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To find any accredited school in most fields which is subject to the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs you can go to the website www.caahep.org and search by state or accreditation status.... hope this helps... -j

I hope you have taken all this "sage" advice with grains of salt. It seems you are getting biased opinions in healthcare. And so I will give you my bias with as little subjectivity as possible as a credentialed ultrasound tech. Ultrasound: A. It is in very high demand, as is any radiology imaging field or nursing career now ( CT,MRI, Cath lab, OR etc.....) However right now the boom is currently in ultrasound and cath lab for radiology, or so my recruiter says. B. Jobs are well paying depending on your qualifications, locale, and experience however ultrasound averages around 60k starting out and you can only go up....which each year I average about 5-10%. C. With ultrasound you concentrate your attention on one patient at one time with one task in mind. I am not a RN, but it seems they have a little much on their plate at one time and multi task more. D. Ultrasound is VERY analytical and abstract. You have to be confident and able to think outside the box in tense and difficult situations, BUT to me that is the reward. Solving the puzzle and helping someone out by providing the answers. E. Ultrasound is not for fun. Basically I tell people that if they like the art pictures where you stare at them to try to figure out what 3-d image you see, then you possibly have an edge on ultrasound pictures. Which are about 30-60 and exam. F. Ultrasound can be very specialized and with that money can change. You can specialize in vascular ultrasound and use and entirely different machine, you can scan babies all day, you can scan hearts all day, or you could do a little bit of everything, you might take call with weekends or scan in the middle of the night, but with that comes compensation....And I would think the same of nursing.. LOOK I could make every case for or against ultrasound or nursing. Me ? I suggest ultrasound WHY? I don't know any unhappy ultrasound techs ... Don't ask about nurses...I think we all know they can be overwhelmed...., but that's just it ....what do YOU want to do.???? I suggest you go to an ultrasound school director tell them your concerns and questions , ask to watch or try ultrasound ...see if you can volunteer in a hospital in the radiology department...Whatever you decide make the best educated and informed decision you possibly can .... and good luck in the future.... -j