Career Change - Boynton Beach,FL

If you don't have your degree already nursing takes apx 5 years, for either your RN or BSRN (about 20k difference in salary in most places in our area). 18mo of pre-reqs (RN) or 24mo of pre-reqs (BSRN), and then 24mo of nursing school. The 5th year is the "lag" year between having your pre-req's completed to be "competitive" (many schools have 6,000 applicants for 100 spots) and starting nursing school. Salary ranges from 40k-150k depending on whether you "5th" year (tack on an extra year of schooling to focus; like in pediatrics/ surgery/ ER/ etc.), or 5th year and get a masters, etc.

If you DO have a bachelors then you only have to post bac your anatomy & physiology & microbiology & chem reqs. Which takes about 1 year.

If your have an admin background... you can get into medadmin which (again, in our area) for unit secretaries is about $2500 a month = 30k a year. Most jobs require about 1-2 years in an acute care setting or equiv education. Volunteering in a unit can take care of some of those hours, or taking a med admin class + med terminology

i have family in the medical field and also a neighbor who is an RN. in fl it doesn't take 5 yrs to be a nurse. being in the medical field you can pretty much make up your own schedule. to be an LPN it takes 1 yr. (that inlcudes pre-req's) i've looked into this but the schedule is not made for someone who has young children. they start off (in my area) at about $17/hr at nursing homes, hospitals don't hire anymore, and schoolboard starts off @ about $14/hr. they are basically void now in hospitals. RNs are 2yrs in school (including pre-req's) and they start off at about $20/hr. most hospitals are looking for someone with an Bachelors in nursing now i've noticed. however, if you work it right you can work 2 days overnights and make what someone will make for working all week. my SIL is a physical therapist assistant (also 2yrs) and they make (if working for an agency) almost $40/hr. if you work for a hospital, etc it's over $20/hr. same goes for a Occupational Therapist. these 2 are pretty easy jobs. you do have to make your own schedule with these also unless you work for a hospital. a medical assistant you go to school for 1-2yrs depending on the school, and can work in hospital (sometimes) or dr's office. they make about $11-14/hr. a cna makes $9-11/hr and only takes 3mos. if you do this and then work for hospital they might pay for you to continue your education. there is also radiology. takes 2 yrs and also pays about $20/hr. i've looked into all of these, the times for school isn't good if you have children who will need supervision. the classes are either all day from 7a-3 or 4pm or at night (if offered) from 2p or 3p-10:30p. m-thur

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medical assistant, dental assistant and or medical billing or coding.

Become a nurse. They are on high demand and you can start out on a lower status and then continue with school to move up. A lot of hospitals will even pay for your schooling if you sign an agreement to stay with them for a certain period of time.