What are ambulatory nurses and what do they do?

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Hi,

I was talking with a random person one day in the store and learned that he was an ambulatory nurse. I had never heard of that and still now have a vague idea of what they do. Do they work directly with emt's and paramedics and ride with them? Do they have the highest authority in the team? I have no clue; anybody who can help me out here--that'd be great!

One more thing: Is it true that flight nurses don't make 'much' and ambulatory nurses make good money? I don't know about the rest of the country but I was told this for the state of California.

Just wondering. Comments appreciated!

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Specializes in Critical Care/ICU.

Was this person you talked to maybe referring to critical care nurses who do ground transport. In my area of CA these nurses are employed by AMR, the ambulance company and they do critical care transport via ambluance. I think the transport team consists of the RN (maybe two) and maybe an RT, occassionally an MD. I don't know to what extent paramedics are involved (someone has to drive?)?

The flight nurses I come in contact with almost every shift are employed by the hospital. They make pretty good money, but not enough if you ask me for the risks they take.

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Sorry if this sounds dumb...but I've seen this before...what does it mean? "Bump"

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Specializes in Critical Care/ICU.

It's used to move a thread that may have sunk to the bottom of the message board so it can been seen by people who may have missed it the first time.

"bump" to the top.

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oh...thanks :)

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

I think it refers to a nurse who works in an ambulatory care center, i.e., a clinic setting.

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