is being a CCP as good as being a RN?

[Ridryder911]

And back to the title of the thread.


During the EMS expo, i took the Critical Care Paramedic Certification Review course.


I was already familiar with all of the "critical care" concepts that they taught in the review exam. EXCEPT for the flight physiology / flight safety concepts. I learned all of this information from my 2 weeks in nursing school where they covered critical care.

So no, being a critical care paramedic does not equal an ICU nurse. Critical care paramedics are being tested over basic nursing school curriculum. (rather the curriculum i just studied last month was NOT much more than I learned in nursing school, and certainly did not cover the breadth and depth of what I learned in the 6 week "ICU class" that I took when I started working as an RN.

No offense to any current professionals. I'm not saying I know more than you or have had better or more experience, only that the education that I have seen as an RN was quite more in depth than what I've seen in my EMS studies. Who knows, maybe medic school will amaze me, i'll know next semester.

Wow! I don't know what nursing school you went to but; I have never seen any nursing school discuss vent's, IABP, or even how to read an ECG... even the NCLEX will not or cannot test over any critical care as it not part of the standardized curriculum for nursing programs.

Hence; that is why the majority of critical care areas have internships, externships over period of months to train and educate general nurses into that speciality.....

I know some of the authors of the CCP-C examination and they assured me that is much more difficult than that of the CCRN examination and over the pilot study test that was given to them many (CCRN) had difficulty passing the examination.

Are CCP the same as a RN? .. .NO! And a CCRN is not the same as a CCP.... the goal is the same but you cannot and should not compare to separate professions.

R/r 911

 

[Veneficus]

I know some of the authors of the CCP-C examination and they assured me that is much more difficult than that of the CCRN examination and over the pilot study test that was given to them many (CCRN) had difficulty passing the examination.

Are CCP the same as a RN? .. .NO! And a CCRN is not the same as a CCP.... the goal is the same but you cannot and should not compare to separate professions.

R/r 911

I still think the OP would have more opportunity and better pay as an RN than as a CCP.

 

[8jimi8]

Wow! I don't know what nursing school you went to but; I have never seen any nursing school discuss vent's, IABP, or even how to read an ECG... even the NCLEX will not or cannot test over any critical care as it not part of the standardized curriculum for nursing programs.

Hence; that is why the majority of critical care areas have internships, externships over period of months to train and educate general nurses into that speciality.....

I know some of the authors of the CCP-C examination and they assured me that is much more difficult than that of the CCRN examination and over the pilot study test that was given to them many (CCRN) had difficulty passing
Are CCP the same as a RN? .. .NO! And a CCRN is not the same as a CCP.... the goal is the same but you cannot and should not compare to separate professions.

R/r 911

In nursing school we were required to be able to read basic rhythms and some lethal arrythmias. We definitley learned all of our ventilator settings and thinking back on it we did learn about balloon pumps in school. We didn't learn how to time them on a console, but we learned the theory behind th device. I don't recall the ccp-c class talking about balloon pumps during cardiology, that may have been one of the sections that they sent us home with for self-study. Since I wasn't taking the exam, I didn't go home and study.

Again, I wasnt denigrating any of the professions under discussion, but I was more than comfortable with the material covered in the review class. Perhaps, I attended a class that would have ill prepared me to take the ccp-c exam?

 

[goodgrief]

some sort of Bachelor's of Pre hospital emergency medical science or some such thing.

There are these degree already out there, UPITT overs a Bachelor's in Emergency medicne especially for Paramedics, and George Washington has a bachelors and a master in Emergency Medical Services.

 

[goodgrief]

Get your medic, RT and RN. You'll be amazing.

Hahaha
I was driving home today and I was thinking about just, The sad part is it would take me 4 hours to do and I would just have three associates degrees.

The update is I found out my school does not offer a Paramedic to RN program, so I would either have to go 2 more years for an RN or leave the state for another program.


At this point my goal is to get through the first semester of paramedic school, and if I live through that. go from there lol

 

[goodgrief]

People put way too much weight on accreditation in it's current state. Think about it... is a CAAS agency instantly better than a non-CAAS agency?

If accrediation didnt matter then public schools wouldnt need it to teach finger painting in 1st grade

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