Becoming a transport RN right out of school

[jcs27516]

I recently got accepted to an ADN nursing program and have been thinking about my career when finishing school. As an experienced Paramedic with 7 years of service I was planning on staying in the ground transport field. I have looked at several jobs and read blogs for critical care ground transport careers and it seems that many of the nurses in that type of field have 2-5 plus years of nursing experience as a RN. What is the likely hood of someone right out of school being able to move into a position of ground transport? Do these types of positions take EMS experience into consideration? I do plan to go back to school for my BSN after working for a year. Many positions that I have seen state that they would prefer a BSN but would accept a RN with ADN, does experience help in that aspect?

[Medic09, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Bluntly put, I wouldn't work for a company that would hire a new-grad nurse for air EMS or ground transport. No matter what they did previously as a paramedic. I say this as an experienced FP-C; and I still waited a couple of years out of nursing school (BSN) before being allowed to sit in the nurses seat for the same company.

We've discussed this topic to death over the years over on FlightWeb.com. I suggest you go look at those threads, including a recent one. You'll see that most of us agree that an experience paramedic/new-grad nurse should not be allowed to fly as a nurse until they get a few years of ICU experience. ED can be okay, depending on the actual experience (I was an ER nurse); but ICU is a a much better preparation.