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Hello everyone, I have been a critical care paramedic for 20 years, I worked in the field, hospitals, urgent cares, and prisons. I am looking into to getting my RN, but every college seems to have a 2 year waiting list or a exam test site that is the price tag is way outrageous. Example Achieve test prep, is close to $12,000 for their program. This includes their fees and that of excelsior. Ther is no way that I can fork out without some type of loan either private or public. I am looking only to be an LPN, dont want to work in a hospital had enough of that. Still love being on the ambulance, but private ems is to unstable and just want the ems to do transfers out of nursing facilities. What I am looking for is a good lpn program in michigan plain ans simple. I have a Bachelors in Health Science, AAS in EMS, cert in general studies and science and math. Instructor in Critical Care, ACLS, PALS, NRP, BLS, PHTLS, ASLS and a paramedic I/C for my state. The program could be online or in a class because i have done both over the years. So could some one direct me to a proper program.

You can renew your BLS online at the AHA website, then find a instructor to do your skills test. If that fits with more your schedule.

I would like to respond to some of these. I recently went through my ACLS instructor renewal course. A nurse educator and I started a conversation about the changing roles in the ER. At one point this major hospital, the paramedics were doing IV's, 12 lead EKG, Foleys, Meds, Discharge instructions of simple cases (those without medications, fractures), triage, NG insertion, ongoing assessments, labs, suture removal. The medications were limited to what the local protocol stated which was about 35 drugs listed. She went to state that paramedics had no business giving meds, triaging, or discharging patients. So in response from the nurses union the hospital limited their use to no more than glorified techs. This has caused some stir in the EMS system with no nurses covering certain areas or having to have nurses come down from the floor when census is down. There has been longer wait times to give reports, proper transfer of patient care, and longer wait times to be seen by patients coming in on there own. But they have a critical transport ambulance that the critical care paramedics do all the above. In response to this I would like to see any comments about this. Now, I understand that giving meds maybe a legal issue or discharging patients. So please comment.