Nursing Home Administrator

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: They are involved in in the day to day aspects or running a long term care facility, including admitting patients, managing the building, directing staff, budgeting, etc.

Salary: $83,340

Education: Nursing home administrators must have a bachelor’s degree, and most hold masters degrees in health administration or other relevant fields.

Reflection: I wouldn’t like to become one because I personally do not like to work with papers and I think that it will be a lot of responsibility for me. 

Wellness Professional

Wellness Professional

Duties and Responsibilities: The main duties of a wellness specialist are to educate the public on how to improve their daily choices, prevent illness or access local resources. The method should be customized to the audience.

Salary: $53,100

Education: A wellness specialist often has a degree in a related discipline such as nursing, fitness or sports medicine. There are no specific requirements, but many positions require on-the-job training in addition to certification from accredited wellness organizations such as the International Association of Wellness Professionals.

 Reflection: I wouldn’t mind becoming one because I would like to be healthy and at the same time help someone else be healthy too. 

Medical Surveillance Technician

Medical Surveillance Technicians

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical screening and medical surveillance are two fundamental strategies for optimizing employee health. Although the terms are often used interchangeably, they are quite distinct concepts. Medical screening is, in essence, only one component of a comprehensive medical surveillance program

Salary: $50,000

Education: They need to take and exam and go through training.

Reflection: I would honestly not like to become one, because I personally do not think this is the job for me. I wouldn’t like to be on a computer half of the time. 

Military Medical Opportunities

Military Medical Opportunities

Duties and Responsibilities: The United states military offers hundreds of medical jobs, from medics to physicians, and everything in between including nurses and allied health careers.

Salary: $28,000

Education: You need to have at least a high school diploma. You will need to undergo training, but the training will be a little more different because of the condition’s you will be in.

 

 Reflection: I do not think that this job is fit for me because I am not good with a lot of blood and also I am not good under pressure. This job requires you to be able to work in hard conditions and under pressure. 

Medical Illustration

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: They produce resources such as photography and graphic images for professionals involved in patient care, teaching, education and research. They take photographs or films of patients.

Salary: $62,000

Education: You will need a masters degree and take medical classes like human gross anatomy, physiology, pathology, histology, neuroanatomy, embryology, and surgery.

 

 Reflection: I would like to become one, because I find it interesting. I think it would be fun to be able to take the pictures and help out the doctor. I also think that while training to become one would be fun because you would be able to learn new things. 

Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the physician during the examination.

Salary: $32,754

Education: The minimum education for a medical assistant is a high school diploma. But some states require training or examinations for those who do clinical work, and some employers prefer assistants with training certification.

 Reflection: I would like to become one, because I’ve always been interested in them. I’ve always wanted to become one because I think what they do is very helpful. They not only help the patient but also the doctor because they take some stress off the doctor. 

Librarian

Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Keeping up to date with newly released publications in order to select library resources. Managing budgets, organizing resources in an accessible way, and stock maintenance including the weeding out of old resources.

Salary: $55,370

Education: Four year undergraduate degree in any field. Master of library science degree from American Library Association.

 Reflection: I would like to become one, because I wouldn’t mind being in a library. I enjoy reading and helping others read. I would be able to not only help others in finding new books, but also help myself. 

Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities: It is an integral part of the health care industry. People who are at least 18 years old, drugs free, have a high school diploma and a clean criminal record meet the basic requirements. These are nurses who care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled.  

Salary: $43,394

Education: you need to at least have a high school diploma.

 Reflection: I honestly wouldn’t mind becoming one because I enjoy taking care of others. I don’t mind being of use. I would like to help others and give them things that will help their situation. 

Home Health Aide

Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsible: Lets the patients stay home by monitoring and recording patient condition. They do this by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.

Salary: $21,020

Education: there is not really a standardized educational requirement for HHAs. Sometimes not even a high school diploma or equivalent is required.

 Reflection: I honestly wouldn’t mind becoming one, because I would like to be able to help someone in need at home. It would be a lot more easier and comfortable for them and for me as well. 

Health Sciences Librarian

Health Science Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical librarians are information specialists who provide assistance in finding medical documents. Clinical trials, medical treatments or procedures, as well as other pertinent information that applies to the medical industry are common documents sought after by these librarians.

Salary: $55,690

Education: Students must graduate from High School taking classes like English, math, typing, and science. A 4 year bachelor’s degree is required including courses such as science and computer science.

