Health Care Jobs
Want a Great Job in Health Care?
Do you like to help people?
Do you look good in scrubs?
Are you OK when you have to look up close at boo-boos?
If you answered “yes” to all three, then health support services jobs may be the right choice for you.
You don’t need to go to college for eight years to be involved in the medical industry. In fact, the jobs you’ll read about in this section make both great-paying careers and stepping stones to even more intense medical professions.
What is a CNA?
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), also known as nurses aides, orderlies, patient care technicians, and home health aides, work under the supervision of a nurse to provide assistance to patients with daily living tasks.
Working closely with patients, CNAs are responsible for basic care services such as bathing, grooming and feeding patients, assisting nurses with medical equipment, and checking patient vital signs. CNAs give patients important social and emotional support and also provide vital information on patient conditions to nurses.
"The best RNs started as CNAs," says Mira Dixon, a CNA with 13 years experience. Being a CNA can be a stepping stone before becoming a registered nurse.
Nursing Assistant Training
Classroom instruction generally includes basic nursing skills, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and infection control. Students also gain plenty of hands-on-experience during clinical activities.
Nursing Assistant Certification
Nursing Assistant Salaries
CNAs work in nursing homes, hospitals, mental health facilities, assisted living facilities, and private homes. Job prospects for CNAs are expected to be excellent due to the increasing long-term care needs of an aging population.
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The dental profession is historically innovative and continues to introduce new technology. A dental assistant who learns the trade and stays up-to-date with new advancements not only builds a dynamic career, but adds great value to the dental office, becoming a vital contributor to its success.
A dental assistant career is one you can be proud of. It offers good earning opportunities, a clean work environment and the ability to help others. Explore our dental assisting resources to learn more about degrees and careers in this field.
A dental assistant career is one you can be proud of. It offers good earning opportunities, a clean work environment and the ability to help others. Explore our dental assisting resources to learn more about degrees and careers in this field.
New study shows Healthcare jobs increasing in recession
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A report released today shows that health care is one of the only growing industries and will grow even more by 2016.
Some of those new jobs are expected to be right here in Eastern Kentucky.
Local hospital directors say no matter what the economy is like, people still get sick or hurt and need medical attention.
They say increasing health problems like cancer, diabetes, and aging baby boomers mean more healthcare jobs.
Tambrea Haynes is changing careers. She is in school, studying to be a nurse.
Haynes says "I think there's always going to be a job there. no matter how bad the economy gets, you're always gonna have a job. the need for healthcare is always there."
A White House Economic Advisor's report shows she is right. The report shows healthcare is one of the only growing fields in the recession.
Directors at Pikeville Medical Center say that is true in the mountains. Their number of employees doubled in the last 15 years, from 800 to 1600 this year.
They hired 145 new workers so far this year.
The White House report predicts more people needing care will turn into millions of new jobs in hospitals, doctor's offices, and nursing homes.
Which is good for Haynes. Her husband is a coal miner.
Haynes say "His job is not as dependable you know, round here right now, that's not dependable, so i feel like mine is going to be."
Officials say the healthcare jobs are secure, so Haynes feels like her family will be able to survive in any economic times.
State to Invest $11.1 Million in Expansion of Doylestown Hospital
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., June 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----One of Bucks County's largest employers will create more than 450 temporary positions and 180 new health care-related jobs with the help of a new state investment in an ongoing expansion project.
Doylestown Hospital Authority will receive an $11.1 million grant, on behalf of the Doylestown Hospital, from the Department of Community and Economic Development.
The funds will be used towards the $87 million relocation and expansion of the hospital's emergency department. The new emergency department will be in a more visible and accessible site on the east side of the hospital's main campus, and increase in size from 11,500 sq. ft. to 55,756 sq. ft. and reduce the time patients spend in the waiting room.
"This expansion and relocation project will allow Doylestown Hospital to better accommodate the growing needs of the community it serves," said DCED Deputy Secretary Dee Kaplan of the Infrastructure and Facilities Improvement Program investment. "This project to improve the hospital's infrastructure will boost employment opportunities and provide Doylestown Hospital with the facilities it needs for the people it serves."
The hospital expansion will also include: a chest pain center; an indoor Hazmat/bioterrorism treatment facility; infrastructure for a future rooftop helipad; expanded HVAC capabilities; a second-floor shell space that will accommodate the potential future expansion of 39 additional private treatment areas; and a 400-parking space garage.
The IFIP funds will be distributed annually for 20 years as a $557,000 grant. The project is expected to leverage more than $75 million in private financing.
"This project highlights the Rendell administration's commitment to making public investments that will grow our economy and provide for the health and safety of Pennsylvania residents," Kaplan said in front of the main entrance of the Doylestown Hospital. "It's one of the best kinds of investments we can make."
