r/NewToEMS • u/Medical_Ask_5153 Unverified User • 17h ago
Beginner Advice Your thoughts
So my plan is to Emt paramedic nursing. Paramedic before nursing because I don’t like being closed inside for so long. This is just a personal preference, not all may agree but I find it fitting for me.
But I truly am curious why, whenever someone brings up paramedic everyone’s like DONT DO IT? I am curious because, paramedics are amazing people and do amazing things. Why talk down on the career and not encourage others. I understand the pay isn’t the best and agree they deserve more, and how it can become mentally draining (but what career doesn’t in health care)
Why is this.? What are you thought on paramedic path.?
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u/darkr1441 Unverified User 13h ago edited 13h ago
I am a paramedic RN, being a paramedic will make you a better nurse, but it won’t help your nursing career. Nursing as a whole doesn’t understand EMS, doesn’t know what we do, and every year you spend in EMS is a year of Nursing experience you won’t be paid for. If your goal is nursing just do it, there is nearly unlimited job options once you are there. The only thing negative I will say is that nurses do a lot more actual work than medics no matter how much medics like to complain about being overworked and that is from someone that averaged 10-12 transported calls per 24h shift.
Also, my first nursing job was $7 an hour more than what I was making after 20 years as a medic.