>> So I started working as a paramedic and I became a --
I promoted into as a regional manager for an ambulance service and for me just timing
and schedule I would not be able to go to a traditional nursing program.
I found Excelsior College through a colleague of mine who was also pursing his degree
through Excelsior and the flexibility in the schedule, sort of the non-traditional format,
the ability to complete the education with the college level exam program where I could draw
on what I all ready knew as a paramedic and get college credit for that, rather than having
to go back and start from scratch in a traditional program with the fundamentals
of nursing that I really had all ready developed and built through the paramedic program as well
as through my own just informal education through reading and classes.