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Hello everyone. Newbie here. Glad to join and find out more about being an EMT.
I am in the midst of a major career change. Going from being a high paid Computer Consultant of 20 years with a large company to a career in the medical field. The long term goal is to be a Nurse Practitioner (NP).
I don't start RN school until January 2008, so I signed up to take the EMT-B course at a local community college during the Fall semester (Aug to Dec). I decided on a new medical career after taking a First Responder course and really enjoying it. Since then I have take Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2, Microbiology and Chemistry 1 and enjoyed them all.
I guess my question stems from this - I don't plan on getting a job as an EMT. I have had almost NO direct patient care and want to make sure Nursing is really what I want to do for the next 20 years, not to mention spending the next 5 years in school to become a NP. The volunteer work I have done so far has not provided me with a lot of real patient care, just cuts and scrapes.
Will the EMT give me both a head start on Nursing school as well as confirming my desire to make this career change? The course seems rather time consuming. It meets 4 nights a week for a total of 14 hours a week in lecture and lab. That does not include some Saturday for clinicals. I still will work full time until Nursing school starts. The class should help reinforce my skills I learned in the First Responder course, and make application to the medical courses I have already taken as prerequisites for Nursing school.
Is there a better use of my time while waiting for Nursing school to start?
Thanks!
I am in the midst of a major career change. Going from being a high paid Computer Consultant of 20 years with a large company to a career in the medical field. The long term goal is to be a Nurse Practitioner (NP).
I don't start RN school until January 2008, so I signed up to take the EMT-B course at a local community college during the Fall semester (Aug to Dec). I decided on a new medical career after taking a First Responder course and really enjoying it. Since then I have take Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2, Microbiology and Chemistry 1 and enjoyed them all.
I guess my question stems from this - I don't plan on getting a job as an EMT. I have had almost NO direct patient care and want to make sure Nursing is really what I want to do for the next 20 years, not to mention spending the next 5 years in school to become a NP. The volunteer work I have done so far has not provided me with a lot of real patient care, just cuts and scrapes.
Will the EMT give me both a head start on Nursing school as well as confirming my desire to make this career change? The course seems rather time consuming. It meets 4 nights a week for a total of 14 hours a week in lecture and lab. That does not include some Saturday for clinicals. I still will work full time until Nursing school starts. The class should help reinforce my skills I learned in the First Responder course, and make application to the medical courses I have already taken as prerequisites for Nursing school.
Is there a better use of my time while waiting for Nursing school to start?
Thanks!