Some Sonography Help

I actually considered sonography recently and I would do it except that the closest school is 2 hours away. I say go for it if it is what you want to do. It is definitely different from nursing though. I would agree that your career options are limited with sonography but you could possibly teach later on. I'm sure there are more options I'm just not sure what they are. I know someone who is a sonographer and she loves it. She works part time and is paid well I think. For the most part they get paid as much or sometimes more than nurses. You also can specialize in OB or echo. Good luck in your decision!

I think sono is a great option. I keep trying to talk my son into it but he thinks it sounds totally boring. I think it sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

Good luck. :)

Thank you both.

It seems I can find more knowledge about nursing then I can sonography.

My other concern is the program limitability. I just hope I get in, since its yearly acceptance, that'd be a long way to wait to reapply. I have all the prereq's plus like 10 more health science classes I didnt need. Only thing is I don't have any experience in a hospital setting. I hope it doesnt effect my chances. Although, I do have a GPA of 3.12 after my first semester and after this one, it'll be roughly 3.5 and minimum is 2.5 for my school

As a RN, if I had to do it over agian, I would choose sonography or xray tech. I love being a RN, but it is stressful. There are many options for sonography. From OB to cardiac....you can specialize. I wish you luck in whatever you decide!

A friend of our started as a sonographer & specialized in echoes, worked with several cardiologists etc. He eventually went to work for a company that makes implantable defibrillators, so now he scrubs in on the cases and does the set up for the interventional cardiologists in the E.P. labs. - Makes a nice buck too.

My mother in law, the 30 year ER nurse when I started talking about going back to school to get my BSN told me not to, to go to sono instead. I didn't listen, am now an RN and have a sweet job, albeit not a traditional hospital one (did that, did't love it). I looked into it before I decided to pursue nursing, and think that it would be a terrific career. When I worked in the ER would sometimes spend time wtih the techs in sono/x-ray. Thay seemed pretty happy, much less stressed than the nurses. Good luck deciding.

Nursing seems very awesome, that's why I was drawn into doing it. But after a more in-depth look into it and hearing from my friend in the program, it seems much too stressful for what I'm looking for career wise.

I just hit a bump in the road though. The sonography program at my community college is a 2 year program, but I'm not too sure if its Accredited or not. A friend told me that it wasn't for a long time, but they were just accredited and that's why it's now a 2 year degree when it used to be a 1 year degree. I'm hoping so, but if not I suppose I'll do Radiography instead.