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I'm planning on starting an accelerated BSN next year and would like to work in an ICU capacity soon after graduating. I'm currently an EMT and considering becoming a paramedic in the upcoming year, mostly for extra patient care experience and better...

Good question and I'm not sure. All it says is "course completion is May 20th 2017" and the BSN starts on the 26th. I was operating under the assumption that the test would be that day. Is there any sense in doing AEMT-CC? It's 5 classes + clinicals ...

Yeah, simultaneously doing these programs has to be impossible! I would finish the medic program and then start the BSN about a week later Doable, I think, but there would be pain involved. And obviously some financial pain as well. Once again, my g...

Ok, thanks for replying. Upon further research, there's somewhat of a consensus that paramedics think differently than nurses and that the education models are completely different. It would be tough to be into the medic mindset hardcore and then tur...

Hi coffee719, I kinda stumbled across this post while searching for reviews of the BAT program and I just wanted to say thanks for the detailed review. I'm considering this program and still deciding what route to take, so this was really great. Hope...

Is it possible that something came up during the background check? Any criminal record? Did they do a credit check?

Do they run credit checks also?

Is this course doable in the summer? They offer a ~5 week course at my school that I'm considering, but I'm a little stressed thinking about all the material coming at us through a fire hose.

I looked at this a while back and it doesn't seem like this is a true masters degree. MSN is the masters of nursing and I'm not quite sure what - "Masters Entry into the Profession of Nursing (MEPN)" is?

Great story, glad everything has worked out for you. Life is not easy, everyone should be prepared to fight...fight...and fight some more for everything you want.

I'm 30, have a BS in another field, and now I'm attempting to get into healthcare. I just received my EMT-B and so far I love riding the ambulance. I think it's called "lights and sirens syndrome" haha and it will probably wear off eventually. The pr...

Thanks for taking the time to answer my plethora of questions :) I realize the road ahead is going to be difficult and I'm not expecting to be both a great nurse and paramedic simultaneously. I guess I'm in a phase where I love the rush of an emerge...

How much ICU experience do you have? To me, the job responsibilities seem to be at opposite spectrums, so I would definitely proceed with caution if you love your current job. I've read about FNP's and ACRP's getting back into the ICU in certain plac...

You're a longgggg way away from CRNA school, but at least you're asking questions early in your journey. To sum it up, you need a BSN with the best grades you can get followed by a min of 1 year ICU experience(others have gotten in with ER and length...

What exactly was the problem where you could only stand a few days in certain LTC's? To me, it definitely sounds like LTC isn't your thing. You don't like being around hospice patients and don't have the ability/time to comfort them in a way you'd li...

CRNA's ARE GODS!! JK :) Curious why you thought that 30 was too old for med school?

Well, working while going to PA school simply isn't possibly, so that makes your choice very easy. In the end, I think both titles end up doing relatively the same thing, so I'd vote NP for you. I'm struggling with the same decision myself. Starting ...

Thank you both for the replies. Concerto, very true and a good point you bring up about the downsizing. I'm not sure I'd want to make it a "career", meaning the full 20, but I would like to experience at least one tour. I'm well aware that the recrui...

Thanks for the excellent write up! I'm in the initial stages of changing careers and I'm interested in military nursing. My plan is knock out my pre-reqs and then do an accelerated BSN. With this in mind, what do you suggest would be the best way to ...

I don't have much to add, but I just wanna say how pathetic OH sounds. I hope you all stick together and win this war. Nurses are the glue that holds a hospital together and they should be getting a raise if anything, certainly not a pay cut + higher...

University of Arizona -College of Nursing - Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Not an MSN, it's called MEPN - Master’s Entry to the Profession of Nursing. I'm not really sure what the difference is or if this degree is respected.

Sounds interesting and fun. How old are you? How long have you been in and do you plan on staying in? Be safe

I enjoy reading first hand accounts of the nursing profession on here, but I also get turned off by continually see these "short staffed" posts. The nurse ends turning into an stress filled, anxious mess. Running around all day like a chicken with th...

I'd love to read some more opinions if anybody else wants to chime in. I am in a similar situation - B.S in an unrelated field and I'm interested in investigating nursing, specifically ER nursing. CNA seems like a quick way to get into the field, but...