by: Deborah S. Hildebrand
Despite the economy, career opportunities in health care and al nofollow” target=”_blank” href=”http://attendnursingschool.com/index.cfm”>nursing are booming. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as recently as 2006, the health care field was the largest in the U.S., offering approximately 14 million jobs as well as seven of the 20 fastest growing occupations.
The following details how to get a career in this in-demand field.
Certification and On-the-Job Training Options
One interesting fact about the health care field is that many positions require less than a four-year degree, in fact some of the fastest growing health care jobs require little or no specialized education. Careers including nursing and home health aides as well as medical and dental assistants get their training on the job or through a certificate program.
Undergraduate Career Options
Undergraduate degrees offer even more nursing and health care career options. Along with traditional careers such as registered nursing, social work and occupational therapy, there are new trends opening in the field of health care. For instance, RNs who might want to follow a different career could consider becoming a certified legal nurse consultant (CLNC). CLNCs assist attorneys with medical issues. Another new job trend is medical illustration. Medical illustrators use their knowledge of human science and medical concepts to create educational materials for publications and journals and can earn as much $75,000 annually.
Higher Education Career Options
Naturally, higher education offers opportunities for surgeons, psychiatrists, cardiologists and other doctors. However, if medical school isn’t your thing, getting a higher education in the health care field offers a variety of other lucrative positions. Genetics, for instance, is a health care field that offers unique and in-demand jobs. Such jobs include behavioral geneticists, who solve health problems by identifying gene-related therapies, and genetics counseling, which involves informing and supporting families who have members with birth defects or genetic disorders.
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How do I find out what government grants are out there for home health agency and business owned by a woman.?I'm trying to start a Home Health Agency in NC. I would like to find a grant to help me start this business and what is available for me to continue the business, if there is any monies out there that can help me in this process? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I don't know if you know anything about Medical Technology. A very good field. Their are two options available. A two year degree and a four year degree. I have the two year. Just graduated and starting salary for me was around $25,000/year in Iowa. In some places the four year degrees make more, but not everywhere. Since you already have your BS you could get the two year and work for awhile and then take the test for the next level. This field is short staffed and several places have openings.
Here is some a site with some more information:
http://ascp.org/
Hope that helps. Best wishes in whatever you pursue. Take care.
nursing and physician assistant. look at lots of medical careers at PureMedicalJobs.com good luck
The problem is not “free health care”. There is no such thing. The problem is requiring everyone to pay for something YOU don’t want. I have spent my life living and eating healthy so that I don’t get sick. I have not been sick in 10 years. The health bill that is being proposed in Washington means that I and every person who spends their own hard earned money to not get sick and not need to pay for healthcare, now have to pay for the healthcare of all those who have taken no such responsability
The problam is government interferance and conflict of interest in health care. I mean, how can a government be allowed to represent health care issues for the american people” when the government itself is heavily invested in the pharmaceutical companies owned and regulated by the same banks it represents and works for?????????????
keep dreaming that something might change. the people that make billions of dollars are so freaking scary that i doubt obama or the american congress have balls big enough to stand up to these people. they don’t care what you think – they agree with you but they are so freaking scared that something might happen to them or their family that they will never do anything like destroy FDA, FDC, and pharmaceutical companies. that GUY at the top of this business will get really ticked off and boom…
You can get your bachelor's degree in anything you want since the other programs you are considering are all graduate level courses. However, a BS in nursing will not cover most of the prerequisites for PT, PharmD, or MD. Each has a very specific recommended course list. The PharmD and MD would probably be most closely related. Declaring a major in chemistry would probably put you closest to PharmD, biology for MD and biology, movement sciences or kinesiology for PT. So, if you want to go into nursing, it would take you extra time to complete the prerequisites for the other programs.
I don't know much about the careers you listed, but the best way to really find what career is best for you is to research as much as you can about th ecareer and if possible, job shadow someone in the field to what their typcial day is like.
Nursing is a great field, but you're totally right, you have be sure you'll love it before you devote all that time and money into nursing school. Again, I say job shadow! Especially for nursing, this will give you great insight into whether or not you could do this on a daily basis.
