HoyaTech

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1. EMT-Practitioner

   HoyaTech replied to Mr. Hat's topic in General Nursing

   i think the OP is trying to propose not a shortcut to RN, but a way to use the EMT foundation to help provide many of the nursing functions in underserved areas. An EMT doesn't equal an RN, and the...

2. EMT-Practitioner

   HoyaTech replied to Mr. Hat's topic in General Nursing

   yeah this is how it is @ my hospital. the weird thing is that they dropped the requirement to be an EMT, and all you need is BLS, which I think is a little stupid. Though IV insertion is allowed in...

3. EMT-Practitioner

   HoyaTech replied to Mr. Hat's topic in General Nursing

   This is actually what some physicians say. A BSN/RN can go to school for another two years to become a practitioner, and they feel that it devalues their education and time spent to become what they...

4. EMT-Practitioner

   HoyaTech replied to Mr. Hat's topic in General Nursing

   in certain states EMT-Bs can place IVs, but all they can give is NS. Also, what a ER tech can do varies by hospital. As an ER tech in DC, I can start IVs, draw blood, give NS, EKGs, splint, place...