Nobody tells you this about flight nurses.

I want to be a flight nurse.
There's a weight limit.
In the job posting?
Boots included.
So, car crashes? Helicopters?
Mostly hospital to hospital.
Can I go straight from school?
Three years ICU or ER first.
Some programs pay up to sixty an hour.
Twenty-four hour shifts. Some days, zero flights.
You order pizza. The tones drop.
And the pizza?
Stays at the base.
Where do I even apply?
Air Methods. PHI. Hospital flight programs.
Next up: hyperbaric. Then cruise ships. Then lawyers.
Wait. Why are you on med-surg?
...Nobody told me either.