http://www.schoolsnursing.com/diagnostic-medical-sonography/ advice on Nursing Schools from real people Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.schoolsnursing.com/diagnostic-medical-sonography/comment-page-1/#comment-4552 sunflowe Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:22:37 +0000 http://www.schoolsnursing.com/diagnostic-medical-sonography/#comment-4552 Well, if you were turned off by nursing because of the hours, DMS will not be any better. I am in school for DMS and this 1st quarter we go only 3 days a week. But starting next quarter we will have classes 3 days a week and clinicals 2 days a week. There really is not enough time to work. Only a couple of girls in my program still have a job, and their grades are suffering because of it. It is extremely time-consuming and demanding which doesn't leave a lot of free time at all - for work, friends, social events, whatever. **EDIT: The students in the sonography program take the classes together at the same time on a set schedule. You don't get to pick and choose, you are told what your schedule will be. Most schools have a Mon - Fri 8a-4p type of schedule (# of days may vary). This is b/c only a handful of students are accepted at a time, like in my class there are only 11 of us, so there is no way they can split up and provide multiple classes. As far as your other questions go, I am happy with it. I actually love it and can't wait to start working in the field. It is very difficult though. I don't know how it compares with nursing, but we do have to know cross-sectional anatomy, how anatomy appears on sonography, pathology of the organs, physics etc. etc. We have to know in-depth about the organs of the abdomen, the pelvis, the thyroid, breast, baby, neonatal brains, some vessels, etc. To find an accredited program, look here: http://www.caahep.org/Find-An-Accredited… There are 3 acc'd prgms in Alabama. Here is another site with some good general information: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos273.htm Good luck :) Well, if you were turned off by nursing because of the hours, DMS will not be any better. I am in school for DMS and this 1st quarter we go only 3 days a week. But starting next quarter we will have classes 3 days a week and clinicals 2 days a week. There really is not enough time to work. Only a couple of girls in my program still have a job, and their grades are suffering because of it. It is extremely time-consuming and demanding which doesn’t leave a lot of free time at all – for work, friends, social events, whatever.
**EDIT: The students in the sonography program take the classes together at the same time on a set schedule. You don’t get to pick and choose, you are told what your schedule will be. Most schools have a Mon – Fri 8a-4p type of schedule (# of days may vary). This is b/c only a handful of students are accepted at a time, like in my class there are only 11 of us, so there is no way they can split up and provide multiple classes.
As far as your other questions go, I am happy with it. I actually love it and can’t wait to start working in the field. It is very difficult though. I don’t know how it compares with nursing, but we do have to know cross-sectional anatomy, how anatomy appears on sonography, pathology of the organs, physics etc. etc. We have to know in-depth about the organs of the abdomen, the pelvis, the thyroid, breast, baby, neonatal brains, some vessels, etc.
To find an accredited program, look here: http://www.caahep.org/Find-An-Accredited…
There are 3 acc’d prgms in Alabama.
Here is another site with some good general information: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos273.htm
Good luck

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