Rural Nurses Become A Part Of The City

The Medical Center, at the University of Kansas, has provided the nurses of the Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses an opportunity to better their nursing skills. The nurses working in rural hospitals now have a chance, of working at the city hospital, through their programs; but for small assignments. This will be of great benefit to both the center as well as the nurses; makes up for the shortage of nurses there, plus helping them work with cases that they may not usually see. More information on the topic of medical jobs is located at medical jobs australia.

So far this program has been the initiative of only the 35 bed Ulysses hospital. 12 out of a total of 26 nurses of the hospital were interested in participating in this program. A number of nurses have in fact already been and worked at the center; putting in about 8-12 hours, for 3-4 days each.

A registered nurse, who is 35 years old and has spent the previous five years in Ulysses seems excited at the opportunity. She flew to Kansas City where she was assigned to the hematology unit and took care of bone marrow, kidney and liver transplant patients. The nurses are flown on their outreach plane and housed at the medical center during their scheduled stops to western Kansas.

In accordance with the administrator at Bob Wilson Hospital, it has been found out that the program offers his hospital staff and also those in the surrounding Southwest hospitals a fantastic potential. They get to practice an advanced level of nursing; and have the chance to work with the latest equipment. Visit employment medical to learn more about medical jobs.

He further added that he hopes that through the participating nurses, their entire staff will be enlightened; facilitating an overall improvement in patient care. This knowledge proves to be a big asset to the hospital. The program has been designed to serve a dual purpose, as per the director of the center. The nursing shortage has been maintained in the medical center while the hard working nurses get to enhance their skills and get a full time job opportunity.

And it was surprising to see how well they fit in. She pointed that they were good practitioners, and performed well with only some instructions. The staff is also happy to have such hardworking nurses. The program can't be successful without the outreach plane which has a capacity of seven as it takes the doctors out to conduct seminars.

For part time work at the center, there are nurses coming in from a number of places; including Topeka, Paola, Fort Scott and Manhattan. Two to three nurses at one time can catch a ride in the plane on its return trips. One passenger feels that though the trips have to be planned well in advance, they are actually worth all the effort.

She had to put in much thought and planning into it; but is once again ready for it. The nurse pointed out that she has a lot of support from her daughters 8 and 14 years old respectively who want her to have the opportunity to enhance her skills. Hopefully, she said, they will reap some of that education and bring it back home for use.