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I'm so angry right now.
For how I understand this issue, in New York State, nursing is regulated (license-wise) by the State Department of Education. EMS, however is regulated by the State Department of Health. In my city (population approx 220,000, with a metropolitan population of slightly more than a million) there is 1 paramedic program at the local community college. We have 4 hospitals, two of which are major tertiary care medical centers, one of which is university owned, with another, smaller one affiliated with the university.
The paramedic program utilizes the >700 bed university medical center for most of their clinical education. However, the good old ENA has filed a complaint with the State Education Department that the paramedic students are doing their job, and should not be allowed to do their clinical rotations at their hospital. Some attorney in the State Education Department has agreed. The State Department of Health disagrees.
I should mention that the university has a nursing school, and is a mill for NPs, along with 3 other colleges that have NP programs, plus another with a BSN program and an ADN program. Our market is saturated with NPs, and everything everyone talks about on here is evident: the NPs are disrespectful to everyone (my ex wife is a PA) and think there is no reason they can't do everyone else's job better, etc etc etc. This hospital is also critically short of nurses, in every area but especially the ED (2-3 hour drop times for EMS are not uncommon here), so their argument holds NO water. There has always been that tone of disrespect from the nurses to EMS (we're just ambulance drivers) but now they're trying to stop the training and education of our EMS personnel. And, the nurses in the hospital are "standing strong" with them. The other major hospital has agreed to take up much of the slack, and we will probably be better off for it, but WTF?!?
I guess I just wanted a place to vent. I have no problem with nurses in general; their job is different from mine, and both are needed. I'm just angry with the militant, f*** everyone else attitude.
For how I understand this issue, in New York State, nursing is regulated (license-wise) by the State Department of Education. EMS, however is regulated by the State Department of Health. In my city (population approx 220,000, with a metropolitan population of slightly more than a million) there is 1 paramedic program at the local community college. We have 4 hospitals, two of which are major tertiary care medical centers, one of which is university owned, with another, smaller one affiliated with the university.
The paramedic program utilizes the >700 bed university medical center for most of their clinical education. However, the good old ENA has filed a complaint with the State Education Department that the paramedic students are doing their job, and should not be allowed to do their clinical rotations at their hospital. Some attorney in the State Education Department has agreed. The State Department of Health disagrees.
I should mention that the university has a nursing school, and is a mill for NPs, along with 3 other colleges that have NP programs, plus another with a BSN program and an ADN program. Our market is saturated with NPs, and everything everyone talks about on here is evident: the NPs are disrespectful to everyone (my ex wife is a PA) and think there is no reason they can't do everyone else's job better, etc etc etc. This hospital is also critically short of nurses, in every area but especially the ED (2-3 hour drop times for EMS are not uncommon here), so their argument holds NO water. There has always been that tone of disrespect from the nurses to EMS (we're just ambulance drivers) but now they're trying to stop the training and education of our EMS personnel. And, the nurses in the hospital are "standing strong" with them. The other major hospital has agreed to take up much of the slack, and we will probably be better off for it, but WTF?!?
I guess I just wanted a place to vent. I have no problem with nurses in general; their job is different from mine, and both are needed. I'm just angry with the militant, f*** everyone else attitude.