toddsoto

I want to get into flight nursing down the road and early on in my career I would like to work as a paramedic part time. And volunteer!

Hey, I have read these comments and I take the advice given seriously. This is my situation. I am entering a 4 year BSN program. I start in the fall. I have enough credit to take 3-4 courses per semester for the first two years. Roughly 12 credit hours. No class begins before 9 am and no class ends after 5 pm with some weekdays having only an hour of instruction. Nursing courses dont begin until 3rd year. I have the opportunity to take a hybrid paramedic program which offers an online didactic portion which meets twice a week 7pm to 1030 and meets on campus every other saturday for a total of 10 consecutive months. Following that would be 250 hours of hospital time and 250 hours of field time which is arranged by the school with a hospital that meets my needs. For a total of 16-18 months. Concurrently, the paramedic program would finish roughly around the end of my sophomore year of the BSN so while I am still doing core classes like stats, principles of chemistry and intro to nursing. My opinion is that I will be able to manage the freshmen and sophmore classes very well since I have almost all of my core requirements complete and would have to take electives just to maintain full time status for my gi bill benefits. In my situation, where my BSN courses are going to be very light while I would be taking the paramedic program, and the paramedic program is so flexible, would it be feasible to attend both? I am currently in the process of applying to the paramedic program and if I get accepted I truly want to attend. I understand that it would not be easy but it is a question of whether I would be throwing the money away on the paramedic program. The BSN is free to me because of my veterans benefits and i am already accepted but I would have to pay out of pocket for the paramedic program. Is paramedic training to difficult to complete while taking 12 credits of Gen ed requirements per semester? Should I spare myself the attempt. Bearing in mind that there is no bridge program in NH and that the only way for me to ever get my paramedic cert is to attend a fulltime program. The one I am referring to being the most flexible I have found.