RE: EMT-P to RN Bridge Question

Having spend 15+ years as a Paramedic and now as a Nursing Administrator/Educator I'm afraid of "bridge" programs short changing both the student and the profession. Depending on what your long term goals are the local community college ADN programs are generally all you should need, If you are planning on going farther, i.e. CRNA, you need to have a BSN and you have to go to school for that.. The problem is that a lot of ADN programs now take 3 years to complete. If you've already got the prereqs you can shorten that. The other thing to watch out for is if these programs are truly bridge programs. Some programs call themselves that but if you really compare the normal program, you would have gotten most of the credits anyway.

If the individual student feels that their skills and knowledge is adequate, Excelsior College (Regents) program already has a good track record. And I generally don't care what school an applicant graduated from. I don't even really care about grades much any more.