Sports medicine nursing?

MomRN0913 · Aug 10, 2011

I'm curious myself. In my unemployed state as a nurse, I have been back in the gym like an animal (my first attempt at college was exercise science) I was wondering myself if there was a way to combine the 2!!!

MomRN0913 · Aug 10, 2011

I would love to be the NJ Devils hockey team's private duty nurse. Hmmmm....

awanjo · Aug 10, 2011

and i would like to be the LAKERS nurse heheehe all free hme games ,

TPay · Aug 10, 2011

Oh Ya!!! I want to be the nurse for UFC! hahaha.....move over cut man :yeah:

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Aug 10, 2011

Sports Medicine Nursing? Possible... but consider that it takes a very specialized education to do well in it. It's not just learning how to evaluate injuries. You also need to know how to evaluate each sport, playing position, field or court of practice and play, all for safety issues. You need to know how to rehab players from injury, know when to push them and when to back off. You need to know how to use a LOT of therapeutic modalities and how to adapt to not having them at times.

There's a LOT of education involved in getting into Sports Medicine and doing it competently.

For Athletic Trainers, that above stuff and the clinical internship must be done over at least 2 years, and requires at minimum a Bachelor's Degree, and most of the typical allied health prerequisites just to get into a program. They can not do less than 2 years, and while the hours requirement is around 800 or so, it usually ends up being well over 1500, covering most sports in College and High School.

I have such an education. I did my internship at a High School... and I know Football, Baseball/Softball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling, Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Water Polo... from an injury prevention, injury care, and rehab perspective.

Care to try to learn that in a 6 month orientation? Nursing knowledge would be a wonderful addition to that repertoire, but... the end result would be something more like an NP program specializing in Sports Medicine than anything else. It's a LOT to learn...

canesdukegirl, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2011

I do Sports Med surgery. It's fun, but very very technical.

ChuckeRN, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2011

My brother works for Black House MMA and trains there - Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida's gym - I wonder if I can go down to Brazil with them for the next UFC?

http://www.blackhousemma.com/fighters

Oh Ya!!! I want to be the nurse for UFC! hahaha.....move over cut man

TPay · Aug 10, 2011

chuckeRN....yes you should! that would be awesome!! I think the mma world could use us :)

I agree with the education, I have worked as a post rehab specialist and strength/conditoning specialist for 6 years in many different sports, settings and circumstances. Being an athlete myself (ex-national Olympic Weighter now train in MMA) I wouldn't want anyone assisting me with anything less than real experience and continuing quality education.

You never know....we can dream right!!

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Aug 10, 2011

I do Sports Med surgery. It's fun, but very very technical.

And that's just part of things, a small segment of, and sometimes VERY necessary part of, the overall recovery plan.

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Aug 10, 2011

chuckeRN....yes you should! that would be awesome!! I think the mma world could use us :)
I agree with the education, I have worked as a post rehab specialist and strength/conditoning specialist for 6 years in many different sports, settings and circumstances. Being an athlete myself (ex-national Olympic Weighter now train in MMA) I wouldn't want anyone assisting me with anything less than real experience and continuing quality education.
You never know....we can dream right!!
"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

Having experience in post-surgical rehab and being a Strength and Conditioning Specialist will help, but even coupled with RN education, you won't still yet have the complete body of knowledge needed to competently do the Trainer job. RN's wouldn't be entirely useless in helping out at MMA competitions though.

ashley2bella · Oct 27, 2011

Sports Medicine Nursing? Possible... but consider that it takes a very specialized education to do well in it. It's not just learning how to evaluate injuries. You also need to know how to evaluate each sport, playing position, field or court of practice and play, all for safety issues. You need to know how to rehab players from injury, know when to push them and when to back off. You need to know how to use a LOT of therapeutic modalities and how to adapt to not having them at times.
There's a LOT of education involved in getting into Sports Medicine and doing it competently.
For Athletic Trainers, that above stuff and the clinical internship must be done over at least 2 years, and requires at minimum a Bachelor's Degree, and most of the typical allied health prerequisites just to get into a program. They can not do less than 2 years, and while the hours requirement is around 800 or so, it usually ends up being well over 1500, covering most sports in College and High School.
I have such an education. I did my internship at a High School... and I know Football, Baseball/Softball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling, Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Water Polo... from an injury prevention, injury care, and rehab perspective.
Care to try to learn that in a 6 month orientation? Nursing knowledge would be a wonderful addition to that repertoire, but... the end result would be something more like an NP program specializing in Sports Medicine than anything else. It's a LOT to learn...

Having this background... And then obtaining a BSN, gotta admit it be pretty sick ;-)