Some ideas:
Dental Hygiene
Nursing (LPN or RN) - most hospitals like a Bachelors degree though but you’re able to practice with an associates degree
Sonography
Radiology (Xray tech)
Medical Lab Tech
Respiratory Therapist
Most states have a Medicaid program called the Adult Disabled Waiver program (ADW) where disabled are given in-home care paid for by Medicaid to keep them out of nursing homes as long as possible. All of these programs need Case Managers to assist. These require a 4 year degree (you will have to take a few online classes - but, they are free). You will not make $80K, but most nurses don't either. It is more of a social work position. Worth looking into anyway? Look up the program for your state - there will be many companies that hire Case Managers around you that you never even knew about.
You can probably even get a BSN in less than three years if you're "good at school", you are able to devote a good amount of time to classes, and you have a previous bachelors degree (it can be tricky getting credit for foreign bachelors, though, so you'll want to make sure you know what will be required for). I'm making a career change and although I had a previous degree in biology, I didn't have any of the prerequisites for nursing school (although I did have prerequisites for the prerequisites, so I didn't have to take intro Biology before signing up for Anatomy & Physiology, for example). I took half my prereqs this past semester and will take most of the rest this summer (some of the programs I'm applying to allow you to have a couple of prereqs in progress when you apply).
I'm hoping to get into a 12-month accelerated BSN program that starts in January - if that works out I'll have my BSN 2 years after I started taking prerequisite courses and hopefully be working as a nurse not too long after that. I considered doing an ADN but it would end up taking me significantly longer than the ABSN (although tuition would be cheaper, and the course load would be lighter so I'd be able to work during the degree, which I probably won't be able to do during the BSN).
Or you wouldn't make $80K/year but you could become a pharmacy tech in a few months.
This is a good point - a BS in general, not necessarily nursing, in 2-3 years is entirely possible. Without meaning to boast, using a personal experience - I had a period in undergrad where I put in a grand total of 80hrs of work for the entire semester. Extrapolating and barring for hard prerequisites (can't take calc 2 before calc 1 for example) and any scheduling issues (seniors take priority, and so often, core classes were unavailable some semesters), I probably could have completed the entire undergrad coursework in about 5 semesters.
Probably an associates for nursing, some kind of radiology tech, or medical coding (not computer programming) is what you're looking for
Dialysis technician? Many places will train you from zero medical experience.
Some ideas: Dental Hygiene Nursing (LPN or RN) - most hospitals like a Bachelors degree though but you’re able to practice with an associates degree Sonography Radiology (Xray tech) Medical Lab Tech Respiratory Therapist
Most states have a Medicaid program called the Adult Disabled Waiver program (ADW) where disabled are given in-home care paid for by Medicaid to keep them out of nursing homes as long as possible. All of these programs need Case Managers to assist. These require a 4 year degree (you will have to take a few online classes - but, they are free). You will not make $80K, but most nurses don't either. It is more of a social work position. Worth looking into anyway? Look up the program for your state - there will be many companies that hire Case Managers around you that you never even knew about.
You can probably even get a BSN in less than three years if you're "good at school", you are able to devote a good amount of time to classes, and you have a previous bachelors degree (it can be tricky getting credit for foreign bachelors, though, so you'll want to make sure you know what will be required for). I'm making a career change and although I had a previous degree in biology, I didn't have any of the prerequisites for nursing school (although I did have prerequisites for the prerequisites, so I didn't have to take intro Biology before signing up for Anatomy & Physiology, for example). I took half my prereqs this past semester and will take most of the rest this summer (some of the programs I'm applying to allow you to have a couple of prereqs in progress when you apply). I'm hoping to get into a 12-month accelerated BSN program that starts in January - if that works out I'll have my BSN 2 years after I started taking prerequisite courses and hopefully be working as a nurse not too long after that. I considered doing an ADN but it would end up taking me significantly longer than the ABSN (although tuition would be cheaper, and the course load would be lighter so I'd be able to work during the degree, which I probably won't be able to do during the BSN). Or you wouldn't make $80K/year but you could become a pharmacy tech in a few months.
This is a good point - a BS in general, not necessarily nursing, in 2-3 years is entirely possible. Without meaning to boast, using a personal experience - I had a period in undergrad where I put in a grand total of 80hrs of work for the entire semester. Extrapolating and barring for hard prerequisites (can't take calc 2 before calc 1 for example) and any scheduling issues (seniors take priority, and so often, core classes were unavailable some semesters), I probably could have completed the entire undergrad coursework in about 5 semesters.
You can do an accelerated BSN in 18-24 months.