RN First Assistants and work to assist in the OR.  They average around  $85,000 or more per year, but may prescribe treatments and medications, write notes and orders for the surgeons, and interpret diagnostic test and doagnose medical and surgical conditions witin their scope of practice..

There are Physician Assistants who at one time were specifically educated to work in the OR.  There were called Surgeon Assistants.  They average around  $85,000 or more per year, but may prescribe treatments and medications, write notes and orders for the surgeons, and interpret diagnostic test and doagnose medical and surgical conditions witin their scope of practice.. Many PAs woork as assistants in the OR.

And there are other physicians who work in the OR assisting the primary surgeon.  For documentary purposes these physicians are known as assistants.  They have the fullscope of practice  of a physician.  Their income would vary dependent on specialty and location.

Answer 2

they can earn 5000 dollars a month