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Training Combat Nurses

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SOURCES: 2007 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Linda Porter-Wenzlaff, Ph.D., R.N., Nursing Professor, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.

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Working on this mannequin may seem like child's play compared to treating real-life war injuries. But these nursing students are sharpening their lifesaving skills as part of advanced training.

Captain Maria Shelton, R.N., B.S.N. :

We can do an external rub to see.

Narrator:

Captain Maria Shelton was deployed to Iraq in 2004. She saw some serious trauma cases.

Captain Maria Shelton, R.N., B.S.N. :

Shootings, both with the Iraqi national police, victims that were shot on the local side, soldiers that were injured.

Narrator:

Captain Shelton is back in school, working on her masters in nursing. It's part of a military partnership that helps train combat nurses. It offers accelerated programs for those with medical experience, like Captain Shelton, or entry-level programs for students without nursing experience. All receive free tuition, fees and books.

Linda Porter-Wenzlaff, Ph.D., R.N.:

They can take things like trauma nursing. They can take emergency room nursing, critical care nursing, so they get a chance to fine tune some of those skills.

Narrator:

Major Pat McAndrews is in grad school too. He was deployed to Baghdad in 2004 and helped treat hundreds of trauma patients a month.

Major Pat McAndrews, R.N.:

Trauma from small arms fire, from improvised explosive devices, everything.

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He's one semester shy of graduation and is anxious to go back to Iraq.

Major Pat McAndrews, R.N.:

I think I can do a better job and also, too, I bring a little bit more to the table in that I have more education, a little bit more depth in some clinical experiences.

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Both students can now serve with greater confidence and knowledge. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.

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