I have recently decided to change careers and just received an EMT-B certification. I am new to healthcare and want to gain experience before I start nursing school. I am trying to decide between a couple offers, any advise would be great!EMT with a 24 hr servicePCT at a dialysis centerPCT at a hospital, I can choose from the four departments below- Rehab-Med/Surg-Cardiac/Nuero-Cardiac 1 Likes More Like This New nurse-too old for bedside? by Piper98, ASN, RN At age 45, would you start an RN program? Honest advice please by Possible Career Changer Stuck deciding on a career. Nursing or Dietician by Thesky_isthe_limit Changing Careers - Confused about TEAS by Nurse Beth, MSN Changing careerS by favery
Hoosier_RN, MSN Specializes in dialysis. Has 29 years experience. 3,540 Posts Aug 8, 2020 On 8/7/2020 at 8:08 PM, Dyson said:I have recently decided to change careers and just received an EMT-B certification. I am new to healthcare and want to gain experience before I start nursing school. I am trying to decide between a couple offers, any advise would be great!EMT with a 24 hr servicePCT at a dialysis centerPCT at a hospital, I can choose from the four departments below- Rehab-Med/Surg-Cardiac/Nuero-CardiacWhat is your end goal after nursing school? I'm a dialysis manager, so of course, I'm partial to that ?. But, again, it depends on your personal goals 2 Likes
Dyson 19 Posts Aug 8, 2020 After nursing school I hope to get into a fellowship program and work in the ICU. My long term goal is to be a CRNA. 0 Likes
Dyson 19 Posts Aug 8, 2020 @Hoosier_RN,MSN, can I ask what you enjoy about working in Dialysis, or what you didn’t enjoy in other departments? 0 Likes
Hoosier_RN, MSN Specializes in dialysis. Has 29 years experience. 3,540 Posts Aug 8, 2020 When I worked the floor in dialysis, I enjoyed the steady flow with known patients, with the issues that present-hypo or hypertensive episodes, bleeding episodes, and blood glucose related episodes. I'm currently a clinic managerWhat I didn’t like about hospital departments: understaffing, backbiting, ever changing politics-daily, and decreasing reimbursements which caused most of these situations, along with corporate greed. I was an ICU manager (CVICU) when I left the hospital in 2010, no plans to ever go backSeeing your end plan, go cardiac neuro Edited Aug 8, 2020 by Hoosier_RN 1 Likes
aethereality, CNA Specializes in Acute care. Has 3 years experience. 8 Posts Aug 8, 2020 I also recommend you looking at all the details of the employment offers. Is there a difference in pay? Full-time or part-time? # of hours worked in a day? Schedule? Are there any good benefits among the three offers? Is it at-will employment or contract or unionized position? Other perks? Combining with the advice from @Hoosier_RN, MSN, I'm sure you will be able to choose the better offer for you. Edited Aug 8, 2020 by truc 2 Likes
