EMT-BASIC to RN?

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]Is this possible? I am an EMT-Basic with close to 100 College hours, obtained at my local university, which includes all the pre-reqs for ADN even BSN, all I need for both are the core classes. I have been an EMT for 4 years now. I am proficient with intubations, IV's, reading heart rhythms, meds, assessment and treatment of patients at the paramedic level, pretty much all of the paramedic end.

]Is there any way for me to start any online RN program? I don't want to spend another 9 months in a classroom for the paramedic. Are there any online paramedic or LVN classes I can take?

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]I am from Texas. Is being a paramedic required by the state, by the school, or is it just a preference and not a requirement?

]Thanks for reading this post any useful information would be greatly appreciated.

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]I am married with 4 children currently working approximately 100-120 hours pre week just to make the bills. Sad I know. I need to get my RN ASAP so I can spend time with my family and be able to comfortably pay all my bills. I can't afford to sit in a classroom!!!

Try to find a job as a ED Tech in a local hospital. I got one as an EMT. Now working in the ED, this allows me to do a lot of things I could not do otherwise. Like, IVs, foleys, wound preps, etc. Also allows me to assist with other procedures. I was able to work very hard and impress my boss. They then gave me a nurse intern job for one year. Working towards my RN through Excelsior this was perfect. Now I could do a lot more as a nurse intern.

I am almost done and am very happy how things went.

Some say look at the military for some type of assistance.

My hospital because of the RN needs, they pay 5K per year tuiton, books, etc. and will pay upfront as well!

Thx for the advise guys....I will take it all into consideration, not sure yet what to do, or how to do it, but I will get my RN one way or another =]

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I'm a medic in the excelsior program, and my advice is to get your LPN then RN, not medic then RN. If you get your LPN and get a job, they may help pay for the program. Also if you are an LPN, you can skip to NC3. Good luck! By the way, when I graduated paramedic school, I realize now how green I was. You don't know anything when you graduate medic school. I have 8 years as a medic now on a fire department and I work in an ER as a medic too, and I get reminded everyday how much I don't know. I'm on NC2 now, and although 90% of the information I've seen before, you have to know and understand it as well as apply it, which I never really had to do. Good luck...

Here is the quote from the catalog for the school of nursing from Excelsior.....

"Note: The examination in Nursing Concepts 2 can be waived by completion of an LPN/LVN program with a cumulative average of B or better. This waiver applies only to those students who have graduated from an LPN/LVN program accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission or registered by the New York State Education Department. Students must have completed the LPN/LVN program within five years of enrollment in Excelsior College in order to obtain a waiver."

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