 Reflection: I would like to become one because I would like to be able to help others get educated. Also because I can help myself by reading some of the books and educating myself a lot more. 

Oncologist

Oncologist

Duties and Responsibilities: It is a specialty of medicine concentrating on the diagnosis and treatment of health issues related to cancer. An oncologist is a physician with extensive specialized training in cancer related medicine.

Salary: $79,140

Education: you must go to a medical college and take the classes required to become one. You must at least have your bachelor’s and/or your doctors degree.

 Reflection: I would honestly not like to become one. I wouldn’t want to become one because to me I find no interest in it. I’d rather be a doctor or a surgeon. 

Vascular Surgeon

Vascular Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: You need to evaluate patients medical history, Physical conditions, medication allergies and examination results.

Salary: $357,128

Education: you need at least a bachelor’s degree, and to go to medical school and take the medical requirement classes for it.

 Reflection: I would honestly like to become one, because I am interested in what they do and major in. 

Health Educator

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities: They need to assess others needs, plan health education, implement health education, conduct evaluation and research related to health education, administer and manage health education, serve as a health education resource person, and communicate and advocate for health and health education.

Salary: $47,490

Education: Requires a bachelor’s degree at minimum and some employers may prefer candidates who are certified health education specialist.

Reflection: I would honestly not like to become one because I personally am not interested. I do not see me doing this job for the rest of my life. I want to do something in the medical field, but not precisely this. 

Reflexology

Reflexology

Duties and Responsibilities: It is a form of massage therapy that involves applying alternating pressure to the feet, hands and other ears. It is a technique designed to alleviate stress and thereby reduce health problems that may associate with stress.

Salary: $38,000

Education: They need to be certified. They need their license certification, 500 hours of massage therapy education required.

 Reflection: I would honestly like to become one, because I am interested in what they do. I would like to be able to relief people of their stress and maybe be able to release some of my stress also. 

Film Producer

Film Producer

Duties and Responsibilities: They are responsible for facilitating a project and are involved in every stage of the television program, film, or video. They are to raise funds, read and research what they must do, etc.

Salary: $109,470

Education: It requires a bachelor’s degree, joint Master of Business Administration/Master of Fine Art is useful.

 Reflection: I would honestly like to become a film producer because I would like to be able to do what they do. I think it is interesting to be able to film someone’s TV show or someone’s movie. I would also meet many famous people. 

Health Information Specialist

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: They work with Coding specialist and health information technicians. Professionals in the field usually work in hospitals, doctors, and offices. Duties include data entry and retrieval.   

Salary: $30,000-$42,000

Education: You need to study beyond high school. You are required to get a bachelor’s degree in the medical industry.

 Reflection: I would honestly not like to become one. I wouldn’t want to become one because I wouldn’t want to be ordered around. I would much rather become a doctor myself. I am not very organized to become one. 

Environmental Health Specialist

Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: It was found in 1937 by practitioners who wanted to establish a standard of excellence for the profession. They protect the well-being of the environment and the public by ensuring that environmental regulations and workplace safety standards are met.

Salary: $40,000-$90,000

Education: you need a bachelor’s degree program in environmental health and safety, a voluntary certification, work experience, good communication skills, knowledge of complex equipment, and physical stamina.

 Reflection: I would honesty like to work as one because I want to be able to help out my community. Also I would be able to see what needs some work done and what doesn’t. I can become a police officer. I would like to become one but there are some downs to becoming one like irregular work hours or your schedule isn’t fair. 

Veterinarian

Veterinarian

Duties and Responsibilities: They minister vaccines, health check ups, clean teeth, fix broken bones, treat skin infections, and perform surgery. They also inspect the living spaces of animals on farms and ranches to make sure that they are free from infections and possibly getting hurt.

Salary: $86,640

Education: They are required to complete a four year doctor of veterinarian doctor medicine program.

 Reflection: I would like to become a veterinarian because I like to help animals and I think that it would be nice to do something I love for the rest of my life. 

Western Medicine Doctor

Western Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: The treatments of medical conditions with medications by doctors, and nurses. They take care of all types of conventional medical treatment, including surgery, etc.

Salary: $94,436

Education: They need to attend a medical school or take medical classes.

 

Reflection: I would honestly not like to be one, mainly because I do not fully understand what they do. 

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Perform a variety of clerical and support task for medical offices, doctors’ offices and insurance companies.

Salary: $31,890

Education: You at least need a completion of a certificate or a degree program.

 Reflection: I would honestly not like to become one because it does not interest me as much as the other jobs have.