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Getting bored today, so I'm back for more punishment. :D Considering that you are a BSN student who is not yet a practicing nurse and has no input whatsoever in the hiring process at any facility, I question how many conversations you've actually had with nurse managers about Excelsior...

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit. Ignoring misinformed posters is not my strong suit. But, on that note, I'm outta here. ;)

No. The individual's desire to learn and comprehend the information, and to continue learning makes the nurse. Plenty of RN's scrape their way through a BSN program and come out barely able to pass the NCLEX, let alone function on the floor. It all depends on the individual. As I said, I've...

I did explicitly mention in my previous post that there are some states that do not license Excelsior grads, and even provided a link to a comprehensive list with individual state requirements. I also explicitly mentioned the benefit of exposure to local nurse managers if going through a...

It really doesn't hurt my feelings. It's simply ignorance. I'm not going to get into an argument about it. The school does not make the nurse. The individual makes the nurse. I've worked with some LPN's that I've felt were more competent than some BSN-educated RN's. My statement about...

Sidenote: I don't even want to get into a BSN vs ADN debate, and I believe that my previous post might open up that pathway. BSN's do have an advantage over ADN's in the job market, and Excelsior only offers the ADN to non-RN's. So, there is that to consider when choosing a nursing program. I...

Wow, this thread is on the off-topic fast track. ;) To the OP: Excelsior is a very valid option, but you definitely need to check with your state's BON before enrolling to ensure that it is accepted. In some states, as has been mentioned, you cannot be licensed with your Excelsior degree in...

Since a PA is a mid-level provider, I wonder if they would even need to test out? Seems like they could just have the medical director sign off on their skills. In Tennessee, even an RN can be signed off by the medical director and ride a unit as ALS. Not saying that you should be able to...

6 semester hours of A&P is pretty standard, either as 3 hours A&P I and 3 hours A&P II, or 3 hours of Anatomy and 3 hour of Physiology. Some universities offer it as 4 and 4. But, most universities I've looked at offer it as 3 + 3 (and I've looked at waaay too many different programs across the...

Well, that makes a lot more sense, only having two of the certs. However, at this time, I still believe that it isn't conducive to your goal of becoming a medic. It certainly wouldn't hurt, but I don't believe that it would help that much in preparing for EMS, aside from what I mentioned...

Different MPH, but I'll allow it. ^_^

In skimming through the course listing, I hadn't even noticed that this appears to be a Bachelor's degree program. Didn't pay attention to the actual number of hours for each course. Wow. I had assumed that this was an AAS program! 113-115 hours? Yikes! :wacko:

Thank you for the information on what a residency is. :rolleyes: I was poking fun at the foolishness of making the statement that one "decent paramedic" is better than five doctors. I really don't care what their specialty is. I'm quite certain that the experience of five physicians, regardless...

I'll take the five guys with four years of pre-med, four years of medical school, and two to three years of residency over the guy with at best two years of EMS education. Surely, between those five physicians' combined fifty years of training, they can figure something out. :D Now, if you...

Let me preface my post by saying that no education is wasted, and it's always great to experience different areas of healthcare. Having said that... to be perfectly honest at the risk of sounding rude, I wouldn't waste my time on this program. It looks like you get a lot of certifications for a...

Anyone who has worked alongside medics, RN's, and even MD's has plenty of stories about "that guy", who is an exception and not the rule for the profession.

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, and I'm not familiar with California requirements, but Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE has a 1-week Nurse-to-EMTB program that allows you to sit for NREMT-B. http://www.creighton.edu/ems/courses/phcemt/index.php It isn't...

In all reality, for someone who's had a toothache for the past two weeks, the toothache is probably just a toothache. Unless there's an abscess, there probably isn't any emergent condition going on. But this person is going to demand to go to the ED, unless you're able to write and fill a script...

^^^ +1 for this.

None of the above. The RN is lacking the specialty education that the paramedic gets for the entire length of his/her program. The larger majority of what the RN learns simply does not apply to prehospital scenarios. Yes, an RN can be trained to do prehospital. An RN has the prerequisite...