Soon to be high school graduate, what career in healthcare would you recommend? (analysis, work from home)
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It is more difficult to be admitted to a Physical Therapy program that medical school simply because there are fewer training spots.. I would scratch both off my list.
If you want to be a RN attend a program that also grants a Bachelor's degree. With good grades at the undergraduate level and several years working, preferably in a hospital, then consider a Nurse Practitioner Master's degree program. A Physician's Assistant program would be another option.
There are lots of technical programs out there, consider x-ray technician for example. Take a look at the offerings at a nearby medical school or community college. If you can find a nursing assistant position (I don't know about training) in a clinic often the medical practice can recommend programs that will advance your career.
Also, be prepared whatever you choose to do to be "bossed around" for at least several years after you get your degree. It's called "paying your dues" by old timers like me.
NP requirements are changing. In the future a NP will need schooling beyond a Masters as well as the initial RN. NPs are doing more and more of standard medical treatment. But it is a lot of schooling and clinical training.
You might look into some of the lesser known but well paying fields like radiology techs and so on - a lot of modern healthcare jobs are related to the various technologies and testing that didn't exist a generation or two ago - but they can be vastly different careers and different pay requiring different levels of education. Don't because a nurse if you are not prepared to work really hard because it is your passion, imho. If you have the drive and dedication to become an MD along with the ability to control your debt in doing so, then go that route.
The thought of spending 11 years of my life working really hard, getting high marks, and studying all the time doesn't sound like something I would want in my life. I really value the concept of work to live than live to work.
I highly recommend McDonalds as your career path. I see "Do you want fries with that?" in your future.
If you look at the current trend in health care, everyone is going to get squeezed. The pay 30 years from now is going to be nothing like it is today. The aging Boomers are going to swamp the medical system. You go into health care because you want to do that kind of work, not because it pays well.
It's all repetitive task work but dentistry looks more likely to stay at current compensation levels.
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