Where can I get an on-line associates degree for healthcare?
I recently took on a vocational program to become a surgical technologist and when I start working I'm going to have little or no time to go back to the university. So I'm going to opt for studying online. I've looked all over and only found associates degrees in health administration which is not what I want to do. I'm becoming a surgical tech to decide what branch of medicine or nursing I want to work in. But so far everything is about administration and the RN programs that are offered require an RN certification and an associates degree. I feel like I'm stuck! I left the university with only two semesters under my belt so I'm still technically a freshman. I need an associates degree and online college doesn't look that varied. Has anyone found an online associates degree program relating to healthcare?
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Excelsior College in Albany, NY has an AAS degree program in nursing
leading to a RN. It is done through self-study, computerized testing, and weekend clinicals. It is mostly an LPN to RN program, but they allow other healthcare providers to enroll also. They used to allow surgical techs in but I'm not sure if that's the case anymore. Their website is www.excelsior.edu
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Try University of Phoenix Online or DeVry. I just recently graduated from UofP with in associates in Health Administration (they also have bachelor degree programs in health), but I transferred to DeVry and I am pursuing a bachelors in Technical Management with a concentration in Health Service Management (they also have other health care programs). The only reason I transferred is because DeVry is more well known amongst employers and their program is a little more accelerated than UofP's. Unfortunately health care degrees are limited online because anything a little more health care involved may require you to sit in an actual classroom. Good example, I really want to be an RN and this is my long way of getting there until I can actually sit in a classroom environment. So check out those two sites and you may be able to find something that is not geared around health administration.
