doc_Huffman

I kinda froze up today with one of our instructors whilst doing a quick assessment one them. I.E. I got focused on the patients chief complaint after I introduced myself, ID'd patient, did a quick A&O assessment, listened to lungs and heart, then noticed PT was holding their abdomen, and I went with the EMS OPQRST for pain assessment, and then just got stuck trying to figure out the problem. My question is, how can I transfer the flow of an EMS assessment, which I have done for years now into the world of nursing, and not miss vital things? I have been a medic for the military for 5 years and have done civilian fire for one. Anyone have any experience transferring over into the realm of nursing from the pre-hospital side that has some insight?

I was originally a mechanical engineering student, switched to pre-nursing after becoming a 68W Health Care Specialist. With this I got my NREMT-B out of the way, and upon returning home, got my Colorado EMT-B, started school right away switching majors to Nursing, to apply to get into the BSN program. I have one more semester before I can apply (I need A&P 2, Organic Chem, and Developmental Psych), and to take the HESI A2. My GPA suffered somewhat from an AP Calc 1 class from high school, where I did not know I would start out with a 2.0 GPA when I transferred that credit. My first semester (before leaving for training) , I took Calc 2 (highly unprepared),and I got a D; but my GPA went up from the 2.0 to 2.8 or so due to my good grades in the other classes. These Calc classes are not applicable to my degree, but my Cumulative GPA is still suffering as a result. Without the bad grades, I would be sitting at around a 3.4-3.3 ish. I need a 3.0 minimum to even be accepted, but to my knowledge all grades ever taken at the school are considered when applying for admission to the program. I have also been trying to get a job as an ER tech, but have had no luck so far, but I am volunteer firefighting as an EMT with the department to further my background. I am also volunteering in the emergency department with a local hospital. I have been knocking out Pre-Reqs for the program the last 2 semesters, bringing my GPA up to almost a 3.0. It currently sits at a 2.98. I am getting B's and A's but am striving for straight A's. What I'm really trying to get at here is, aside from my not the best GPA, will my volunteering, having my medical background, and continually striving to bringing my GPA up, as well as a good HESI score, likely make me a competitive student in applying for the program?

I was originally a mechanical engineering student, accepted into the program. I joined the national guard to gain some experience and to help pay for school. I became a 68 W Health Care Specialist/ Medic and am a medic with an infantry line unit. With this I got my NREMT-B out of the way, and upon returning home, got my Colorado EMT-B, started school right away switching majors to Nursing, to apply to get into the BSN program. I have one more semester before I can apply (I need A&P 2, Organic Chem, and Developmental Psych), and to take the HESI A2. Before I left my GPA suffered somewhat from an AP Calc 1 class from high school, where I did not know I would start out with a 2.0 GPA if I transferred that credit. My first semester, I took Calc 2, and and engineering class, as well as an elective. I got a D in Calc 2, but a B+ in one and an A in the other. The Calc classes are not applicable to my degree, but my Cumulative GPA is still suffering as a result. I need a 3.0 minimum to even be accepted. I have also been trying to get a job as an ER tech on the civilian side, but have had no luck so far, but I am volunteer firefighting and doing medical calls as an EMT with the department to further my background. I am also going to start volunteering with one of the hospitals to increase my volunteer hours. I have been knocking out Pre-Reqs for the program the last 2 semesters, bringing my GPA up to almost a 3.0. It currently sits at a 2.98. I am getting B's and A's in all my classes so I bring it up. What I'm really trying to get at here is, aside from my not the best GPA, will my volunteering, having my medical background, and continually striving to bringing my GPA up, as well as a good HESI score, likely help me get accepted to the program?