NPs in Flight/transport Nursing

suzanne4, RN · Sep 10, 2005

You do not need an NP to be a flight nurse, your role would not change whether or not that you had the NP.

FINDURPASSION · Sep 11, 2005

You do not need an NP to be a flight nurse, your role would not change whether or not that you had the NP.

I am aware that a becoming a NP is not required for flight nursing. I would like to know if there are any NPs who have expanded their role into flight nursing. Thanks!

suzanne4, RN · Sep 11, 2005

The only ones that I know are actually CRNAs, which are actually NPs.........they were flight nurses before they went to anesthesia school, and keep on flying but on a part time basis.

The biggest issue that you are going to have, is that your salalry for flying is not going to be at an NP salary, but at a staff nurse pay. Flight nurse pay in some areas is actually less that what you would make working in a facility that didn't move. They do not make more money, if you have checked into it.

There would be nothing that would be different in terms of an NP being there.

mommatrauma, RN · Sep 15, 2005

A few of our flight nurses went to school to be NPs, but they started as flight nurses first then did the NP. There NP skills are independent of what they do or what is required of them in the helicopter. If anything the knowledge they gained as flight nurses helped them in their NP study. They do not get paid more in the flight service because they are NPs. They moonlight as NPs when they aren't doing flight, most of them are acute care NPs.

heartICU · Sep 15, 2005

The school I am currently attending for anesthesia has an ACNP program with a flight nursing specialty. Here is the link.

http://flightnurse.case.edu/templates/index.htm

Editorial Team / Admin · Sep 15, 2005

The school I am currently attending for anesthesia has an ACNP program with a flight nursing specialty. Here is the link.
http://flightnurse.case.edu/templates/index.htm

Excellent link for the subspeciality, heaartICU. Thank you!

Angie O'Plasty · Sep 15, 2005

It would seem that ACNP would cover most of the skills one would need for flight nursing, other than what's specific to flying--am I right? Does anyone have experience with the program at Case?