Paranemec

I think I'm 2 editions behind and doing just fine. For a little info on different versions, my final research paper for Comp 2 was regarding publishers releasing new book versions yearly. During my research I learned that all most publishers change the books is the cover, a few chapter pictures, and MAYBE some spelling mistakes. CA DoE's paper on it was the most helpful thing. They told how in 13 editions of one book, no changes were made to the text within. Without the "new" edition, they see a 95% drop in sales after the first year, so they add a +1 to the book and rebrand it year after year.

Well, I've done the first 3 nursing tests at about 3 weeks study per test. I have no gen eds to do since I already have a Liberal Arts/Science Associates Degree. So the 8 tests could probably be done in about 6-8 months, maybe less if you focus more. The last 2 (FCCA and CPNE) I have no idea about. The CPNE requires you to wait for a slot, sometimes months.

For study materials I would suggest getting the Studyguide101 (sg101) set. It's like $60 for all 8 of the nursing courses. If you feel you're not able to get the material from that, then I would suggest getting the actual books. SG101 will save you a lot of money in that respect. I did all my gen eds at local community colleges and made sure they transferred first. As for micro, it's changed a lot in the past 3 years, let alone 15!

In Wisconsin you would be allowed to practice at the level of the EMT on the ambulance with you. I don't recall ANY provisions in the EMS laws for PHRN. ***rant about EMS education follows*** As someone who is leaving EMS right now and coming into Nursing, I have to agree that Paramedic education needs an overhaul and needs to stop being dumbed down to the volunteer level for the people who don't want to get AT LEAST a 2-year degree to be a Paramedic. Oh yea, and Paramedics should leave EMTs (and AEMTs) in the dust when it comes to education; worry about your own job. Associates Degree minimum REAL A&P, Micro, Pharm Me? A.A.S. Paramedic Technician (SO much more useful than relying on my Paramedic course's half made-up explanations of the body)

Like the previous poster said, CCEMT-P is like a crash course to Critical Care for everyone. It's very good at covering a lot of the basics and is an amazing starting point for everyone. I also remember our instructors (Paramedics, RNs, and MDs) stating that the course is based off of the CCRN course. It's open to RNs, RTs, and Paramedics. I had about a year of CC experience in a high-volume system before I took it, and I felt that was about perfect for me. The only steps left as a Paramedic after that though are FP-C and CCP-C, but employers won't pay any more for those ($20/hour). Only way to advance from there is to switch fields and start over at square one.

The way I did it was to complete all my Gen Eds at the local community college(CC). I figured that having A&P and Micro with labs and a teacher was worth it. Also, since I took those at a CC, they were only about $90/credit hour. Everyone I know personally that tried taking the EC online A&P and Micro has failed it and said it was WAY too hard without a teacher. Another thing to look at is if you get more education in the future, they probably won't accept A&P and Micro without labs, so you'd have to do them over again.

I just passed Health Safety on tuesday. I read all the chapters from the books listed in the syllabus, then I bought the sg101 guides. The guides made a great review after reading it from the books. However, a lot of the book material (for me) was review, but it did go in to more detail about the nursing process which helped a lot.