my brother in law is a nurse anesthesis. he make over 100k possibly 150k. he has good hours - goes in early - comes home early. has lots of family time. he makes better money and has better hour than some kinds of physicians. it is a regional thing though. so some regions may not have them. but i'm sure in the future all regions will have them. he was a nurse practitioner for a while but got "tired" of seeing patients. but i think he bores easily so maybe he just had to move on. nurse practioners see headache, cold, flu, i can see where it got tirering.