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Investigate the field of Health Sciences
 Get the facts about education requirements, average earnings (national,
statewide, and regional), job requirements, and employment projections
for each of the occupations below.
Surgical
Technologists
Pharmacist
Assistants
Social
Workers
Registered
Nurses
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Health
Care
Here’s a whole section on health care careers from a national
perspective.
Business partners relating to these careers: |
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AMERIGROUP Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA |
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Centra Health, Lynchburg, VA |
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ECPI, Newport
News, Northern Virginia, and Virginia Beach, VA |
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Halifax Regional Hospital, South Boston, VA |
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Kuder (Virginia's
Career Planning System) |
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MediCorp Health System, Fredericksburg, VA |
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Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA |
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Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Falls Church,
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Working directly with patients to improve their health
over time.
The things you could do:
- Clean teeth and teach good oral hygiene as a dental
hygienist.
- Treat people in emergencies as a paramedic.
- Provide medications as a pharmacist.
- Provide care as a nurse.
Using tests and evaluations to find diseases and decide
on treatment of a patient.
The things you could do:
- Draw blood from patients as a phlebotomist.
- Review lab results and report findings.
- Study DNA and conduct genetic research.
- Take x-rays.
Many levels of administrative duties—all healthcare-related.
Everything from hospital managers to clerks.
The things you could do:
- Admit patients to a hospital.
- Transcribe doctors notes into patient files.
- Manage a doctor’s office or a hospital.
- Handle billing for medical visits.
Making the proper environment for health care services.
The things you could do:
- Provide meals with the proper nutrition for patients.
- Maintain sterile working environments for surgery.
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Studying biology and technology as they relate to humans.
The things you could do:
- Study the results of research of human health.
- Develop new drugs for a pharmaceutical company.
- Study the growth of viruses in a laboratory.
- Assist a director of a major research project.
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