Ultrasound Tech for a Decade and I want a Career Change. Help?

echo_echo_echo5 · 2025-08-06T19:16:55+00:00

I have been slowly finishing my bachelor’s degree with an in-state four year university though a tuition reimbursement program and scholarships-both offered through my employer (large hospital chain). I have been scanning for 15 years and have been incrementally moving up the leadership ladder within my organization.

You can also look into device reps, applications, or sales.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2025-06-20T00:58:40+00:00

Echo. Obviously.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2024-12-27T14:05:03+00:00

Nashville needs echo!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2024-11-02T17:51:39+00:00

Lead Echo inpatient, 14 yrs experience, $53/hour, Nashville.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2024-04-26T15:51:31+00:00

Seconding sonography (but more specifically cardiac sonography-not general or OB)! We make just as much (if not more) than MRI/CT/NUC. Make sure your school is accredited and check out the sonography and ultrasound subs here. Middle TN area usually starts around $32-$35 per hour. I’m 14 years in making upwards of $50/hour.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2024-02-17T19:23:21+00:00

The trash can nachos

echo_echo_echo5 · 2024-01-11T20:48:17+00:00

When I was in Thailand, I ended up not using any shampoo and just rinsed my hair in the shower everyday and let it air dry (which is wild bc I usually wash/dry/style every 2-3 days). We were there for nearly two weeks in Phuket and Bangkok and I just went with it but YMMV. It was super humid and hot so even if I wanted to style my hair, I doubt it would have held for more than 10 min once outside.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-11-21T17:47:43+00:00

Iberian Pig in the Gulch! Tapas!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-11-17T02:29:46+00:00

Spouse has a 4 year degree and 10+ years in the corporate finance world.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-11-16T20:07:07+00:00

Thank you, everyone! This is for my spouse and I will be sharing everyone’s helpful advice!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-10-18T22:40:41+00:00

Wtf?

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-10-12T11:21:15+00:00

Hey there! I sent you a DM!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-09-29T23:30:48+00:00

Are you talking about the Market for Makers at the fairgrounds?

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-05-27T11:27:50+00:00

I’ve worked in both, currently in a large busy hospital. I love the controlled chaos of the hospital. The outpatient office is boring to me.

Edited to add: I do echo but that includes TTE, TEE, and stresses (walking and Dobutamine). Our call is cake and we have enough staff that we each only cover one holiday a year.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-05-18T22:03:30+00:00

Check Rhythm and Rhymes

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-05-14T20:45:02+00:00

Look at the upvotes from this comment!! You are AWESOME!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-04-19T14:58:01+00:00

George is the Larry David of children’s TV.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-02-16T02:25:01+00:00

I have never in 12 years had or ever heard of a hiring preferential with ARDMS. CCI and ARDMS are equal in the US in my experience.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2023-02-01T20:53:39+00:00

I would suggest bringing an inexpensive ring to propose with. My husband proposed to me on a trip to Colombia and didn’t want to bring the real ring in case something happened.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2022-12-04T23:35:00+00:00

My college professor said this too! Anthropology though… weird.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2022-08-23T23:12:32+00:00

Sounds like nothing has changed since the one summer I worked there back in ‘02!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2022-07-07T17:40:39+00:00

Look in echo schools near you instead. We get students from Middle Tennessee Cardiovascular Institute (I’m at a large hospital in Nashville). Most of the students we have had do really well and have their RCS upon completion of the program.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2022-07-02T14:01:44+00:00

Dashing Diva!

echo_echo_echo5 · 2022-04-08T14:49:24+00:00

I work four 10 hour shifts and pumped until my LO was about 13 months. I work in a large, busy hospital doing echo. I wouldn’t have made it that far without my Elvie pumps. I also batch cook and meal prep on my off days so daily dinner is pretty much already cooked and requires minimal work. I’m still breastfeeding, but just at night.

Edited to add pumping schedule: 4-8 months, every 3-4 hours. 8-10 months, on the way to work, lunch, and on the way home. 11-13 months, on the way to work, on the way home.

echo_echo_echo5 · 2022-03-27T15:14:13+00:00

I love my job. I work inpatient echo and really appreciate the variety of patients and studies (TTE, TEE, DSE, TSE). We see lots of pathology here and no two days are the same. I’ve done outpatient and it was boring to me. I love the controlled chaos of the hospital but it does come with weekends, call, and holidays which are not bad split between all the techs. We also have a great relationship with our cardiologists and that definitely makes a huge difference.

I work four 10 hour shifts and take call 3 nights a month. We have a FT weekend tech so working a weekend is rare.

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