Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Healthcare administrators manage healthcare facilities. They do long-range planning, financial administration, personnel administration, materials management, purchasing, public affairs and patient administration. The number of healthcare administrators in a hospital may vary depending on the size on the facility: Small hospitals may only have one, while larger facilities may have many. Healthcare administrators may also work in HMOs, health agencies, clinics, or for private practices. Average Salary: $35,000 - $100,000 Educational Requirements: Students should take challenging high school courses in business, math, and English.

Student Success Statement(ANON)

"Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds.. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.." Anon I agree with this poem because the mind is an amazing thing and you’re the one who has control over what you think. In this metaphor your mind is the garden and you’re the one who decides what to grow, it's up to you whether you want to grow positivity or fill it up with useless negativity. This includes thinking negatively, which causes you to get nothing done.

What's On Your Mind?

Im thinking about college and what i plan to study, and how im going to pay for it. Im looking for information on financial aid and seeing if i qualify. Im somewhat worried but im going to try very hard these next few years.

Histology Specialists

Duties and Responsibilities: Histology specialists work in hospital, veterinary, pharmacy, or research laboratories. Histologic are also called Histotechnologists. Histologists prepare tissue samples that are used by physicians to determine if a patient has a disease. Histology technicians use equipment to cut the sample into thin slices. Then they put the thin slices on microscope slides and stain them so important structures are visible. Average Salary: $30,000 - $50,000 Educational Requirements: Students must earn either an associate's degree in the field and complete a one year internship or complete a long-term training program in a histopathology lab and pass a national examination. To become a histologist, students must either earn a bachelor's degree that includes a one year clinical internship or complete a long-term training program in a histopathology lab.

Student Success Statement (Earl Nightingale)

"We becomes what we think about"

Earl Nightingale

This is so true. If all you can think about is accomplishing becoming a doctor, you will become a doctor because that is all your mind will focus on. Becoming a doctor will slowly become natural to you, and you wont stop until you accomplish what you constantly think about.

Health Educators

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health-training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training setting. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community, organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools, or government agencies. Health Educators often:

• ·      Perform health training needs assessments.
• ·      Design and develop health education programs.
• ·      Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.
• ·      Develop health education curriculum.
• ·      Teach health in public and private schools.

Average Salary: $20,000 – $35,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.

Health educators have, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degrees. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master’s degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

Choose the right!!!

Student Success Statement (James Allen)

“Good thoughts bear good fruit. Bad thoughts bear bad fruit”

James Allen

In this quote Allen is comparing our brain to a tree, obviously a good tree should bear good fruit, and so does out brain, good thoughts, bear good actions. This is true, because if you only think of the right, you will never think of doing wrong. Never doing wrong, let you enjoy the good fruits of your labor.

Genetic Counselor

Genetic Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

A genetics counselor is a professional who helps people make decisions based upon their genetic background. Genetic counselors could help a couple find out if their baby could be at risk for any genetic disorders. Genetics counselors also help people determine if they are at risk for certain diseases, like breast cancer.

Salary: $59,148 - $71,787

Education:

To become a certified genetics counselor, you must at least have master's degree in genetics counseling from an accredited U.S. program. You must also pass tests given by the American Board of Genetic Counseling. You must also study inherited diseases, the types of tests that are available and the steps people can take to prevent and minimize risks. Before entering an accredited master’s program, many student decide to earn undergraduate degrees in psychology, biology, social work, public health, genetics or nursing.

Would you like to be a Genetic Counselor? Why? Or Why not?

I would not want to be genetic counselor because I don’t like the idea of my decision greatly affecting someone’s health.