daltpark

I am a Paramedic, I finished the RN program in 2008, your main pharmacology and rhythm recognition is learned in Paramedic school. EMT-Intermediate will help you with your basic skills like IVs and definately with pt assessments. I have mad love for EMS, never had love like that for any other job, haven't found it yet in nursing.

I completely understand what u are saying! I have worked as a Paramedic for the past 7 years and bridged to RN to be home with my kids more due to the 24 hours on at the EMS, now I am working on a medical floor and I am so tired of being that person being pullled in a million different directions for the good of the hospital and not the patient. I am also tired of being treated like crap by moody patient's for others wrong doings or simply because they want to be grouchy people. I understand that being sick can change you from your normal self to a person that is not your typical self, I do sympathize and try to understand that people cope in different ways but in the same I wish they would understand that I am not just there for a pay check and I actually do give a damn about their well being. So tired of seeing people in this profession that have absolutely no bedside manner and treat patient's like they are objects and without compassion....I know I am rambling all over the place and I apologize but sometimes I wonder why I left something that I loved to do for something that serves you with nothing but a bad taste in your mouth. Never are you praised for your rights and your compassion, only fussed at by doctor's for clarifying an order or trying to get a flippen order for some palliative care for someone that is suffering...ok, so thank you for letting me vent through your vent and I will now hope for the good days that do come in between those bad ones and THANK YOU for doing your best in your position to be a good , caring nurse because when things go wrong, and they will, kind words and understanding speak volumes.

I did a healthcare bridge from paramedic to RN, the program also included lpn to RN. I am in GA and the program that i participated in was just over a year not including any core that you may need that you have not completed.