The Infrastructure and Facilities Improvement Program is a multi-year grant program that helps with debt service payments for certain infrastructure and building projects, including costs associated with improvements, environmental remediation, administrative expenses and preparation of plans and studies.
Since the program's inception in 2004, the Rendell administration has committed more than $36 million to 32 projects that are projected to create more than 21,000 opportunities. State to Invest $11.1 Million in Expansion of Doylestown Hospital
Amid Nation's Recession, More Than 200,000 Nursing Jobs Go Unfilled
Monday, March 09, 2009
Reuters
WASHINGTON — The U.S. healthcare system is pinched by a persistent nursing shortage that threatens the quality of patient care even as tens of thousands of people are turned away from nursing schools, according to experts.
The shortage has drawn the attention of President Barack Obama. During a White House meeting on Thursday to promote his promised healthcare system overhaul, Obama expressed alarm over the notion that the United States might have to import trained foreign nurses because so many U.S. nursing jobs are unfilled.
Democratic U.S. Representative Lois Capps, a former school nurse, said meaningful healthcare overhaul cannot occur without fixing the nursing shortage. "Nurses deliver healthcare," Capps said in a telephone interview.
An estimated 116,000 registered nurse positions are unfilled at U.S. hospitals and nearly 100,000 jobs go vacant in nursing homes, experts said.
The shortage is expected to worsen in coming years as the 78 million people in the post-World War Two baby boom generation begin to hit retirement age. An aging population requires more care for chronic illnesses and at nursing homes.
"The nursing shortage is not driven by a lack of interest in nursing careers. The bottleneck is at the schools of nursing because there's not a large enough pool of faculty," Robert Rosseter of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing said in a telephone interview.
Nursing colleges have been unable to expand enrollment levels to meet the rising demand, and some U.S. lawmakers blame years of weak federal financial help for the schools.
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Almost 50,000 qualified applicants to professional nursing programs were turned away in 2008, including nearly 6,000 people seeking to earn master's and doctoral degrees, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing said.
Pay Differences
One reason for the faculty squeeze is that a nurse with a graduate degree needed to teach can earn more as a practicing nurse, about $82,000, than teaching, about $68,000.
Obama called nurses "the front lines of the healthcare system," adding: "They don't get paid very well. Their working conditions aren't as good as they should be."
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The economic stimulus bill Obama signed last month included $500 million to address shortages of health workers. About $100 million of this could go to tackling the nursing shortage. There are about 2.5 million working U.S. registered nurses.
Separately, Senator Dick Durbin and Representative Nita Lowey, both Democrats, have introduced a measure to increase federal grants to help nursing colleges.
Peter Buerhaus, a nursing work force expert at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, said the nursing shortage is a "quality and safety" issue. Hospital staffs may be stretched thin due to unfilled nursing jobs, raising the risk of medical errors, safety lapses and delays in care, he said.
A study by Buerhaus showed that 6,700 patient deaths and 4 million days of hospital care could be averted annually by increasing the number of nurses. "Nurses are the glue holding the system together," Buerhaus said.
Addressing the nursing shortage is important in the context of healthcare reform, Buerhaus added. Future shortages could drive up nurse wages, adding costs to the system, he said.
And if the health changes championed by Obama raise the number of Americans with access to medical care, more nurses will be needed to help accommodate them, Buerhaus said.
Florida Hospital seeks teen volunteers interested in healthcare careers
MARTIN COUNTY - Martin Memorial Hospital is looking for a group of students to participate in its youth volunteer program.
Fifty-five students signed up in the summer, but the organization wants another 35 to volunteer during the next school year.
The program gives teenagers interested in medical careers a chance to get a first-hand look at the behind-the-scenes operations of a major healthcare provider, said Rachel Raos, learning specialist and teen volunteer coordinator.
"A lot of them are looking to go into healthcare, so they're using this as an opportunity to explore different units," she said.
Students perform several support tasks, including clerical jobs and assisting clinical staff. Some of the duties include bringing water and blankets to patients, clearing tray tables and remaking beds in the emergency room.
"It's strictly a volunteer opportunity," Ms. Raos said.
Hospital officials issued a list of qualifying criteria that teen candidates must meet to enter the program.
Among them are grade point averages of 3.0 or better, reliable transportation and a teacher's recommendation. Participants must be 15 to 18 years old.
"In order to ensure Martin Memorial maintains its high quality of service to the community, our teen volunteers are selected on a competitive basis, and we do not accept volunteers who are required to volunteer as a condition of a court-ordered sentence," hospital officials said in a statement.
To apply, visit mmhs.com/content/teenvolunteers.htm. For more information contact Rachel Raos at rraos@mmhs-fla.org.
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