Health Educator

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities: Health educators are people who provide information to others to make healthy lifestyle choices. The lifestyle choices are the type of foods they intake, physical activity, smoking, drug consumption, drinking water,etc. Health educators are our teachers about our wellness and information of what our communities do and what they have to make those better choices. Health Educators target towards children and adults to help them find services to help improve their health. They are responsible of developing relationships with others to inform you about public health care, provide information, help others, create educational training that involve community meetings,etc.

Salary: $51,960 - $92,950

Education Health Educators are required to have a Bachelor's degree in Health Education and/or Health Promotion, also depending you are required to have a Masters degree in Health education and/or public health. Following by, Health Educators need to take an examine and pass, also they are required to have had 75 hours of public education every 5 hours. The needs for an health educators can be found in the community.

Demand or need for this profession: Expected to grow 37% by 2020.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to become one?Why? Why not?

I would consider to become a Health Educator. This job seems like a very important, but not much of a struggle to do. This job would be a great for me,because i wouldn’t want to be away from home and i can work in my community. This job can help inform others to become a better well-being and i can help out my own and other communities as well. This job may fall under the medical field, but as long as i don’t have any physical contact with blood or anything else i'm good. This job is a consideration, but not at my top seeings.

Nurse

Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities: Nurses are found in hospital. Being a Nurse can mean different thinks. In the career profession of being a nurse they have different positions. Nurses are in charge of taking care of the patients in the hospital. They are responsible to help prepare for the doctor on your visit. These professionals monitor your medical history, they do a physical on you, they manage your medications,etc. Nurses care for you being they hand you to the doctor. Nurses also educate others on the best choices to make to help an individual in a disease or diet plan. Nurses can be also located in private physician offices, nursing care facilities, home health care clinics, and for the government. 

Salary: $66,640 (depends your position)

Education: To become a nurse you need an Associates Degree in Nursing, it is a 2 year degree that is offered at community colleges and hospital related schools that help prepare for nursing care. They also need a Bachelors Degree in Science for nursing, its offered at colleges and universities. To add too Nurses are required to go for training and pass a licensing exam. 

Demand for this particular career: 16% growth by 2024

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?" Why or why not?

I would not consider to be a nurse, but i chose this topic because a family member of mine is on the path to become one. As the younger family member i see my older family members and see what they are doing with their life. As i grown up, based on the career choice they are doing i would like to learn more about it. Being a nurse sound like and easy but difficult job. I see being a nurse means having a lot of patients and care for to help others through sickness and health. I may not have an interest in becoming a nurse, but i do know my older family member will enjoy it.

Environmental Health Specialist

Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: Environmental Health Specialist are the specialist who focus on health for a person. Environmental Health specialist focus on our area. They are also called health inspectors or safety inspector. They are responsible to determine health hazards and transform them to good health.  These inspectors check our surrounding around our community. For example, they are in charge of inspecting how clean and what violates the health hazards that affect us, they check resturants,stories,factories,schools,nursing homes, hospitals, dentist, etc. T=As they inspect they are in charge of collecting sample of air,water,pollutions,etc to test the sample if they can harm our health.

Salary: $37,300 - $57,551

Education: Environmental Health Specialist are required to have a bachelor degree in the work of physical sciences,public health,chemistry,biology, and environmental engineering. Then based on the position you would like to work, if you decide you want to work especially for the government they need to complete a certified course by the state. Besides that, also to become a environmental health specialist they would need to go through training and certification through a National Environmental Health Association.

Demand for this profession: Grow between 10% - 20% by 2024.

Reflection: I would consider to become an Environmental Health Specialist so i can help others. I feel that because of these specialist where are sick free and we are not in a so bad pollution. Without these health specialist we can eat and be intoxicated with bacteria that can get us sick. If i were to become a health specialist i can help changed the world and improve someone well being. I would somewhat consider this profession.

Surgeons

Surgeons

Duties and Responsibilities: Surgeons are professionals who perform medical procedures on a human being to help recovery from a issues happening in the body. Their are different types of surgeons. Different type of surgeries include plastic surgery, oral surgery, reconstructive surgery,etc. Surgery is something involved with blood. Surgeons work in clinics and hospitals. They help us treat real bad diseases and injuries in our body to help us recover. Being a surgery means knowing what you got to do and analyze and do what is right in the person's body. Surgeons use special to cut open and try to do something in the inside of our body.

Salary: $247,520 per year.

Education:  Surgeons are required to have a Doctoral Degree (M.D.) , 3-8 years of surgery residency in the hospital, earn a bachelor's degree related to medicine and pass the Medical College exam to then apply to medical school to gain more knowledge and expert in patients care and medical basics.

Demand for this profession: 20% increase by 2024.

Reflection:

I personally wouldn't want to be a surgeon because of the facts you do on others but involves blood and treating them with special different types of tools. I chose this career profession because i found it interesting and how one of my family member maybe studying to be involved in this career. I used this career to learn more about it and what my family relative will be studying to soon become one. I find it cool how she will possibly become one, but i wouldn’t see myself in this profession.

Ear, Nose , and Throat Doctor

Ear Nose Throat Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Ear Nose and Throat doctors are professionals who focus for medical and surgical treatments related to any problems and also in the head and neck area. These doctors are also known as Otolaryngologist. In the ears they focus on hearing,infections, nerves, and disorders. In the throat they focus on treatment of diseases like in your esophagus that can result in trouble of swallowing and difference in your voice. In the nose they deal with sinusitis, when cavities around the nasal passage become inflated. Sinusitis is an infection in the nose.

Salary: $180,000 - $230,000 per year.

Education: Otolaryngologist are required to have at least 5 years in training in surgery, one year in general surgery, and four years in otolaryngology. These specialist need a medical  bachelors degree in science.

Demand or need for this profession: Profession needed, hope by 2025 profession increases by 2,000 new otolaryngologist.

REFLECTION: I would not consider having this profession. This profession seems like a very easy job focus and pays very well. I wouldn’t see myself doing this job in the future even though it seems easy and pays well. This job is under the medical field. I personally am not interested to focus this career in my future. I do not have an interest in the medical field or anything that involves blood.

Dermatologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Dermatologist are professional who focus on treating problem related to the skin. They focus on the skin, hair , and nails to treat conditions. These professionals focus on skin care.Dermatologist focuses on skin diseases and problem. For example, skin cancer. These professionals talks with the patient one on one to see what's the problem and what they can do to fix it. After knowing the problem they do an examination on the patient, sometimes this includes conducting an X-Ray. After that, they either decide to conduct surgery or prescribe a prescription. Dermatologist also do cosmetic surgery and surgery to get a desire look and help kill Skin cancer.

Salary:$300,000

Education:To become a dermatologist it takes 12 years. Dermatologist are required to have a Medical Degree in medicine or osteopathic medicine that will take them 4 years.. They must have 3 years in training. They need a bachelor's degree majoring in advanced math, chemistry,biology,etc that will take them 4 years. Finally, they need 1-2 years of surgery training.

Demand for this profession: Demand to become a dermatologist is very high

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?

I would maybe consider myself in become a dermatologist, but with the exception of surgery. I am not a big fan of blood or touchings others DNA that is in liquid form. I personally maybe would consider being a dermatologist,because it focuses on like your body view. Dermatologist focus on skin care, nails, and hair. Women focus on that to look their best. Besides that i wouldn't want to become a dermatologist, because it takes 12 years to be one.