Last Leg of EMT-B (clinicals) - Great Intro To Nursing

[MidLifeChg2Nursing]

I'm excited. I'm doing my first clinical - I'll be in the emergency room from 11pm to 7pm tonight; it's only 2 weeks left in the EMT-B program - and 4 months before the start of LPN. I want to work in an ED as an ED Tech, the reason for taking EMT-B (I 've been working part-time as a CNA for 8 months now, and also took an EKG Tech course last fall).

The EMT-B course got me more anxious to start LPN, and I think it is a great introduction to the LPN program; I didn't realize and greatly underestimated the amount of time needed to study for the EMT-B - I had timed online quizzes 2 or 3 days per week, had to read 3 chapters each week from 70 to 90 pages each, do the online exercises, and practice the skills, along with the A&P II class I'm taking and the study time it takes to keep at least a B+ in that class.

The thing that got me the most excited about the EMT-B course and how it's a great intro to LPN are the practice assessments, "You have a 35 year old male, complaining of ... blah blah blah. How would you ...?" I loved those exercises.

The EMT-B program went through every body system, medical and trauma. It was awesome to see that a lot of the things learned about the heart and circulatory system in the EKG course was taught in EMT-B, and that a lot of the things learned in A&P about the endocrine and nervous system was also taught in EMT-B. I'll also join my city's volunteer fire department as an EMT. My ultimate goal is to be an ER or OR nurse - by the time I'm done with LPN program I will have 1.5 years EMT experience; and, by the time I finish ADN I'll have 2.5 years EMT-B experience - I'm hoping my experience as an EMT-B will offset my not having a BSN, and I'll go directly into the ER after receiving ADN (and passing the NCLEX).

Anybody else starting nursing this fall working in as ED Tech or EMT-B? Do you think the EMT-B program helped you in your nursing program?