Flight Nurse Training

[Watanabe_Joey]

I am wanting to join the Army, come out as a nurse, and then go through a type of flight nurse training. Does anyone know how much training would cost to go through the flight school?

[lindarn]

I am wanting to join the Army, come out as a nurse, and then go through a type of flight nurse training. Does anyone know how much training would cost to go through the flight school?

The Army does not have Flight Nurses. Only the Air Force does. The best way to become a Flight Nurse in the Air Force is to join the Reserves. The AF Reserves do the bulk of the Aerovac flying. It is very hard as an active duty Air Force nurse to get a slot in a flying unit. And you can only do it once. You can fly your entire career in the Air Force Reserves, if that is what you want to do.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN

Spokane, Washington

[GilaRRT]

You will be hard pressed to find stand alone flight nurse training. Most flight companies will not look at you for employment without a solid three years of emergency or critical care experience. Then, you go through the company orientation and start out on the flight line or do a specified number of orientation flights. For example, my orientation program was four weeks long. After the orientation, I had to complete 240 hours of precepted flight time before I was taken off of orientation status. However, I did not start flying until I had over four years of both ER and ground transport experience.

You can look at courses such a TNATC and CCEMTP. While both are great and challenging courses, neither will train you to be a flight nurse.

On a side note: I do not think the OP is looking at becoming a flight nurse in the Army. They want to join the Army, go to school, then look at flight jobs when they get out of the Army? In addition, keep your grubby Airforce hands off of this one, they belong to the Army.

[FlyingScot, RN]

The only formal program of which I am aware is Case Western Reserve's National Flight Nurse Academy which I think gives you an MSN and an acute care NP with an aeromedical focus. This program is fairly new (ie less than 10 years old I think) and difficult to get accepted into. I'll try to find a link for you.

Found it http://www.flightnurse.case.edu