CNA to LPN to EMT or CNA to EMT.

[Crimson Ghost]

Hello. How everybody doing? Haven't been on this forum for a while, because i was to busy trying to figure out what to do with my life. I've beed planing to take a EMT class this summer, but for financial resons decided to wait till winter. Taking medterminology and A&P right now, so basically im just one class away form geting CNA this summer, with LPN class, as a backup, on hold. So can anybody give advice on what would be more reaosnable: To finish nursing (CNA to LPN), then worry about EMT or just to look at CNA class as a lilttle preparation for EMT class and do EMT in winter. Thank you. If anybody had some experience, trying to do nursing and EMS, i'll be glad to hear about it.

[VentMedic]

Get all the science classes and other prerequisites you can. Take the CNA. Proceed to RN. And, if you have time, you can work in EMT-B.

[Crimson Ghost]

Originally Posted by VentMedic

Get all the science classes and other prerequisites you can. Take the CNA. Proceed to RN. And, if you have time, you can work in EMT-B.

Whould it be physically possible to do LPN class and EMT class at the same time? If all goes right, ill have my CNA by the end of summer, in autumn take general classes for LPN and in winter start part time EMT class, while working full time on LPN degree. Is that a realistic plan? It just frustrates me that they wouldnt let people do Paramedic class right away any i don't wanna waste 9 month in EMT class, without having to work on somekindof backup plan on a side. I don't have a job, i've a stay at home mom for the past 2 years, so now that i have opportunity to get education, i wanna have it all, no time wasted.

[VentMedic]

EMT class 9 months long? Is that with prerequisites? Rarely is it over 120 or 150 hours in length in the U.S. If it is stretched out over 9 months by doing 1 evening per week, then yes it is can be done with other classes depending on the individual. The nursing prequisite classes will give you a better educational foundation for EMT which will make it much easier.

Why do you want to do LPN? Where would you work with that 1 year certificate?

Full steam ahead to RN and get a career.

[Crimson Ghost]

Originally Posted by VentMedic

EMT class 9 months long? Is that with prerequisites? Rarely is it over 120 or 150 hours in length in the U.S. If it is stretched out over 9 months by doing 1 evening per week, then yes it is can be done with other classes depending on the individual. The nursing prequisite classes will give you a better educational foundation for EMT which will make it much easier.

Why do you want to do LPN? Where would you work with that 1 year certificate?

Full steam ahead to RN and get a career.

EMT class is 9 month, because it is evening 2 day a week class, thats why i said i can get LPN at the same time. They don't have prerequizites for EMT class, when i told them i wanna take A&P and medterminology FOR EMT class, they just look at me all weird. But there is LPN course, which i can use a credits to. And i heard that some places offer some kind of bridge couse LPN to RN. Don't know if its true or not. Sure wouldnt wanna take it all over again, if thats aint true.

[Sasha]

Originally Posted by VentMedic

EMT class 9 months long? Is that with prerequisites? Rarely is it over 120 or 150 hours in length in the U.S. If it is stretched out over 9 months by doing 1 evening per week, then yes it is can be done with other classes depending on the individual. The nursing prequisite classes will give you a better educational foundation for EMT which will make it much easier.

Why do you want to do LPN? Where would you work with that 1 year certificate?

Full steam ahead to RN and get a career.

A nursing home.

Or Florida Hospital uses ALPNs on some floors.

However, talking to them, they are paid crap, get no respect from coworkers for not being a "real nurse" and generally regret getting an LPN cert as oppose to an RN license.

I don't understand short of academic constraints (As in don't have the grades or test scores to get into an RN program) why someone would choose LPN over RN. A year isn't that much longer.

[Crimson Ghost]

Originally Posted by Sasha

A nursing home.

Or Florida Hospital uses ALPNs on some floors.

However, talking to them, they are paid crap, get no respect from coworkers for not being a "real nurse" and generally regret getting an LPN cert as oppose to an RN license.

I don't understand short of academic constraints (As in don't have the grades or test scores to get into an RN program) why someone would choose LPN over RN. A year isn't that much longer.

It might sound irrational, but i only wanna do LPN, so i can have job with a pay decent enought to keep me throught EMT-I, Paramedic programms. Bad economy dictates its own change of plans.

[Sasha]

so i can have job with a pay decent enought to keep me throught EMT-I, Paramedic programms.

So head to RN and bridge to Paramedic. LPN pay is crappy, not as crappy as Paramedic, but crappy.

[Crimson Ghost]

Originally Posted by Sasha

So head to RN and bridge to Paramedic. LPN pay is crappy, not as crappy as Paramedic, but crappy.

B)They have RN to Paramedic bridge!? I thought you have to take EMT, then work as EMT for a year before you can apply for Paramedic. I've been in RN medical college for 2 years in Russia, had 1 year left left to graduation, when i moved here 4 years ago. Few people from my college became russian paramedics. But i thought it was different here.

[VentMedic]

Originally Posted by Crimson Ghost

B)They have RN to Paramedic bridge!? I thought you have to take EMT, then work as EMT for a year before you can apply for Paramedic. I've been in RN medical college for 2 years in Russia, had 1 year left left to graduation, when i moved here 4 years ago. Few people from my college became russian paramedics. But i thought it was different here.

What state are you in?

You can also challenge the Paramedic test as an RN in some states. A few do require EMT-B first but after RN school, that should only be a first aid class since you will hopefully know where the knee cap is located. If you already have a nursing background, continue forward to your RN. Don't mess around with the LPN and don't get too stressed out over taking an EMT-B class now. Once you are an RN, you will have a career, flexible hours and a stable good income to pursue your EMS ambitions. There are also several states that have separate credentials for RNs in EMS. Most will require a few hours of classroom and clinicals but it builds upon what you have. You continue to move forward in your career as a nurse.

I don't know what the requirements are for a Paramedic in Russia, but you may be seriously disappointed in the U.S. trained Paramedic. If I remember correctly, in Russia you need at least two years of education to be a Paramedic. If you really want to be an EMT-B and Paramedic in the U.S., you could do both levels in as little as 4 months total.