suturing information required

JessicRN · Jan 26, 2005

I have been to approximately twelve hospitals in the usa and canada and in the civilian world RN's can't suture but in the Military world at least in Canada, we do suture but only those lacerations not involving the face or hands. To those people who wish to talk about degrees please start another thread

Hi there
In my unit nurses are now being expected to suture. Does anyone have any references, information or protocols about nurses and the role of suturing? Thanks Merry Christmas to all. : :Santa5:

R2MD · Apr 11, 2005

Presently, there is no consistency w/ degree of education. Some programs are run by junior colleges, some by 4 yr colleges and many programs have moved to master's level programs. (Hopefully they all will.)
SJ

Not to start an argument but their is quite the inconsistency with NP programs as well. We discuss the inconsistencies of both in a civil manner on the other board in which I post (NPs and PAs) It is something all of us would like to see more standardization. I know that you can say all NPs have Masters Degree. This is true however do the research and you will see that some NP masters degree programs require less than some PA bachelors programs. Just FYI