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PMDC has a great response. I can tell you that a flight program is looking for all the things that PMDC spoke of in that response. But I can tell you that everything that you do prior to becomming a flight nurse is going to need to prepare you for the responsibility that comes with the teritory. If you are a go getter, than my advice is take the hard assignments while working the ICU, and the ER. Take the assignments that no one wants. Look for the challenge. You have to be self motivated. Flight nursing requires you to think independently. At 2000 feet in the air you don't call a doctor for orders, you perform and get the job done to stablize your pts. 2000 feet in the air is not the time to learn these skills!!! Don't let anyone tell you that you can not do it!! Keep stepping and eventually you will get out of the mud!! Then one day you are there! I've been flying for the last 6 years.

In Michigan at the University of Michigan Survival flight. they are at the clinical nurse speacialist scale. Clinical Nurse III, compared to a clinical nurse I . the pay can be anywhere from 60K to 100K a year. Yes they are paid more than a regular floor or ER nurse.

Thank you all for your reply. You have given me hope to be able to take those 2 years and keep my family afloat. :)

Hi everyone, I am currently a flight nurse completing my BSN. I hope to be enrolled in a CRNA school in the next year or 2. My biggest concern is "How does a guy support his wife and 4 kids (all under age 7) while attending a 2 year CRNA program? My wife (a saint) is a stay at home Mom, and her working outside the home is not an option. Can it all be done with student loans? I am all ears if anyone has any examples of how they or someone else did it. I have been an RN for over 12 years now, and I feel its time to complete what I had started to do B.C. (before children). Thank you!!