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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times before but I have to ask. Looking into a different career path. Looking into medical office administration &/or medical assisting.
Does anyone have any experience in these fields? I know the outlook is great on just about any health related field. I had looked into nursing before but I don't think that would be a good fit for me.
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | Why would nursing not be a good fit? You can do 100+1 different types of nursing jobs, not all of the nursing careers out there are floor work with in patients. Look into your desired field and see what the local income and job outlook is. Not at the national level. I am a respiratory therapist and nationally it's awesome, locally it's very flooded so getting a job within 50 miles of me is very competitive and tough. |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | Girls_Gotta_Jet - 2015-04-21 1:28 PM
Why would nursing not be a good fit? You can do 100+1 different types of nursing jobs, not all of the nursing careers out there are floor work with in patients. Look into your desired field and see what the local income and job outlook is. Not at the national level. I am a respiratory therapist and nationally it's awesome, locally it's very flooded so getting a job within 50 miles of me is very competitive and tough.
No resp therapist programs are offered locally so I'm guessing it's a flooded area too.
The long hours and crazy schedules and extra stress just isn't for me. I did that for 5 years on active duty. I don't want to do that as a career forever. And I'm not nice enough of a person to keep composure when people are being completely idiots. I don't have enough of a filter. Lol. I can handle retail and customer service type jobs. I've done well at those. But I wouldn't be able to handle mean sick people. Or seeing sick kids. It's just not something I want to do. And that's a job you HAVE to love in order to enjoy it. |
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| I am a Medical Technologist in most places it is a high in demand field. I have a bachelor of science degree, took nearly all the same classes as pre med. At bigger hospitals you never have to see a patient, thats what I have always liked about (I'm not a people person). With the different departments in the laboratory you can pick the area you like best and specialize in that department, or work in all the departments. |
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 Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Certified Coders are in demand, especially with the changes coming up. Pair that with some business classes and you're in good shape. I work in healthcare business and make decent money and have top notch benefits. |
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 Thick and Wavy
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Location: Nebraska | I have several friends that were medical assistants in my Nursing School class because they could no longer find good work or weren't getting paid enough. There are many avenues in Nursing. I know a girl who quit floor nursing and now has a 9-5 job with an insurance company working with Medicare claims, etc. I work 3 12's and the hours aren't bad at all. I work nights, but it's not hard for me to readjust for the most part. There are nights when I just want to scream but then I remember I'm only there for 3 days each week. It could be much worse. |
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | I am an office manager for dermatologic surgeons. I have been in the medical admin field for more than 25 years. Started out working at an Insurance company where I paid medical claims. Had to take coding courses in order to pay the claims but it was all done while working and advancing in the insurance company, Eventually went to work for Internal Medicine docs and worked there for many years. The pay was not that great until a became Office Manager and now I am very comfortable. As far as medical assistants the pay varies depending on location and what type of doc you work for. I have hired girls that were making $12 an hour and we start at $15 and go up to $19. Our histotech makes a very good living and could work at hospitals or labs and make even more but he doesn't like the hours. My advice if you want in admin is take some business courses and coding courses then just get your foot in the door. I have worked my position into a 4 day work week and do a little work at home on my laptop. |
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