paramedic to adn

[dcolbert3]

Quick question to my fellow medics and emts on here. If I was wanting to do the bridge to RN after I get my paramedic, do I have to had gotten the associates? Or could I just get the certification for paramedic and be able to get in. Thanks for the replies!!

 

[Anjel]

Quick question to my fellow medics and emts on here. If I was wanting to do the bridge to RN after I get my paramedic, do I have to had gotten the associates? Or could I just get the certification for paramedic and be able to get in. Thanks for the replies!!

Programs around here don't require an associates. They just take your medic license and give you credit for it. They require 6 months road experience.

 

[J B]

If you're choosing between emt-p programs, I think the community college route is probably a better way to go if you may want to go on to RN later. You don't necessarily have to go for the degree. Taking your A&P, chemistry, psych, etc, courses at an accredited college will likely make it easier to get transfer credit for them if/when you start an RN program.

 

[Mariemt]

In Iowa you have to have your associates in paramedicine to bridge to RN. To bridge from rn to paramedic is much easier

 

[Medic Tim]

The school I went to had the same pre recs and gen eds as the nursing program. This can allow you to transfer those credits to another cc or a university. My school would also give preference to applicants who were alumni.

 

[Akulahawk]

Which route you choose can affect the places/states you can work later. I would suggest going for an ADN. Traditional route if possible, Bridge course that leads to an ADN is next best. Online programs may limit your options. There are about a dozen states that will not accept that education for license endorsement because online program usually do NOT have concurrent patient care modules. In other words, you must study peds and do a peds clinical in the same semester/quarter, or study OB and do an OB clinical in the same semester/quarter.

Most of the time, it's easier to become an RN and bridge to Paramedic than the other way around. Some places (from what I understand) have no bridge option either way.