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This I completely recognize, and why I was simply stating things that that I cannot do at my specific facility, not that I don't know how to do them. Probably one of the most amazing things about being a nurse is that the scope of practice can be quite wide or narrow as needed to fit the role. Those other things you indicated that you do in a "nursing" role also is something that Paramedics would do well to remember too. That's the stuff I was alluding to in a previous post.This also varies between states and facilities. I routinely place EJs and lines, we are allowed to needle decompress under our policy (although this is almost always during neonatal resuscitation) and have scrubbed in and placed chest tubes with our Docs, and have on occasion still placed ET tubes in the ED and the Units; when I'm in the field I can act with a full scope of practice under our medical directors.
There is a lot of time I spend feeding kids, changing diapers, educating parents, and all of the other 'nursing' type things. I don't think that this makes me a worse medical provider, nor is this something that is exclusive of paramedics.