I hope not. As with everything, YMMV. As an experienced paramedic, I have not any issue with experienced nurses going the route of NP.
But there are also zero-to-hero schools that will take you out of high school and have you as an NP in 5 years, able to prescribe medications (in many states, without any physician supervision).
There's a happy medium. I have the same feeling about zero-to-hero paramedic strip mall schools that will turn you out in under a year and 1,000 hours whereas others will require you to have 2,000+ patient contacts as an EMT before they'll even admit you to a 1,800 hour course.
It's really tiring how the medical profession can't do what engineering does with jr engineers and pay them a living wage as they gain experience and still do economically valuable work.
But there are also zero-to-hero schools that will take you out of high school and have you as an NP in 5 years, able to prescribe medications (in many states, without any physician supervision).
There's a happy medium. I have the same feeling about zero-to-hero paramedic strip mall schools that will turn you out in under a year and 1,000 hours whereas others will require you to have 2,000+ patient contacts as an EMT before they'll even admit you to a 1,800 hour course.