Can a paramedic work as a nurse tech in the hospital?

Question

i am a paramedic on the road, but would like to get into nursing, i am wondering if a paramedic can work as a nurse tech. I also work as a CNA at a hospital and am trying to get them to make me a Nurse Tech. since i am a lisc. paramedic. Usually they only make nursing students nurse techs but I hold an actual lisc. and have more training then 1st year nursing students. Let me know.

Answer 1

Every career or job position has certain requirements , license, and/ or diploma.Hence, you have your license as a paramedic(after a certain amount of training and instruction).This is to protect everyone involved---the public and the employer.Your level of knowledge or experience in another related field is not relevant unless you want to take the requisite courses or training to enter that field.A CNA, for instance, assists nurses(take B/ps, vital signs etc) but can not claim to be nurses regardless of how much post -school experience they may have or the knowledge they may have gleaned from watching nurses.The same thing applies to you. If you do decide to become a nurse, your being a paramedic would help you in the process by reducing the time you spend in school and so on.I hope this information has helped you a little.

Answer 2

In order to further your career past CNA, you're going to need to take the basic 2 year nursing course in order to be on the same level as the rest of the nurses in any hospital you're employed at.

Answer 3

This question should be asked to your local hospital. All hospital's are different.