A high prolactin level may result from a pituitary tumor which is releasing too much prolactin. Pituitary tumors are actually fairly common. They are rarely cancerous, but they can cause problems either by over-producing a hormone such as prolactin, or by growing in size and pressing on surrounding structures.
Upon completion of an accredited program, nurse anesthetists must pass the National Certification Examination (NCE) to become a CRNA. This computer exam typically takes three hours. Each student must answer between 100 and 170 questions.
Given these recent employment figures from the BLS, becoming a nurse anesthetist may be a wise career choice as demand for these specialists is growing rapidly in the U.S. The BLS (Oct. 2017) projected that between 2016 and 2026, there would be a 16 percent increase in positions, a much higher rate than the expected average growth of all occupations in the country during that same decade (7 percent).