• Find the ideal gift for your much-appreciated flight nurse.miniature model of nurse image by L. Shat from Fotolia.com
  
  Flight nurses care for patients and manage patient care during medical air transportation to a hospital and hospital transfers. Flight nurses coordinate and prepare medical evacuations in emergency situations and coordinate patient care before and during patient transport. They are specially trained registered nurses with experience in emergency and critical patient medical intervention. They work hard and perform a valuable service. When selecting a gift for a flight nurse, choose something extraordinary and meaningful.
  
  

Vintage Posters and Art

• Vintage posters and art are available at fine art dealers. Many online retailers offer replicas of vintage posters and art that depict flight nurses from earlier days. Framed posters or fine arts prints make wonderful gifts for the flight nurse in your life.
  
  World War II flight nurse memorabilia may also be tastefully presented in a shadow box. The history of flight nursing begins with the United States Army Air Corps medical division. In 1925, the first flying nurses worked on a single airplane that transported injured troops. During World War II, flight nursing became a career in its own right. Many specialty stores and online art gift sites offer many different vintage-style gifts for flight nurses. Keepsakes include journals with vintage World War II flight nurse posters printed on the front. Cups, shirts, aprons and even teddy bears can be imprinted with a vintage-style image.
  
  

Gift Packs

• Retailers and online stores offer gift packs that are specially designed for nurses. Gift packs are usually presented in a decorative basket wrapped in colorful transparent plastic with a bow. Their contents may include a stethoscope, flight nurse refrigerator magnets, clipboard, personalized coffee mug, a teddy bear or other stuffed animal, notepads, and chocolates or other candy. Create your own personalized gift pack by collecting flight nurse items. Include a personal journal and inspirational books written especially for or by flight nurses. Personalized desk sets in a gift pack make a great addition to the pack. The contents of a flight nurse gift pack are limited only by your imagination. Put things in the gift pack that you know the recipient enjoys.
  
  

Journal Subscriptions

• Journal subscriptions make a great gift for any flight nurse. Professional journals provide up-to-date information that every flight nurse will appreciate. Some of the most widely read professional nursing journals may be purchased for online viewing or can be printed journals delivered via regular mail. A subscription to a professional nursing journal will help the flight nurse in your life stay up to date with the most current clinical information as well as offer professional development opportunities. The insights and information in professional journals are not available anywhere else.