Medic vs Nurse
Hey y’all, in a bit of a career crisis. Long story short, I’m almost a year into a part-time ADN program at a community college and am completely over it. The organization is chaotic, turn around times are terrible with paperwork/compliance for the hospitals, I am registered for a class that in the second week of the semester has no teacher or room number assigned, we are basically self teaching and the program itself is currently on probation with the Board of Nursing until late next year for low NCLEX passing rates.
All of that to say…I’m seriously considering switching to the EMT/Medic route. I know the biggest issue is pay, but I currently have a really flexible full time job 7:30-3:30 that pays the bills. I’m jot going to leave that until I’m settled as a nurse, EMT, medic, whatever. And I’d be willing to do whatever I end up in part time while working my regular full time too. If I withdraw, I can do EMT this Fall and start Medic school next Summer for a year to complete the Associates in Emergency Services. If I take three more classes after that I can get the Bachelor’s in Emergency Services offered by that school. It would be my second Bachelor’s.
But…it seems like most medics end up as RNs either way. Would I be stupid to switch? This ADN is not cheap and there are no other part time programs in the area. It hurts me to be paying for a program where I’m the dog sitting in the burning room saying this is fine.
The original plan a few years ago was EMT school and then Medic, but I had a few things go on in my personal life and by the time I came back to the subject of school I figured Nursing was better pay. But I can’t shake this feeling that I’d love the pace of being a Medic, and I can’t tell if this situation with my current program is a sign that thats where I should be.
Any advice is appreciated.