BluesMedic
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I just realized after my last post, I never really addressed the initial question.
I do not believe that it is a viable option to use new, just-graduated nurses on an ambulance. Just as I believe that it is not viable to use new, just graduated paramedics to work as a nurse.
Anyone working in either field knows that school can only teach you so much. There is a large amount of "on the job training" in both fields. Both are obviously in the health care field but are very different in application even when you factor in pre-hospital critical care transport nurses and paramedics. Thus with current education practices, in my opinion, this cannot work and should not be allowed.
Furthermore, in my state there has been recent debate on allowing RN's with critical care experience to "challange" the state EMT-Paramedic test. It was shut down by the EMS community. I do not claim exclusive knowledge on the debate, but from what I can gather it was basically said that if an RN with critical care experience can challenge the medic test, then a medic with the same experience should be allowed to challenge the RN test. Of course, this was not allowed and so the debate continues. Until next time...
I do not believe that it is a viable option to use new, just-graduated nurses on an ambulance. Just as I believe that it is not viable to use new, just graduated paramedics to work as a nurse.
Anyone working in either field knows that school can only teach you so much. There is a large amount of "on the job training" in both fields. Both are obviously in the health care field but are very different in application even when you factor in pre-hospital critical care transport nurses and paramedics. Thus with current education practices, in my opinion, this cannot work and should not be allowed.
Furthermore, in my state there has been recent debate on allowing RN's with critical care experience to "challange" the state EMT-Paramedic test. It was shut down by the EMS community. I do not claim exclusive knowledge on the debate, but from what I can gather it was basically said that if an RN with critical care experience can challenge the medic test, then a medic with the same experience should be allowed to challenge the RN test. Of course, this was not allowed and so the debate continues. Until next time...