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i know IT is a great field. but i dont get the same passion i do with healthcare. i have many credits in a biology degree but all my job experience is with IT. how can i change to healthcare without basically starting over? im an adult with a daughter and most healthcare degrees require you to be a fulltime on campus student. how can i make this happen? What would be the easiest and most realisitc healthcare degree to get?
i know IT is a great field. but i dont get the same passion i do with healthcare. i have many credits in a biology degree but all my job experience is with IT. how can i change to healthcare without basically starting over? im an adult with a daughter and most healthcare degrees require you to be a fulltime on campus student. how can i make this happen? What would be the easiest and most realisitc healthcare degree to get?
I believe a lot of nursing programs still have an Associate degree option. You could do some of your classes online, but would of course have to do your clinical rotations at a hospital.
My field is Clinical Laboratory Science, and a lot of us WISH we were in IT. The IT people who work for the lab make a lot more more money than those of us who do the laboratory testing.
The health field is so huge ... what did you even want to go into? With a biology degree, wouldn't it be mostly lab work? Nursing shares a lot of the same pre-req classes as public health.
i know IT is a great field. but i dont get the same passion i do with healthcare. i have many credits in a biology degree but all my job experience is with IT. how can i change to healthcare without basically starting over? im an adult with a daughter and most healthcare degrees require you to be a fulltime on campus student. how can i make this happen? What would be the easiest and most realisitc healthcare degree to get?
An RN degree will be tough to get because of all the hours you'd have to spend away from home, but it will ultimately make you the most money with the least education. With a lot of programs, if you come in with your generals done (and it sounds like you've already taken a bunch of college courses), you could be in and out with your RN Associate's Degree in less than two years. And you'll probably be earning close to, or over, $50,000.00 out the gate. I work in a nursing program, and a lot of the students are mothers (some have even been pregnant and given birth while doing the program) - it's very, very hard work, but rewarding and worth it in the end.
Be very wary of private for-profit colleges that tell you to sign up for a Medical Assistant or any type of general healthcare diploma or degree program. Those jobs will ultimately only get you about $10 - $12 an hour.
If you have a Bachelor's Degree already, then look into MBA in Healthcare Management programs online. Some of them are expensive, but there are also some that are very reasonably priced.
And remember, you could always get a job in IT working in a hospital setting. If you get a job in IT at a university hospital, then as part of your employee benefits package, you'll probably get to take classes there for free or for half cost. You could then afford to take classes slowly, while still working, until you have enough credits for a degree you'd prefer more.
There most certainly is a link between the two. Where do you think paper records are going?
OK. But that's more like doing IT, just in the healthcare sector.
I understood that the OP actually wants to help people by becoming nurse, doctor, etc, and count her previous IT experience towards that. I don't see how valuable that prior experience is. Actually. I DO see how experience in any field is relevant to any other field. But employers won't pay her for it.
OK. But that's more like doing IT, just in the healthcare sector.
I understood that the OP actually wants to help people by becoming nurse, doctor, etc, and count her previous IT experience towards that. I don't see how valuable that prior experience is. Actually. I DO see how experience in any field is relevant to any other field. But employers won't pay her for it.
I disagree. It's a mishmash of health and IT. We are different than folks doing straight up IT -- many nurses and other people with medical backgrounds or knowledge are health IT professionals. Our goal is to help providers and staff use records in such a way that helps the patient, and it's pretty satisfying to see health records being actively shared, tracked, and used.
Health IT would be the most realistic thing to go for for someone who already has an IT background, wants to go into health, but doesn't have the time to go full time for a degree in something like nursing.
I disagree. It's a mishmash of health and IT. We are different than folks doing straight up IT -- many nurses and other people with medical backgrounds or knowledge are health IT professionals. Our goal is to help providers and staff use records in such a way that helps the patient, and it's pretty satisfying to see health records being actively shared, tracked, and used.
Health IT would be the most realistic thing to go for for someone who already has an IT background, wants to go into health, but doesn't have the time to go full time for a degree in something like nursing.
Yea, that's fine.
Sounded to me like she wanted to be an actual nurse. And then her prior experience would count for squat. That was all I was saying.
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