Professional Salesmen seeks medical device job, wants certificate,rn?

Nurses General Nursing

Published

You are reading page 2 of Professional Salesmen seeks medical device job, wants certificate,rn?

Specializes in NICU.

Yeah, I can't really think of anything that seems to fit your requirements. Even getting an LPN certificate/degree (depending on where you are) would involve 2 years minimum, plus loads of hands-on clinic work. An RN degree can often take 4 years (even for an associates) because of the amount of prerequisites needed and the competitiveness of the field.

bluesnurse

99 Posts

Specializes in Cardiology.

Sir, you seem to be serious, so here's my :twocents:

First of all, RN is not an "accreditation." It is a professional license to practice as a nurse. It is not a dilettante certificate program in which you regurgitate any number of formulas and figures onto a multiple-choice test and walk away with a few more letters after your name because you are a good test taker. There is not, to my knowledge, any respectable clinical credential that meets your criteria without also requiring frequent one-to-one contact with actual patients. Clear your social calendar and prepare to get your hands dirty.

Second of all, if you just want to "buy a book," nursing is not for you. When I finished my BSN in 2004 (at 35), I had a seven-foot length of bookshelf dedicated to all my textbooks, study guides, and binders. Very few of which were cheap, and good luck reselling them because new editions come out all the time. Besides, you will need them as references. You can't remember it all, no matter how smart you think you are.

There is only one reason to go to nursing school: because you think you want to be a nurse. And even if you really DO want to be a nurse, prepare to have your resolve tested. Frequently. For at least five semesters.

Assuming you do manage to graduate and pass the NCLEX, you are STILL not going to impress anyone with the "RN" on your name tag. We, your prospects, will ask about your experience. Stammering that you really don't have any; you just wanted a vanity project to give you a competitive advantage, will not score you points here. You may have a very impressive grasp of the business end of health care, but you can no more "take a test" to bolster your credibility with clinicians than I could dust off my 20-year-old business degree and pretend to be competitive in your profession.

Remember that credentials are valuable because they are not easy to get. If there was one that was easy, everyone would do it, and then you'd call it a lame internet degree.

I really can't offer any career advice except to keep looking for other, better ideas to lend yourself a competitive advantage. I wish you the best.

diane227, LPN, RN

1,941 Posts

Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

I know of a LOT of people in sales of medical devices, medications etc who have no medical training what so ever. Often, you just have to start looking around. Most of the time they can train you for what you need to know. Depending on the type of device or equipment, a medical background might not be necessary at all. The guys who used to sell us stretchers and those guys who supply our speciality beds do not have a medical degree of any type.

helpall03

5 Posts

There are many certificate programs available in the health field. I know that Community Colleges have some. Mercy College in NW Ohio has many. Here is the site:

Check out this link for some Health field certificates. http://mercycollege.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassListing.ClassListingDisplay&int_category_id=7&int_sub_category_id=19

Certificate in Pain Assessment and Management

Certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Certificate in End of Life Care

Certificate in Gerontology

Certificate in Growth and Development Through the Lifespan

Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing

Certificate in Spirituality, Health, and Healing

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Legal Nurse Consulting

Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness, and Sports

Pharmacy Technician

Thank you for your post it thus far has the most substance with positive clear feedback

Guest717236

1,062 Posts

Helpall03,

What educational background do you have? Business, Science?

There are Biomedical Engineering programs available, not sure

if they can be done online,,

Here is some info on how what types of careers you can do with this major..

http://www.ncsu.edu/majors-careers/do_with_major_in/showmajor.php?id=21

Best wishes..

Professional Salesman, seek out HIDA certification course (s) AMSC American Medical Sales Certified, this is the most popular certification course for non clinical people to learn clinical environment within your scope. I am an RN as well as a sales manager. It depends what the company you are interviewing for is needing an RN, Tech, MA, PA etc. Many clinical people apply for medical sales but few get in , if you do get in thank your lucky stars

Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

i cant find the accreditation of this school and that is a huge factor....

there are many certificate programs available in the health field. i know that community colleges have some. mercy college in nw ohio has many. here is the site:

check out this link for some health field certificates. http://mercycollege.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=classlisting.classlistingdisplay&int_category_id=7&int_sub_category_id=19

certificate in pain assessment and management

certificate in complementary and alternative medicine

certificate in end of life care

certificate in gerontology

certificate in growth and development through the lifespan

certificate in legal and ethical issues in nursing

certificate in spirituality, health, and healing

human anatomy and physiology

legal nurse consulting

nutrition for optimal health, wellness, and sports

pharmacy technician

Moogie

1 Article; 1,796 Posts

Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.

