| With trumpets and great fanfare (ok, not exactly), | | | | prepare a treatment plan. Registered nurses get to |
| President Obama unveiled his latest and greatest plan | | | | practice hands-on medicine in a wide variety of |
| for health care reform last week. While it leaves a lot | | | | specialties, including trauma, pediatrics, geriatrics, |
| of questions to be answered, one thing is certain: | | | | surgical, radiology, mental health, diabetes |
| health care is going to change. And with that change | | | | management, cardiovascular and a whole boatload |
| this booming industry will continue to grow, making | | | | more. |
| now the perfect time to get the training, education | | | | Cardiovascular Technician Careers |
| or experience you need to start a rewarding career | | | | Was biology your favorite subject in high school? Did |
| in health care. | | | | you love learning about the human body and how it |
| But what if the sight of blood makes you faint? | | | | worked? Have you ever dreamed of getting to hang |
| What if you prefer to help patients from behind the | | | | out and help out during a triple bypass? If your |
| scenes rather than on the surgical table? The great | | | | answer was yes, yes and yes, a cardiovascular |
| thing about health care is that it offers career | | | | technician career might be a perfect fit. |
| opportunities for everyone and every skill set, from | | | | Cardiovascular technicians get to take images of the |
| science whizzes to computer pros, from those who | | | | human heart to diagnose disease, assist doctors |
| like to work behind a desk to those who like to work | | | | during surgery, and save lives every day. |
| on the front lines. Here are five career paths to give | | | | Medical Lab Technician Careers |
| you a taste of everything the health care industry | | | | If you're a science whiz who prefers to be in the lab, |
| has to offer. | | | | consider a career as a medical lab technician. These |
| Medical Billing and Coding Careers | | | | experts spend their days examining cells for |
| Are you an organizational whiz? Do you have a knack | | | | abnormalities, collecting and analyzing blood samples, |
| for numbers? A medical billing and coding career might | | | | and performing lab-based tests. The complex work |
| be perfect for you. Medical billers and coders are the | | | | they do is necessary in diagnosing and fighting a |
| magicians who make sense of the complicated | | | | variety of diseases. |
| diagnoses, procedures, orders, insurance claims, and | | | | Physical Therapist Assistant Careers |
| co-pays that accompany your average visit to the | | | | Maybe you're someone who wants to help after the |
| doctor's office. The need for these specialists is | | | | surgery is over. Physical therapist assistants work |
| growing, and with many schools offering online billing | | | | closely with physical therapists and their patients |
| and coding classes, it's a great career for anyone | | | | during day-to-day recovery. They get to execute |
| who wants to be work in the administrative end of | | | | strength training programs, assist with therapy |
| the health care industry. | | | | equipment, and monitor their patient's progress, all to |
| Registered Nurse Careers | | | | coax the human body back from debilitating illness |
| Maybe you'd prefer to work directly with patients | | | | and injury. |
| and their families, diagnosing illnesses and helping | | | | |