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I was just wondering if anyone knew which EDs in the Boston area hires new grads. I know BWH has a program, but otherwise I don't know. Just trying to figure out where to bother applying to... Phil

Thank you everyone who responded to this thread and thanks especially to RoxanRN2003 for the info on credits for nursing courses. I talked to Boston's OEMS and they confirmed you will "usually have no problem" getting credits for EMT ConEd requirements for those courses. They just need a transcript and course descriptions. Although you still need to take the 24-hour EMT-B refresher course. Phil

Thank you for the possibility to investigate. I'm in MA, so we'll see what their policy is. i'd still have to take the emt refresher probably, but that's much more manageable given my time constraints. Although I'm still wondering if there's any specific cases in which being an EMT-B as well as an RN helped. The only thing I've seen so far is flight nursing. Phil

Hi, I'm a newly licensed RN in MA. Before I went to nursing school I got my EMT-B certification, although I never worked as an EMT. Now my EMT cert is up for renewal and unfortunately I haven't done any of my required continuing education (28 hours + 24 hour EMT-B refresher course). Stupid, I know. I'm trying to figure out if I should go ahead and cram the ConEd into the next couple months, really the next couple weeks since I start my new RN job orientation at the end of the month. I'd probably have to do the refresher course on the weekends while I'm doing my RN orientation M-F. How useful is it to keep up the EMT-B cert as an RN? I am planning on moving to the ER after a couple years, would it help me there? I know it would take more time to get the cert again in the future, but I could probably also get it paid for by a future employer, whereas right now I'd have to pay all my ConEd costs out of pocket. Any advice/information you could give would be greatly appreciated! Phil