Just a reminder from your friendly neighborhood moderator:

How to Handle Personal Attacks or Objectionable Material

We are the largest Nursing Discussion Forum on the Internet. We are dealing with more than 420,000 members with and an average of 2,200 posts per day. When you grow to a bulletin board of this size, it becomes more difficult to moderate. Presently, we have more than 20 volunteer moderators and admin staff who monitor this board periodically. They are here to help -- please feel free to contact them with any problems you may have. On the other hand, they have been instructed to enforce our zero-tolerance policy. Our biggest concern here is the quality of membership not the quantity. We have no problem removing any individual who disrupts this bulletin board.

If you are ever in a position where you feel that you have been personally attacked, do not respond to that attack. Please report the post by clicking the red triangle link found on each post. Along with the report please submit your comments as to why you are reporting the post. The staff will be alerted and will act on the report. Please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

Let the staff deal with the problem, if you respond to an attack you may find yourself in violation of our TOS.

When you see a post that you think is questionable or that might have been written to elicit emotional responses rather than engage the membership in polite and thoughtful discourse, please report the post to the staff. Please refrain from name-calling or pointing out that a poster may have ulterior motives for posting. All posts in this thread that discuss this type of activity have been edited or deleted.

Now, to the OP, I am going to be a little blunt here. While our membership welcomes questions from those who are considering going into nursing, one may not get the most enthusiastic response by coming here stating that one's goal is to read a book, pass the test, and add an RN credential to one's résumé. As other posters have pointed out, nursing is a demanding profession in terms of time, effort, and education. It's not something that one can merely pick up to add to one's list of qualifications to make one competitive in the workplace.

You are certainly welcome to explore our website and look at the many different forums that we have related to entering nursing and choosing the most appropriate educational path for one's career goals. If you are interested in pursuing a career in nursing, please read some of the existing student threads or the Teacher's Corner blog, in which issues relevant to nursing education are discussed. https://allnurses.com/nursing-blogs/?pp=15&prefixid=blog_vickyrn

Thank you all for your cooperation. And now back to our regularly scheduled thread.

helpall03

5 Posts

Professional Salesman, seek out HIDA certification course (s) AMSC American Medical Sales Certified, this is the most popular certification course for non clinical people to learn clinical environment within your scope. I am an RN as well as a sales manager. It depends what the company you are interviewing for is needing an RN, Tech, MA, PA etc. Many clinical people apply for medical sales but few get in , if you do get in thank your lucky stars

Nice post, maybe this is what Im looking for

Thanks

elkpark

14,633 Posts

There are many certificate programs available in the health field. I know that Community Colleges have some. Mercy College in NW Ohio has many. Here is the site:

Check out this link for some Health field certificates. http://mercycollege.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassListing.ClassListingDisplay&int_category_id=7&int_sub_category_id=19

Certificate in Pain Assessment and Management

Certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Certificate in End of Life Care

Certificate in Gerontology

Certificate in Growth and Development Through the Lifespan

Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing

Certificate in Spirituality, Health, and Healing

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Legal Nurse Consulting

Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness, and Sports

Pharmacy Technician

Please note, though, that these "certificates" are all "add-ons" for people who are already healthcare professionals, to provide a little extra education in a specific area. By themselves, they certainly do not constitute any sort of "legit" or recognizable healthcare provider credential, which is what the OP said s/he was looking for.

helpall03

5 Posts

Please note, though, that these "certificates" are all "add-ons" for people who are already healthcare professionals, to provide a little extra education in a specific area. By themselves, they certainly do not constitute any sort of "legit" or recognizable healthcare provider credential, which is what the OP said s/he was looking for.

So do you have any other options you can add then?

netglow, ASN, RN

4,412 Posts

You know what, I think that the Op is looking for something similar to a "Microsoft certification" or other like thing one can easily get with a little effort no matter who you are. Thing is OP, healthcare doesn't work that way. We are a pretty closed group. My RN is my second degree/career, so I speak the truth on this. Take Elkpark as WORD. Simply the way it is.

+ Add a Comment