Well you know what guys, You are all right about nursing and EMS being two different creatures, but they both come in handy when caring for a patient, my back round started in nursing and I went into EMS. Needless to say I have been on both sides of the gurney! Now, my gripe with nursing these days is there are these people go to nursing school with the attitude of "this makes fairly good money" and have never worked with sick people. Then when they are in school the attitude is taught that you will delegate. That's fine up to a point, but the nurse is responsible for the entire patient, not just the meds and charting. I have been blessed to have worked with some of the finest men and woman in the nursing profession, These are the folks that I would trust my loved one's life with, not to mention my own. I also think that in this present time the nursing students are too much on there own and are being precepted by nurses that are either burned out or just have the attitude "I'm only in it for the money" What kind of a standard is that to teach! Now that I am off my soup box, Don't you think it is better that a person catches themself early "this is really the job for me" instead of sticking it out and being burned out, bitter, and a b*tt head? I have seen folks come out of nursing and go into EMS and vise a versa. I think it sounds like a win win to me. Good luck and remember your roots and what you have been taught, it will come in handy when it comes to patient care!!
