'Shameless Plug' for RNs Who Deserve Your Attention
This is not the next "official" installment of this globetrotting blog. Next up in just a few days, as promised, will be more of the adventures of Joe "the Snake Man" Niemczura, MS, RN, in Nepal.
Instead, this is just a shameless plug for a story that I had the pleasure of writing about RNs from Flying Nurses International (LLC) who accompany patients on commercial flights around the world. I've never met a nicer, more engaging group of nurses, with stories of adventures -- and misadventures -- that seem to go on forever.
These valiant healthcare AND travel pros drag all sorts of equipment onto commercial jets, fly thousands of miles (in at least one case they circumvented the entire globe) to help someone stricken in some far-off corner of the world get home. They deal with tough airline regulations, remote locations -- even some hostile to the U.S. -- to safely retrieve their clients despite all odds (as in Haiti when a nurse had to find a patient without the "convenience" of communication or even road signs!).
So, I hope you check out the story, "Come Fly With Me," at http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Article/Come-Fly-With-Me.aspx