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I am still debating over a few degrees and i saw Healthcare Administration and i was wondering if that's a good degree? You can get a Certificate for it and then get straight to a degree.
What kind of jobs can i get from this degree and the certificate? I tried extensive research and nothing comes up. I would hate to go for it and make 13 an hour
I am still debating over a few degrees and i saw Healthcare Administration and i was wondering if that's a good degree? You can get a Certificate for it and then get straight to a degree.
What kind of jobs can i get from this degree and the certificate? I tried extensive research and nothing comes up. I would hate to go for it and make 13 an hour
thanks everyone!
What you need to understand is that no degree will not automatically get you a job making $100K per year. You need experience and you need to climb the corporate ladder. Yes, this degree will help you get your foot in the door, but there are PLENTY of college graduates with great degrees who are working for just above minimum wage.
Do you even like the idea of being in the healthcare field or are you just doing it because Obama's putting so much emphasis and spending into healthcare?
What you need to understand is that no degree will not automatically get you a job making $100K per year. You need experience and you need to climb the corporate ladder. Yes, this degree will help you get your foot in the door, but there are PLENTY of college graduates with great degrees who are working for just above minimum wage.
Do you even like the idea of being in the healthcare field or are you just doing it because Obama's putting so much emphasis and spending into healthcare?
Just a sample size of one, so no statistical relevance, but a masters in HCA made the SO really rich. (This all predates the Obamacare fiasco, which will destroy our healthcare, but I am old enough to no longer care).
You have to want to work in the healthcare industry (it has its downsides), but a good manager in the field will go very far. (For my relatives, I only have a sample size of five, so still that still doesn't really count, but between all of us we have 14 personal houses... so I thnk that may give you an idea of what it can yield... though we all went in to the medical field for altruistic and humanitarian reasons... the rest was just gravy. (And all mine go to charity, granted nothing for any liberal cause, or it all gets revoked).
sounds more like a management type degree--the kind that requires experience in a similar field before you can actually make use of it.
There are varying levels of "management" even inside a hospital or care facility but this is one area where experience comes from doing. Most people I know in this field started out at small facilities and worked their way up to larger facilities. Someone may start in a smaller, rural nursing home, for example and work their way up to a medium sized hospital and into a major hospital. I do know if you are at all interested in living in a smaller town/rural area, jobs in health care administration are plentiful.
A healthcare administration degree will lead to the job of a health services manager or healthcare administrator, who is in charge of managing and overseeing administrative operations in a healthcare facility. Here’s a link where you will find detailed and reliable information about this career:
(This all predates the Obamacare fiasco, which will destroy our healthcare, but I am old enough to no longer care).
Snicker snicker snicker... many parts of ACA will better our healthcare system. It helps to know about them beforehand though.
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sounds more like a management type degree--the kind that requires experience in a similar field before you can actually make use of it.
It IS a management degree. Someone I know who just finished HCA told me that it is aimed towards nurses who want to better their outlook.
Two people I currently work with have HCA degrees. They're comfortably making $$, but have experience in the field, and I think this is what's the most important about HCA: you're furthering your experience, not going off of zilch.
I agree with the previous poster, it is definitely a management degree. I have seen many RNs get a degree in Health Admin and move up the ladder quicker because they have those credentials. But for someone without previous healthcare experience it will be tough and you will be making a lower wage until you work your way up. You need a masters w/experience before you start making the top dollars. Many of the BHA degree holders at my hospital work as admin. assistants or in admitting.
I been a Cna for 10yrs and I also have Accountant experience,Data entry and customer service now im taking classes for my Healthcare Service Administration Degree. I would like to see if someone think if that a good field for me
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