Advice Welcomed
Hi all,
I’m making a career pivot to surg tech, and am trying to figure out the best path for schooling.
For context, I live in NYC, I’m a 33 y/o SAHM of three with a very supportive husband (financially and as an active parent). I’m including this detail because I feel like I’m starting late in this field and I don’t want to waste any precious time going for programs or taking extra steps that may be unnecessary.
My previous career didn’t require a degree, so I’ll be starting school from scratch (I do have a high school diploma, I just don’t have any college credits to transfer). I’ve been coming across a few ST programs that are about a year long, maybe two, but many of them require an associates degree. I was thinking of getting an AAS for healthcare administration, knocking that out in two years, then going for a ST program. That may bring me to about 3 to 4 years before being able to apply for work. But I’d have the healthcare admin degree as a solid backup. (I don’t know if I’ll ever need the backup, but it’d be there.)
Alternatively, I did find one school here, a private college (so a bit more expensive than a community college), that has a ST program attached to their AAS… Really leaning that way to complete all of this in two years.
My question: is this dumb? lol am I missing something or taking extra unnecessary steps? Or does this path make sense? Have you gone a different route that worked better?
Any thoughtful advice would be much appreciated! Thank you in advance 🫶🏽