Health and Nursing

Jobs in health care offer you the chance to positively impact another person’s life — a great way to earn a living! What kind of jobs are available to you in the healthcare sector? That’s what this article is about. In it, I will discuss with you several options you may wish to pursue, when it comes to jobs in health care.The fact is there will always be a demand for health care. The only time there won’t be a demand is when people stop getting sick. Besides being a doctor or specialist surgeon, there are many other jobs in health care that don’t require you to complete 10 years of schooling. For example, all hospitals, as well as nursing homes, need nurses and nurses aids.In fact, you don’t even need a formal education to be a nurses aid, as there are programs that will help train you.Also, many healthcare jobs are available to those who have good administrative skills. While this doesn’t mean you directly help care for sick people, you indirectly help them by making sure the healthcare facility is well run, and that resources are appropriately used. This is just as important as anything in the healthcare industry.One type of career that is rising in popularity is a patient care technician. You can become a certified patient care technician by completing a program at an accredited college. The program will offer you the skills needed to perform specialized tasks such as urine analysis and hematology. In addition, you will have the capability to work in a hospital, a nursing home, and home health care facility, or an extended care facility.Remember that jobs are not just related to the hospital environment. For example, a physical therapist is a great job for helping sick people get better, especially the physically sick. Think of all the jobs that are related to physical therapy, or being a physical therapist assistant.Finally, the healthcare industry relies on the ability to quickly share information. This means that there are jobs in health care related to information technology. You can use your computer skills to help effectively manage and compile databases, as well as ensure patient safety is being administered.In conclusion, I have given you several different jobs that you can use as idea starters to help you research jobs and health care even further.

What can I say? I’ve struggled with my weight for years. My struggles were definitely the result of both too little activity and too much of (and not the right kinds of) food. Also, four straight years of alternately being pregnant and nursing had also taken their toll on my body.Being a stay at home mom with two small kids left me little time to myself and it didn’t help that I could never stick to a “diet”. I’ve always loved to cook and loved to eat and to feed others. It’s an intrinsic part of who I am. I figured that instead of eating less, the solution had to be to burn more calories, but “working out” had never appealed to me. I’ve never been a gym rat, or one for jogging, or slogging away on an elliptical machine.If I didn’t actually love it, I knew that I wouldn’t stick with it and I struggled to find an activity that I enjoyed, but that would give me great results. I started walking every night and very slowly the weight started to come off. I managed to lose about 35 pounds in 18 months or so. But the progress was slow and as the weight came off I wasn’t toning up at all. It was frustrating.I decided to try something new after hearing about a workout called “Zumba”. I signed up for a class and five minutes in, I was hooked! The hypnotic combination of the music and the moves had totally sucked me in. Week by week, not only did the weight start to literally fall off, but left behind were muscles…real muscles! My waist had a brand new shape, my legs became strong and my arms were toned…bye bye bat wings! I no longer had lower back problems, thanks to all of the core work that’s naturally a part of Zumba and I had more energy throughout the day. I finished classes feeling invigorated, with a spring in my step and a smile on my face. I felt like I had stumbled upon a secret and had found something that I could do and love forever.As time went on, I looked forward to “Zumba Days” more and more. They became some of the high points of my week and I started going to two, then three and sometimes even four or five classes every week. I couldn’t get enough! Instead of dreading “working out” I was trying to figure out where in my week I could squeeze in an extra class! At the end of five months of Zumba I had lost an additional 25 pounds, gained muscle and was easily, at 33 years of age, in the best shape of my life. The best part? I hadn’t clock watched once…every class was so much fun that I now understood why Zumba is sometimes described as “exercise in disguise”! Not only that, but going to class became “My Time” during the week…a time when I left the kids, my husband and all of my stresses at home and did something just for me.I decided to become an instructor because I truly believe in this program. It’s designed to be effective and fun and great for everyone, regardless of their fitness level or age. I want to help other women achieve what I’ve managed to and to feel as great about themselves as I’ve come to feel about myself. Come and party with me and see for yourself why 10 million people take weekly Zumba classes!Words I live by:”Zumba fitness is more than just a fun exercise program. It’s a celebration of our bodies,no matter what their size or limitation. It’s a celebration of music, from near and far. And it’s a celebration of a journey which can be enjoyed long before the final destination is reached. I am a Zumba instructor. You, and you alone, are why I teach.”