Here are some careers in health care specifically to consider:
I am in school for Diagnostic Medical Sonography, where you perform ultrasounds. We don't only do "baby" (prenatal) ultrasounds, but also abdominal, pelvic, breast, neonatal neuro., and others. The most prevalent degree type is an 18 mos- 2 yr Associate's degree. Here is a site with more info: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos273.htm
And look here for an *accredited" program: http://www.caahep.org/Find-An-Accredited…
-Licensed Practical Nurse/Lic. Vocational Nurse: approx. 1 year program, must follow up with getting licensed. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm
-Radiologic Tech: 2 year Associate's http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos105.htm
-Physical Therapy Assistant: 2 year Associate's. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos167.htm
-Echocardiography: 18 mos – 2 yr Associate's. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos100.htm
-Respiratory Therapist: 2 year Associate's. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos084.htm
-Dental Hygienist: 2 yr associate's. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos097.htm
-Speech-Language Pathology: Master's degree required. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos099.htm
Good luck
Daily suffering has been allowed to develop since the 1930′s. We the people have allowed it to grow to the volume it has.
All of the players mentioned have been very instrumental in removing billions of population in our world through planned approaches and guess what it is working and the suffering is catastrophic.
Right now the health care field is shrinking due in large part to state government deficits, low lever federal subsidy, and commerical payer restraints. Hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes are either in a belt tightening mode or will be. Having said that, opportunities will exist for sharpe management that can redesign patient care models, contract effectively with employee unions, and squeeze a decimal or two more out of commercial payer contacts.
All this is based on my experience in health care administration over the last 25 years. Most recently, my hospital has reduced 388 employees in December 2008 (about 2/3's RN, but just about from every job class – even senior managemet). My hospital is in a top 20 metropolitan area within the U.S., we are also now looking at implementing a second wave of between 150 to 200.
I belive health care administration can be a very rewarding job (it is however, more about what the person draws from it and not really about money). If you like to work hard, help people, and have a pretty thick skin go get into the field.
Good luck and I hope you find what your looking for.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is so true in all aspects of life. Examples: Instead of new energy sources; what about just drastically conserving practices
This is full of more demands for bans, requirements and government regulation than we have now!! Just different ones. More bureaucratic intervention on his terms. The proper way to eat and the need for exercise has been drummed into us already—we’ve heard it all our lives. It’s not new—many of us just ignore it. How can you make people do it?. As to mandatory vaccines, how many of us would have gotten polio, smallpox, etc., if they hadn’t been mandatory.
Exactly! The FDA are whores for big pharma! Disgraceful!
Nursing is a diverse, challenging and worthwhile career. it is a vocation for people who are practical and conscientious. These people readily establish good, trusting relationships with other persons. The role of the nurse is changing in the NHS, with more opportunities for nurses to take greater responsibilities for patient care and specialize in areas such as intensive care, cancer treatment and other specialties. As I study for my nursing degree I find that interaction with others and the abilities to expand my role within the nursing field will bring to fruition my expectations.
After graduating after six years and obtaing my HND (say what this is, do not us initials).This provided interaction with people whch I enjoyed tremendeously. My first aid class gave me experience in emergency care as how to response to the psychological and social needs of the patient in a vunerable setting.
Working as a beauty therapist gave me experience in team work. We were taught to adapt to various situations and to problem solve under pressure which I see as vital in the nursing field.
I have chosen nursing as my career because it is a field where I can grow professionally. I can interact with diverse clientel who need to be nurtured physically, psychologically and socially. I understand that it is a demanding field and I feel that I can come to understna the nuances of a good professional that can make a difference.
I hope that I did not mess up your statement, but I did not have the question before me. Do not concentrate too much on the emotions ME. Like they say, just the facts, mam. Good-luck, you sound genuine.
Not only it is well written, it reads well and your enthusiasm, your drive and your push for the care of old and disabled is truly remarkable. I wish I had a nurse like you to take care of me like you.
May success be on your path well laid !
The problem is government involvement in health care (through the tax system giving incentives towards an employer-based insurance system, the FDA, etc.). Whether it is the FDA suppression of natural prevention and cures or the promotion of Pharma “medicine”, it is clear that the solution is not going to come from the government, and if they get involved even more than they are now, they only stand to make things worse.
24 out of 25 of the most industrialsed nations have Universal Health Care. It is far far cheaper to adminster and means that every sick person is treated. I have to say that we in Britain found it highly amusing to see people marching in Washington demanding NOT to have free health care.