Posted on Mar 14, 2022
'Heroes for Healthcare' law benefits military veterans, medical systems
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Wisconsin's new bipartisan "Heroes for Healthcare" law utilizes military veterans' medical training to fight the current shortage of health care workers. The law will allow veterans to provide limited health care without a license under the supervision of medical personnel.
'Heroes for Healthcare' law benefits military veterans, medical systems
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@Chris Meek , that's tapping an underused resource. Hopefully they will keep using them after the emergency is over.
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It's time the civilian boards start taking into account the training that these folks have instead of making them jump through so many hoops and require them to take classes in subjects and experience they already have.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Been trying that with school boards in some states for years, got to think medical boards will be even tougher.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
Having done enlisted medical and both civilian jobs I have found at that level the military trains them for their specific mission and the civilian side can be same name but different in principle. We need to be very careful in thinking non-licensed personnel are as good or better than their civilian counter parts as while we spoon feed our enlisted to think they are better, that is not always the case. Our Army medics get some great training and then often join the labor pool at what ever post they get assigned with few ever doing the job.
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Maj Robert Thornton
MAJ Byron Oyler I worked with med techs and surgical techs in Air Force. The surgical techs could easily work in the civilian OR's without additional training, and many of the med techs I worked with, with a few extra courses, could easily become LPN's.
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PO2 Russell "Russ" Lincoln
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Some states allow enlisted medical personnel take the nursing boards for LPN with out additional school. Unfortunately for me Missouri isn't one of them. Most states will allow us to work as Medical Office Assistants in Clinics.
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