paranurse

paranurse

ER, ICU, Trauma, Flight, EMS

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About paranurse

paranurse has 12 years experience and specializes in ER, ICU, Trauma, Flight, EMS.


RN with ER/ICU/Flight experience. Manager of Southwest Flight Program. Retired from Army as combat medic/rescue specialist (20 years). Working toward MScN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner(Flight)

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  1. trauma gadgets

    Glydescope or similar could beneficial. Try the vendors for a loaner or offer as a site for research. We have used alot of equipment this way (long term test drive). Maybe a tour of the bigger facilities locally might be helpful as well. (UNMH ED, Lo...
  2. trauma gadgets

    How are you fixed for airway stuff? Bougie? Scopes? Vents? Touch base with some of the flight services and see what is common for them (especially if they transport your patients outside). If you are close I could suggest some contacts.
  3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    I am in an ACNP program right now and I fear that the regs may change while I am still in progress. This topic came up during orientation at my institution, but no real forecast was decided. Take us seriously as a profession, maybe it is good. Consid...
  4. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    And you wonder why EMS crews are so well received when they come to the hospitals where all the robotic nurses with artificial intelligence just hang out waiting for the PARAGOD to enlighten and lead from the darkness! We are supposed to be integral ...
  5. ER T-shirts

    Let me thank you in advance for my job security. I'll always have a job in your world. Your social life is my professional life, .....dress appropriately.
  6. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    ENMU-R offers a bridge RN to EMT-P program. Check it out. Our Program has RN-Medic crews and both have to keep the certs up to date. strengths come from both sides to make a better crew
  7. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    From my experience, if you can't walk the walk then don't talk the talk. Unfortunately, many nurses end up in a position that becomes more academic or administrative than practice focussed. Not to say we don't need these avenues, but we still need to...
  8. mental health education videos

    I have used the public library and local video stores fro such titiles as 'Sybil', Awakenings, a beautiful mind, etc. Students can treat them as documentary learning and record questions and answers for discussion in class. I found that many students...
  9. "New staff" reference manual for the ED

    Have you thought of doing a watered down version of you unit's P&P or Tmt Protocols? Kinda like Coles Notes or a Reader's Digest (Must knows). The exercise can be helpful for organizing or starting your thinking plan. I made a quick reference com...
  10. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    I have taught at a couple of different universities and some faculty still have difficulty with a gender stereotype when it comes to nursing. I was a Combat Rescue Specialist in the Army, and completed my BScN during the last 7 years of my career. I ...
  11. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    I am looking for a quick and dirty program for new staff to get more comfortable giving in-house lectures and talks for conferences. Any ideas?
  12. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    Just wanted to say hello. I am Education Director for an air ambulance program in New Mexico. Pursuing MN/ACNP-Flight. I have most experience teaching in the Army Special Forces(20 years). I have found a different attitude towards me as a lecturer at...
  13. Flight nurse health requirements

    We have a Flight medic weighing 260lbs 6'5" and wears an insulin pump, any questions?
  14. so Im fat, i cant be a flight nurse?

    Fixed wing may be more accomodating to someone of your stature. never let your dream die, or you will be next.
  15. Letting my medic cert go, is there a transport RN cert I can get?

    ASTNA may be helpful. We are working on a speciality rating for transport RN.