The U.S. population is aging. As the Baby Boomer generation nears retirement, demand for adequate health care workers is going up. Life expectancy is higher than ever before and the elderly require health care. In this time of economic uncertainty, blue-collar jobs are unstable as employers lay off workers to cut costs. But do you know what? There is a stable, satisfying, flexible career just waiting for you in the booming health care industry.
You can start a new healthcare career fast by attending a vocational trade school. There are many possible jobs you can do with an education from a trade school and there are many career schools and technical schools to choose from.
You can see just how many careers are in the health care field by thinking about the last time you visited the doctor. The receptionist took your name and entered your information into the computer system. Technicians and nurses were responsible for taking your vitals. If you had to have blood drawn, they probably sent you to the lab to see the phlebotomist. At the dentistas office, you probably saw the receptionist and the dental hygienist in addition to the dentist.
You can start a new healthcare career fast by attending a vocational trade schooland you can prepare for many of the jobs you see being done in a doctor’s office, a dentist, a hospital, a rehab center, or a nursing home.
Not only can you prepare for these jobs, but these jobs may become a stepping stone to even more education and a more technical job. For example, if you find you like being a nurse’s aid, you may decide to return to school and become a registered nurse. A short education in a vocational school allows you to try out a type of career without having to make a commitment to it for the rest of your life.
When you work in health care, youall go home every night feeling that youave made a difference. The world is a better place for having you in it. Every day youall help to reassure stressed-out families in crisis. Every day youall make sick and injured patients feel better, more comfortable, and less alone. What could be a better career than that?
Healthcare careers are also flexible. Are you a night owl? Work second or third shift. Are your kids in school during the day? Work first shift. Some healthcare settings have different kinds of schedules that allow you more than two days off in a row. Healthcare careers also vary enough that you can find your niche. For example, if you like to do different things across a day, you might become a home healthcare aide. If you like being in one place, you may work for a doctor’s practice.
Going to a vocational trade school and earning your degree qualifies you to work in lots of areas of the health care sector. This could be the opportunity of a lifetime, and the first step to doing what youave always wanted to do. You can seize this opportunity now and start toward a better life today. What are you waiting for?
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New Jersey Teens Enter Nursing Camp
by Suzanne Holland Hauser, RN, MSN
Monday October 6, 2008
From Nurse.com
As a high school student in 2003, Anna Finn was interested in a career in nursing. Her choice was confirmed after attending Nursing Camp, a program at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J. Five years later, Finn, a 2008 BSN graduate of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus, is a new RN working at Virtua West Jersey Hospital Marlton in its Total Joint and Spine Center.
And five years later, Lourdes continues to host Nursing Camp, hoping to inspire other students to consider careers in nursing and healthcare. William K. Pierce, RN, BSN, CCRN, RRT, MBA/HCM, is Lourdes' director of nursing practice/performance improvement and coordinator of the camp.
He says the one-week program can accommodate about 25 campers, ages 13 to 15. To recruit them, Pierce sends information to local schools and churches, so the campers are primarily, but not exclusively, from Camden's inner city. The free program's funding comes from the Lourdes Foundation and former Philadelphia Eagle quarterback Ron Jaworski's foundation. Camp counselors include a nurse manager, staff nurses, and nurse externs.
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Monday October 6, 2008
From Nurse.com
As a high school student in 2003, Anna Finn was interested in a career in nursing. Her choice was confirmed after attending Nursing Camp, a program at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J. Five years later, Finn, a 2008 BSN graduate of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus, is a new RN working at Virtua West Jersey Hospital Marlton in its Total Joint and Spine Center.
And five years later, Lourdes continues to host Nursing Camp, hoping to inspire other students to consider careers in nursing and healthcare. William K. Pierce, RN, BSN, CCRN, RRT, MBA/HCM, is Lourdes' director of nursing practice/performance improvement and coordinator of the camp.
He says the one-week program can accommodate about 25 campers, ages 13 to 15. To recruit them, Pierce sends information to local schools and churches, so the campers are primarily, but not exclusively, from Camden's inner city. The free program's funding comes from the Lourdes Foundation and former Philadelphia Eagle quarterback Ron Jaworski's foundation. Camp counselors include a nurse manager, staff nurses, and nurse externs.
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