Autonomy and


adrenaline. These qualities appeal to flight nurses, who do their jobs thousands of feet in the air. Some work in helicopters, providing on-site trauma care and


short-range hospital-to- hospital transfers. Others


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work in airplanes, which offer longer-range transport for patients heading to rehabilitation or hospice programs. A typical flight team includes a nurse, paramedic and pilot. Regardless of their


specialty, flight nurses agree on one thing: Theirs is a tremendously rewarding job a nurse can have.


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