I believe Kaplan only offers Associates RN to residents in Florida (presumably for clinicals???). However, just yesterday I checked with my local community college and they are offering an online RN program! Clinicals are 1 or 2 days a week at a local hospital. The rest of the classes, however, are online. Perhaps your local college is offering that as well? The only obstacle I can see is that they require "previous direct patient care." Oh, I asked and MT is not considered direct patient care...dang! I'm going to see if they will accept volunteer patient care (most hospitals/hospice will let you volunteer).
Sorry, this doesn't answer your question directly because I think we're in the same boat. I've been an MT for 5 years and see no real future (in my case b/c I'm a slow transcriber). With nursing, though, the opportunities seem endless.
PS. I also checked into Excelsior online to CLEP some college courses in order to be able to apply for nursing school by their March deadline. If I had taken a whole semester, I would have had to wait for my grade in May and not apply again till September. Turns out, the local college allows you to CLEP at the school for only $60. Hope this makes sense! Good luck! |
Don't know if this helps... - GCinMD
