Coming changes in health care education?

AHSTeacher
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:18:54 +0000

What about the training of various health careers? For example, the CNA certificate is just 75 hours of training, which I know is a stepping stone for many young people to get health care experience to become PA’s and MD’s, during their undergraduate degrees.

This is a path my oldest daughter did on her way to a BS in Nuclear Medicine, as the university she attended required hundreds of hours of patient contact before admittance. She was told that the 2 year Nuclear Medicine associates was to become obsolete in 2015.

My middle daughter got her Pharmacy Tech certificate in less than 100 contact hours. This was to allow her to have a better part time job while in college. Now I’ve noticed the same community college she attended while still in high school has made that program a 2 year associates. I’ve heard that in 2015 RN’s will be required to hold a BSN. Is this true?

For example:
CNA=75 hours
LPN=1 year
RN=2 years
BSN=4 years
Pharmacist-7 years? (use to be 4-6?)
Audiologist-7 years? (use to be 6?)

Can we make a chart of the various health care career paths and what is required and the possible changes you know are going to happen? I know there are students out there who need to plan ahead, as the cost of attendance is making for careful planning.