Careers In Health

Occupational Therapist: COTA\L
The biggest piece of advice that I would give someone considering this career is to visit all of the different types of Jjob sites. There are Occupational Therapy Assistant placements in hospital settings, in school settings, in rehabilitaion settings, homehealth care settings, job/work settings. There are so many choices out there so make sure you have thoroughly researched which site you think you might want to work. This might help determine which school you might want to attend for col...

Nurse: Career Review
It is hard work and physical work. Most of the job satisfaction comes from within-having the satisfaction of helping someone and learning every day.

Nurse: The Nursing Profession
When choosing a career in nursing the most important preparation is time spent on introspection. This career has both demanding and rewarding components. A person's desire to be of service to mankind and society need to be paramount. This is not a career for material gain. There is the aspect of job security but if a lucrative profession is desired in the field of health care, then medical school followed by a residency program would be the best course of action. Once the choice to become a nur...

Medical and Health Manager: MRI Technologist
If you want to become an MRI Technologist make sure you generally love patient care. Dealing with the patients in a vulnerable state is a big part of your job in MRI and you must be compassionate and patient.

Occupational Therapist: Function is the name of the game!
As an OT, I address every aspect of my clients' lives: leisure activities, daily self care skills, occupation, homemaking skills, mental health, cognition. The biggest piece of advice I can give is to not be afraid to think outside the box. Be creative, that's the soul of this career. Trial and error is not a bad thing. We need to find approaches that work for each individual, and sometimes that means being a bit unconventional. Be flexible! Above all, treat your patients with dignity and re...

Pharmacist: Easiest of the High Paying Jobs
Becoming a pharmacist is the most difficult aspect in being a pharmacist. The schooling is long and arduous, it’s intense: acquiring that Pharm.D. degree is no joke. Once you do, though, it becomes extremely easy. Once upon a time you had to know a whole lot of chemistry in order to mix and prepare drugs, now the pharmaceutical companies take care of that for you; you need only know the basics nowadays. You don’t even really have to count out the pills anymore since they’ve made machines t...

Emergency Medical Technician: Benefits and Drawbacks to Life as an EMT
This job is intense. Driving around at speeds one should not drive on populated city streets, while someone is dying in the back. Going up into dingy little apartments and finding a woman stabbed, a man having a heart-attack, or a child with a skull cracked wide open. Getting the trapped passengers out of a flipped over, burning car (without moving them!) before the fire department has arrived to quell the flames. When you call 911 with a medical emergency, it is the EMT’s who arrive. We hav...