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advice on career choice.

juiceddreadlocks

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well anyways i was looking at online courses offered at any university around where I live to see if there are any options for me for the year (hopefully) between graduating with an undergrad degree to admission to medical school. Then I saw something amazing on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences website. you can go from having a degree in most anything to having a BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) in ONE YEAR. How awesome is that. That is great. i was thinking... wow, how cool is that? That is one option.

another one would be to stay in school with enough hours to graduate with BS in biology for a year, or maybe a semester and summer school, until i could complete a chemistry degree also, all the while taking more classes (biology and nutrition) to improve my status as a medical school applicant.

or i could go another route. not take enough hours to be considered full time and just work as a registered polysomnagraphic technician/technologist. they make in total around $40 an hour if you score studies too. That would be the easiest thing to do. (im taking the resigstry exam in december)

or i could go another route. I could stay in school with my biology degree and put an emphasis on nutrition classes for a year or year and summer classes and get accepted into the dietetics internship to become an RD a year later.

The most lucrative option would be the intensive BSN study. I will already have a background in biochem, organic chem, pharmacology, endocrinology, pathophysiology, microbiology, genetics, nutrition and 2 years health care experience.

if anyone takes the time to read this, please give me input, especially if you are currently involved in one of these fields.
 
Would you be a nurse with a BSN? Though people joke about dudes being nurses (see "Meet the Parents") it is actually a damn good field to get into now in days, especially with the shwag economy. Sister-in-law is a nurse with a masters, she says hospitals are desperate for man-nurses to deal with the unruly patients...Gambino
 
do people take online educations seriously yet? would it be an in state college transcription course or an out of state pure internet degree?
 
Oh sweet correspindence courses with Sally Struthers!!

How about ariline mechanic, or locksmith?
Motorcycle mechanic, computer repair or even....

Network administrator.
 
nordstrom said:
do people take online educations seriously yet? would it be an in state college transcription course or an out of state pure internet degree?


the ones that im referring to are offered for credit through the medical school in LR Arkansas, they are just part of the program.
 
Gambino said:
Would you be a nurse with a BSN? Though people joke about dudes being nurses (see "Meet the Parents") it is actually a damn good field to get into now in days, especially with the shwag economy. Sister-in-law is a nurse with a masters, she says hospitals are desperate for man-nurses to deal with the unruly patients...Gambino

yeah with a bachelors in nursing you are eligible to sit for the licensing exam. and in however long you wanted to make it take you can get the credits to test for some sort of advanced practice.

if anyone is interested or just wants to look the website is www.uams.edu and go to education and college of nursing.
 
hmm, IMHO

if the nursing involved real patient contact the uni;s that focus on clinical medicine will love it as it shows real clinical experience

the other degrees may aid in your career once out of uni and get you into the more achademic non clinical uni's....when cometing with other fully qualified docs a nursing degree will mean shit, but a bsc in chem or biochem will raise you further
 
As long as the dergree is from an accredited state college and does not inidcate it was done online you should be ok. I would be very leary of any so called "private college" offering an online degree. Many companies are hesitant about online learning so do your homework. Also, make sure you network as this is how you will land most of your jobs. Online learning = very little networking usually.
 
Since admission to medical school is your ultimate goal, you should do whatever will increase your chances. Talk to some counsellors, and find out just what the weighting of course selection, GPA, ect. are in the admissions equasion. Don't use that year to develop a 'fallback position' via courses; go for it 110%, and if you don't get accepted, you can complete the fallback training then.
 
danielson said:
hmm, IMHO

if the nursing involved real patient contact the uni;s that focus on clinical medicine will love it as it shows real clinical experience

the other degrees may aid in your career once out of uni and get you into the more achademic non clinical uni's....when cometing with other fully qualified docs a nursing degree will mean shit, but a bsc in chem or biochem will raise you further


im very interested in chemistry actually. point well taken.

after this semester i have for a chem degree

p chem 1 (II if i want the ACS certified one)

quant

chem lit

and one other elective.
 
canadianhitman said:
Since admission to medical school is your ultimate goal, you should do whatever will increase your chances. Talk to some counsellors, and find out just what the weighting of course selection, GPA, ect. are in the admissions equasion. Don't use that year to develop a 'fallback position' via courses; go for it 110%, and if you don't get accepted, you can complete the fallback training then.


i appreciate the pm brother. thanks a lot.

ill mega blast you asap.
 
Gambino said:
Would you be a nurse with a BSN? Though people joke about dudes being nurses (see "Meet the Parents") it is actually a damn good field to get into now in days, especially with the shwag economy. Sister-in-law is a nurse with a masters, she says hospitals are desperate for man-nurses to deal with the unruly patients...Gambino

Right! Hospitals are always hurting for male nurses regardless of the economy. Also, if you get your BSN you can become a Nurse Anestitist (sp) They make about 150G a year to start!
 
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