Challenging paramedic exam

Hi! I was wondering what states allow nurses to challenge the paramedic exam? Thank you!
NJ has an MICN (mobile intensive care nurse) certification which functions the same as the MICP (mobile intensive care paramedic) certification. I don't know what the requirements are (I was a paramedic there) but if you call the office of EMS I'm sure they can fill you in.

Here is a 2008 survery by the NASEMSO from some of the states that tell which professions can test out of the Paramedic exam.http://www.nasemso.org/NewsAndPublic...rvey051208.pdfSome like Florida require the EMT-B and then you just challenge their state exam.The states using the NREMT might get a little more complicated.California, which was not listed, but does allow after some requirements are met. The link below describes that process.http://www.emsa.ca.gov/paramedic/fil...RevOct2010.pdf

In CO you can challenge the test but you also need to do a number of hours of precepted rides.

Thanks!

Do you think perhaps you might be doing yourself, potential employers and potential patients a serious disservice to become certified with no education or training on the prehospital environment to back it up?Put another way, how would you feel about paramedics "challenging" NCLEX? Do you think they would be prepared for a med surg assignment?

In NY you can challenge the medic exam as an RN but you must be an EMT first.

The NCLEX is a silly exam. IMHO anybody who wants it can have it. It's the type of exam that you could have a panel of monkeys take (blindfolded) (with the Kaplan prep course/or studying on their own) and they would do just as well if not better... because no real medical/nursing knowledge is needed to take it, nothing about it is reality/practice/evidence-based.

Quote from onacleardayThe NCLEX is a silly exam. IMHO anybody who wants it can have it. It's the type of exam that you could have a panel of monkeys take (blindfolded) (with the Kaplan prep course/or studying on their own) and they would do just as well if not better... because no real medical/nursing knowledge is needed to take it, nothing about it is reality/practice/evidence-based.

Quote from usalsfyreDo you think perhaps you might be doing yourself, potential employers and potential patients a serious disservice to become certified with no education or training on the prehospital environment to back it up?

A topic that is sure to fire up both on this debate indeed. Having first been a Paramedic and EMT for over 30 years and then completing my RN I think I can address this issue. First these are two completely different schools of thought and training, and simply being one does not make it that you are going to be able to function as the other. Nurses are trained differently period! To be a solo EMS provider is NOT for everyone, the "street" smarts that are needed to survive, or your patients survive, is not taught in a class room. Paramedic training requires much more hands on learning for a reason. Sorry, but RN school didn't come close. I would be very leery of letting a RN that challenged a Paramedic cert work on my family, by the way that is the ultimate complement in the Paramedic world - to have your co-workers tell you that you are one of the few that they would let work on their family! The Nursing world told me very clearly that my experience as a medic is not experience as a Nurse and in reverse I feel the same way, experience as a Nurse is NOT experience as a Paramedic.

Quote from SpEdtacularNJ has an MICN (mobile intensive care nurse) certification which functions the same as the MICP (mobile intensive care paramedic) certification. I don't know what the requirements are (I was a paramedic there) but if you call the office of EMS I'm sure they can fill you in.

Then there are states, like IL, where I live that have a pre-hospital RN license for those RNs who have gone thru a 2 day course, have done supervised ride time and who have extensive experience in an ER. PHRN is a license issued by the state.