notaflyguy142

Portland gives it's hellos! It is actually sunny, for the first time in months, so it is absolutely beautiful as of late! There is only a couple electives I would have to take, one being information literacy! Thankfully Oregon requires Paramedics to have a degree, so I do already have A&P, along with the rest of the other little requirements. I am planning on sending in everything to be looked at this week, already feeling very excited to start. Do they allow you to continue to take classes at a local community college if you are missing small requirements? For instance, I have to take micro in the summertime. Actually that thread was the one that started me to allnurses.com! It was the first thread I came across which pretty much answered almost EVERY question I had! It is an amazing thread, thank you! As a paramedic how do you feel the transition was to the nursing curriculum? With everything you learned from paramedic class/in the field, was it overall an "easy" transition (I use easy lightly, as I know nursing will be overall a complete new ballgame). Thanks again everyone for the feedback as it is really helping me with pulling the trigger on going through Excelsior!

Hello all! This is obviously my first post ever on allnurses.com and I wanted to start off with a hello! So, like many people who come to this portion of the site, I am seriously looking into excelsior and am very close to pulling the trigger. I have two A.S degrees, one in fire science, the other in Emergency Medical Technology. I am a licensed paramedic, and like most paramedics in Oregon I have found that the jobs are very hard to find as a paramedic and as a firefighter. I have been volunteer firefighting for two years, and am finding it extremely difficult to find a job. Thus, I am close to going down the nursing path. I am used to taking online classes so that atmosphere to me won't be any different. Are there any paramedics out there that have gone through excelsior (or anyone from Oregon that has done it)? What should I expect from Excelsior? I am not worried about the payments or the money, as it will cost me roughly around 8k when it is all said and done (thankfully, my fire department reimburses volunteers 5250 per year). I currently work at a hospital full time as a pharmacy tech (for those familiar, I work at OHSU, Oregon Health and Sciences University). If I put my head down and really hammered this program out, could I possibly do it in 10-12 months? Thank you all for any replies/information that would be beneficial to my decision!