Transitioning from military medics to registered nurses

NSW ICTN Local Project Fund Project: “Increasing supervisory capacity in rural and/or remote health care: Mentorship of transitioning new graduate nurses / undergraduate nursing students by registered nurses”

Emergency Department Patients Support the Use of Combat Medics in Their Clinical Care.

BACKGROUND As US military combat operations draw down in Afghanistan, the military health system will shift focus to garrison- and hospital-based care. Maintaining combat medical skills while performing routine healthcare in military hospitals and clinics is a critical challenge for Combat medics. Current regulations allow for a wide latitude of Combat medic functions. The Surgeon General consi...

Training, deployment preparation, and combat experiences of deployed health care personnel: key findings from deployed U.S. Army combat medics assigned to line units.

OBJECTIVE To describe the perceptions of training and deployment preparation and combat experiences and exposures of U.S. Army combat medics. METHODS Data were from the first year of a 3-year longitudinal study designed to assess the impact of combat on the behavioral health and resilience of 347 combat medics surveyed 3 to 6 months after returning from a 12-month deployment to Operation Endu...

Fluid resuscitation in modern combat casualty care: lessons learned from Somalia.

The medical issues faced by military medics in the combat environment frequently represent a significant variation from their training and civilian experience. The differences between care delivered by military medics under fire and care rendered by civilian medics are profound. The lessons assimilated from extensive discussion and focused conferences form the basis for the proposed changes in ...

Lived experiences of military nurses from war- a mini-review

Background and Aim: Military nurses have acquired valuable experiences from caring for patients in war zones. Analysis of these experiences can create valuable knowledge for health care providers. The purpose of this study is to explore and analyze the lived experiences of military nurses from the war extracted from published papers. Methods: In this mini-review, an extensive search was conduct...