Description
This course is designed to prepare registered nurses, in good standing, for the National Registry Paramedic (NRP) psychomotor and cognitive examinations. In this course the student will be exposed to the areas of healthcare and pre-hospital environment that differs from the RN scope of practice. The student will be exposed to the paramedic scope of practice, legal/ethical issues of emergency medical services, pre-hospital treatment and care of acutely ill and injured persons, EMS operations, and the clinical skills performed by a paramedic that are outside of a standard RN scope of practice. (Prerequisites: Current RN license with two or more years of Emergency/Critical Care, ICE, CVICU, CCU or equivalent, one year of emergency and one year of critical care experience OR one year of RN experience, ER/Critical Care with a current EMT license and one year of pre-hospital experience OR one year of RN experience with current CFRN, CCRN, CEN or CTRN certification and is actively working in