Why is it important to have a career in the health care field?

Help choosing a job in health care?

• I need help choosing what career i would like to go into in the health care field. I have takin two years of medical aide at a vocational school and i also have my STNA. i really enjoy it and love helping people i start college in aug of 2010 and i have no idea what career i should go into in medical there is to much to choose from. do you no a site where i can take a career test just for the health care field any suggest would help thank you

• Answer:

  If you do not have a job in a hospital yet, I strongly recommend that you do so. The best way to understand how things work is to simply be in the environment, and talk with the nurses and doctors. Not only do you build some kind of rapport with the staff, you get valuable information plus networking in case you do pursue a medical career. For example, I'm personally not anything medical. I'm an ER Security Officer. While I don't deal with anything medically, our job is to prevent crisis from arising with rude visitors or patients. We also watch mental patients, suicidal patients, drunks, druggies, etc. If medical staff needs us for whatever reason, we also help with that too, including holding people down for shots. I had no intentions of pursuing anything in the medical field before this job, and my dream job was something in Economics or Finance. Before security, I worked as a cook in a fast food joint. Once I applied and worked in the Hospital, all types of opportunities and information come to you. I highly suggest finding something. You personally can be a scribe which requires no training. Another easier-to-get position is being a medical tech or EMT, but you must take classes that usually last a season or two. Good luck.