How do I pursue a career in healthcare administration?

Which healthcare profession should I choose?

• Ok so I have recently decided that I want to pursue a career in the healthcare. The problem is that for the majority of my college career I thought I wanted to be involved in government/politics somehow but have recently grown very disillusioned with the whole democratic process, etc. (too long of a story and beside the point). I graduated with a 3.65 gpa from a four year state university with a major in Political Science and a minor in Economics and Chinese language. I am doing Americorps for a year now but after that I would like to either pursue a career as an RN (accelerated BSN), Occupational Therapist, Speech language pathologist, or physical therapist. Do I have any chance of getting into any university's program for these with a major and minor that are pretty much completely unrelated? Will my fairly high GPA help? I would greatly appreciate a response from anyone who is or has been in a situation like mine or is in one of the career fields I have mentioned! Thanks!

• Answer:

  Hi there, I am glad that you are considering a career as an occupational therapist. I am not sure what influence occupational therapist has in government/politics in the states, but you will definitely have a positive influence over the lives of your patients. Occupational therapy is a wonderful career if you are looking to help your patients regain independence and to function well again in the society. It is a satisfying career with so much to look forward to. I know that because I am an OT. Feel free to read up more on occupational therapy at http://www.otfocus.com/ I wish you the best!