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Awesome information! Sorry about the earlier posts I was either typing them via my cell phone or on my lunch break. I'm not sure what type of work I would be most interested in. I enjoy adrenalin rushes and I enjoy something that is new everyday. I job shadowed on several occasions I never got to actually observe the operating room or an emergency room but I did get to witness how fast paced and hectic everything was and I knew from that moment I wanted to do something relating to emergencies. I know short term I want to work in the ER, long term I don't know but I am not worried about it right now, I just need to take things one step at a time. The reason I this is so important is that both the night LPN and EMT classes start sometime in September and I want to make the best possible decision for my career. I am also interesting in volunteer work in places where there is no or little health care (poor parts of the USA, third world countries ext). AHHHHHH the choices! It's scary yet exciting! I just want to actaully help people instead of convincing them that they need to go into debt to have something that they don't need. From what some of the EMT guys here have told me is that I should not have too much trouble with the EMT program as long as I study, I know with the LPN nursing school, it is tough to get into and it is a very demanding but rewarding program.

yeah I have some friends who are LPNs and they were suprised at how hard nursing school was. How would you be able to go to nursing school while working as an emt? They work 24/48s here.

i'm sorry i ment to say "nursing school" i in no way ment to undermine lpns.

Hello wonderful allnurses community! I am a pre-nursing student currently trying to wrap a couple of classes up so I can persue nursing school. I'm a junior but I have changed my majors several times, luckly I have a B or better in my sciences, english, ext ext. I have 2 1/2 years of sales experience so I have been working sales jobs and the like however recently am I wanted to actaully get some hands on action. The two options I have found are either an LPN or EMT program until I can get into nursing school. I was hoping to get some input on what path I should take or if they even make sense. My GPA is not the best but all my prereqs are Bs or higher. I am tired of sales, and at this point I don't care about money as I just want to be enjoying what I have wanted to do since I was five (medical field). I don't care how hard it is or how many hours of sleep I lose or if I have to work two jobs to get through everything, I decided that I was going to do this and aside from God directly intefering I am going to become an RN and then get my MSN. Also I mentioned that money isn't a major factor, I do have bills to pay and I am hoping to get married eventually so I do need to make enough to live on (I halved my salary with my current job an I am still managing). I was selling used cars and althought the money was great I did poorly that semester because I would skip class to finish a deal and never studied...ever. So I left car sales and got into banking (good timing I guess haha). For people who don't want to read all my nonsense: 1) Are there any EMT to RN programs (EMT not Paramedic) 2) What do other people think who were in a similar situation 3) LPN pay is around $13.00 from what I gather, is this correct? Is there a depend for LPNs? Will this help me with Nursing at all? 4) EMT pay is around $10.00 from what I gather? Correct? *ohh my God...I can't use the spell check function at work....I apologize in advance....there will be millions of silly spelling errors....**

The only thing I can think of for reference is the U.S. Dept of Labor website. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm if you don't like clicking links just google "nursing bls" it should be the first or second result.

i had typed an extremely long message but then realized it was too long and filled with useless information that no one is going to want to sort through to answer my question, so i have this revised one haha. so to sum everything up i have wanted to be in the medical field ever since i was probably 6 years old. i've always excelled in all my science classes and am completely fascinated by the human body and the process of discovering and administering treatments. my father did not want me to be a nurse because he said that nurses are only for women and that if i was going to do something in the medical field i would have to be a doctor. of course i listened to but father for some reason and went to mtsu as a premed student everything was fine and dandy until i had a major life changing event take place that prohibited me from finishing school. well i have been in sales for 2 almost 3 years now and have a burning desire to get into the medical field, not for money, my income is fine, but because one of the few things that bring tears to my eyes is that healthcare is not something everyone is privileged with. i want to be able to work in poorer cities and even work abroad, but being that i am i guess a "sales person" and business minded i do want to succeed and one day would like to maybe consider something on the administrative side. dr. paul farmer is the only real role model i have ever had, i wish i could do one fourth of what him and others like him have accomplished. now that i have all that out of the way, i work full time i am currently finishing up some classes and i want to look into an associates in nursing degree. what is everyone's opinion on this, is there any tips that you yall can give me? what are some things that might help prepare me for this? what is the best way to continue my education, i want to be a np one day.