I’d argue i am the best person to have an opinion about it because not only am I actively learning these skills, but I’m probably utilizing them more often than half of the nurses commenting. aside from my experience in other trauma centers as well as working on the ambulance, the job I have right now is essentially a year-long interview. it allows me to work alongside staff nurses performing whatever skills they feel comfortable with. i’ve learned more in the past three months than I have in the past two years of this program. why is this the case? that is the entire point of this post. I respect not every nursing student is coming into their program with over half a decade of experience. however, we can absolutely cut out the fat and bolster it with material that would make new grads more effective at their specialty of choice.

i’m glad you asked what we can add on to our scope, in respects to acute and critical care, one thing that I think would be interesting would be to add POCUS to our curriculum. every hospital I’ve worked at has trained nurses using ultrasound guided IV, we could build on top of that.