Hello! I'm Beatriz and I'm from NJ. I want to know if someone can help me. In a future, I would like to be a LPN, but I want to study something else first. I was thinking about medical assistant (Degree or Certificate). I'm not sure what to do.
I went to Eastwick College in Hackensack, and I really like the school. Did anyone take the classes there? How was it? I'm worry about the admission test (I'm from Spain and I did my High School long time ago).
What do you recommend me, going to Bergen Community College or Eastwick?
You said the same words that I was going to say..I knew a man that did exactly that a few years back and he went into Nursing after being a Paramedic,he did a year of Med surge, then moved on to ICU, he is now on a prestigious member of a medical life flight group..I remember right after he graduated Nursing school, he asked my opinion on Nursing experience that would make him more marketable for the air team..Now when I hear about his journey, I could not be more proud, it was like he was my own kid..but from another Mama.. :)
We had a few paramedics and a couple EMTs in our class. Our nursing instructors were biased against them, saying nursing school was harder for them. Maybe, but they were the first people my classmates and I went to with any questions about acute care situations, labs, or pharmacology. They knew everything about everything- just needed a little work on the "therapeutic communication" nclex questions. :)
Thank you so much for all your answer!! I don't think I'm ready to study LPN or RN, I want to improve my English first (especially health vocabulary). I'm thinking about doing PCT too. Happy Easter everyone!
i would not go to school for MA they got to school for 18 months and jobs are scarce and in that time you could be an lpn or and Rn (adn). i would recommend being a cna. good luck on what ever you choose.
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We had a few paramedics and a couple EMTs in our class. Our nursing instructors were biased against them, saying nursing school was harder for them. Maybe, but they were the first people my classmates and I went to with any questions about acute care situations, labs, or pharmacology. They knew everything about everything- just needed a little work on the "therapeutic communication" nclex questions. :)