Friday, November 22, 2013
Home health aide
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Home health aides usually work for companies that provide in-home assistance to ill, injured, elderly, or disabled customers. Their duties include taking the blood pressure, temperature, and pulse of patients. They help patients get in and out of bed, take baths, and dress. They also prepare and serve meals as well as perform housekeeping chores like making beds and cleaning rooms. Average Salary: $8,000 - $18,000 educational requirements: Most employers prefer that nursing assistants and aides have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some vocational schools and community colleges offer training programs. I would not like to be one because it seems to be boring and not that interesting. also I want do to do some thing better than just taking care of some stranger. |
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Healthcare administrator
Duties and
Responsibilities:
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Healthcare
administrators direct and manage hospitals and other healthcare
facilities. They are responsible for long-range planning, financial
administration, personnel administration, materials management, purchasing,
public affairs and patient administration.
Small hospitals may
have only one administrator, while larger facilities may have many.
Some administrators specialize in specific fields like patient administration
or purchasing.
Health care
administrators also work in HMOs, health agencies, clinics, or for private
practices.
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Average
Salary: $35,000 - $100,000
Educational
Requirements:
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Students should take
challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and
English.
Most healthcare
administrators hold master's degrees in healthcare administration or business
administration.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Histology Specialists
Duties and
Responsibilities:
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Histology Specialists include both Histologic Technicians and
Histologists. Histologists are also referred to as
Histotechnologists. Both histologic technicians and histologists
prepare tissue samples that are used by physicians to determine if a patient
has a disease, dysfunction, or malignancy.
Histology technicians and histologists prepare
samples by using equipment to thinly slice tissue samples. They then
mount the thin slices on microscope slides and use chemicals to stain them so
important structures are visible.
Histologists perform more complex and advanced
procedures than technicians and often also perform management
functions.
Histology specialists work in hospital,
veterinary, pharmacy, or research laboratories.
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Average
Salary:
$22,000 - $35,000 (Histologic technicians)
$30,000 - $50,000 (Histologists
$22,000 - $35,000 (Histologic technicians)
$30,000 - $50,000 (Histologists
Educational
Requirements:
Students should take the most challenging high
school courses in science, math, and English.
To become a
histologic technician, students must either earn an associate's degree in the
field and complete a one year internship or complete a long-term training
program in a histopathology lab. They
must also pass a national examination.
To become a
histologist, students must either earn a bachelor's degree that includes a one
year clinical internship or complete a long-term training program in a
histopathology lab. They must also pass
a national examination.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Health
science librarian
Duties and
Responsibilities:
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Health
Sciences Librarians and Library Technicians collect and organize medical
information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient
care, education, research, and administration.
Librarians
select and acquire books, journals, and other library material. They
also establish electronic and digital database information systems.
They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for
access and provide reference assistance to patrons. They coordinate and
control budgets and supervise library technicians.
Library
technicians assist librarians in organizing collections, shelve books, manage
circulation desks, answer patrons' questions, and perform administrative duties
Average
Salary:
$20,000 - $30,000 (Library Technicians) $35,000 - $55,000 (Librarians)
Educational
Requirements:
Students should take challenging high school
courses in information management, science, math, and English.
Health
sciences library technician training varies by employer. Some provide on the job training, but all
prefer that students complete library technician programs at a community
college or technical school.
Associate's degrees can be earned in many of these programs.
Health
Science Librarians should earn an undergraduate degree in one of the life
sciences and must earn a master's degree in library science from a program
that is accredited by the American Library Association. Some library science graduate programs
offer specialized courses in health science librarianship.
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right!
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Friday, November 8, 2013
Health information
specialist
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Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.
There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies. Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings. Average Salary: $20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists) $23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians) $30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Health educator
Duties and responsibilities:
Health
educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can
assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may
specialize according to specific health concerns, illness, or work o training
setting. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health
dependent, hospitals, schools, or government agencies. Health education often:
1. Perform health training needs assessments
2. Design and develop health education
programs
3. Publish health education materials, information
papers, and grant proposals.
4. Develop health education curriculum
5. Teach health in public and private
schools.
Average salary: $20,000-$35,000
Educational requirements:
Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.
Health educators have, as a
minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degrees. To
be certificated or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master’s
degree and successful compilation of a written exam in many states.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Epidemiologist
Duties and responsibilities:
Epidemiologists
study the frequently and distribution of diseases within human populations and environments.
Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to
different characteristics of populations and environments. Epidemiologist
performs research, education, government agencies, international organizations,
and private corporations. Epidemiologist often:
· Work on developing or refining
methods of measuring and evaluating disease
· Develop and recommend public health
policy.
· Study or research chronic diseases, infectious
diseases, diseases outbreaks, injuries, occupations, and environments.
Average salary: $30,000-$50,000
Educational requirements:
Students should take the
most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in
science, math, and English.
Epidemiologists have, as
a minimum, master’s degrees in public health. Undergraduate requirements for admissions
into public health graduate programs vary by schools but usually include strong
backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and or statistics.
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