need input regarding path to same end

MattyIrie · Jun 21, 2011

Ok here goes,

ive got quite alot to think about. i am currently in last semester of pre-req's for CCNE accredited BSN program with 3.68 GPA (all sciences are 4.0). 50/50 chance of being accepted, will know in october of 2011 as application has been made. I also have a friend that is devoting more time and effort into trying to convince me to become a medic. He has devoted more time and effort to this with no apparent personal benefit other than he thinks i have what it takes to make an excellent medic. he himself is a good medic (advancement/respect within his ambulance service, ccemt-p cert...etc).

the end goal for me is to embody the skills that make me as useful as possible in a rural health setting. so practice good medicine and be a huge asset to a rural hospital. a swiss army knife so to speak and good at it. i want both RN/EMT-P knowledge as they are apples and oranges. emergent care (medic) and longer-term (RN).

OK, so the reason medic route is attractive at this time is because i am being offered (100%) a job at a busy ambulance service (not thru fire dept) right after EMT-B certification. he'll get me in which isnt easy here. also, total immersion in the learning thru medic school by being paired with the best medics at the service, consults with his dad who is leading thoracic surgeon in state...etc. many tools at my disposal to be the best i can be in critical care.

Nursing school doesnt come with these benefits (different area of work pretty much outside friends scope as he is a medic). pretty much me going thru school like everyone else with all the job uncertainty and mostly book learning and test passing. the reason nursing is so attractive right now is because ive spent 12 g's of my own money on pre-req's and am a HESI test away from a complete, fairly strong (not strongest) application to a decent nursing program.

if i go medic, i will bridge to RN/BSN thru excelsior afterwards anyways. if i go RN i will complete my paramedic training so i can be good on that side of the coin as well. though all of it will be without these extra learning opportunities being offered now. mainly because the guy wont be around forever (another source of mistrust i guess).

well? what say you?

this one seems over my head a bit. i am registered for an EMT-B class in the fall which carries clinical hours on ambulance and in ER.