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1. Do Employers Desire Nurses With FEMA ICS Certifications

   jeremypcaldwell replied to jeremypcaldwell's topic in COVID

   Ok Thanks. NIMS (National Incident Managment System) and ICS (Incident Command System) are FEMA systems to plan and execute relief operations for mass casualty incidents. Potentially any event which could overload hospitals, terrorist attack, natural...

2. Do Employers Desire Nurses With FEMA ICS Certifications

   jeremypcaldwell posted a topic in COVID

   Question. Does anyone know if hospitals or employers care if an RN has ICS/NIMS training? If so which employers? Thanks

3. Can RN's function as paramedics in the prehospital setting with certain certifications?

   jeremypcaldwell replied to jeremypcaldwell's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. This information is very helpful. You are 100% correct about them stereotyping nurses as helpless females, even though I am a male nurse. Yet they ask for my help when they get stumped. lol. However I will say that the best paramedics I work...

4. Can RN's function as paramedics in the prehospital setting with certain certifications?

   jeremypcaldwell posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Everyone, I'm an RN and also a firefighter in Ohio. Recently my department decided to force us all to become paramedics at our own expense. Some of us are RN's but not paramedics. I am trying to find out if there are certifications which allow the...