Become A Flight Nurse

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Share: Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Required education ADN or BSN Average annual salary $51k–$98k

Source: PayScale, Aug 2018

Attributes Fast-paced React and make decisions quickly in demanding conditions. Out-of-Hospital Treat patients in their homes, during travel, or other non-hospital environments. Varied Take on different tasks, patients, and situations every day. Independent Work on your own or even start your own practice, in some states. Patient-facing Work hands-on, directly with patients. You’ll take care of patients on rescue flights, after car accidents and in other emergency situations so you’ll need to be able to make decisions quickly. What you’ll do

Treatment

You’ll provide medical care to patients who are often in a critical condition before, during and after air transportation.

Where you’ll work

• Hospitals
• Emergency rooms
• Helicopters
• Airplanes

How to become a Flight Nurse

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Get an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

02

Pass the NCLEX-RN.

03

Work as a Registered Nurse, gaining 3–5 years’ experience in Critical Care.

You may also need some certifications, including Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Transport Professional Advanced Trauma Course.

04

Become a Certified Flight Registered Nurse through the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing.

05

You’re ready to work as a Flight Nurse.

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