Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical Assistants will typically do administrative work. They will also perform simple clinical tasks in health care facilities, physician offices, or hospitals. They will measure vital signs, like blood pressure and keep records of the patient’s medical file and personal information. They will assist physicians in the examination of a patient. They are also allowed to give injections and medications to patients as long as the physician has allowed them to. It is also permitted by state law that they are owed to do so.  Medical Assistants must keep the patient’s medical information confidential unless there are other professionals treating the same patient.

Salary:  A general medical assistant will earn $30, 590 a year.

Education: Many medical assistants will have a postsecondary certification. Others enter with a high school diploma and receive on-the-job training. Medical assisting programs will take nothing over a year and are found at community colleges, technical schools, vocational schools, and universities. Some choose to go as far as an associate’s degree.

Demand or need for this profession: There is going to be a 23% increase in the years of 2014-2024.

Reflection:  Personally, I do want to look into a medical pathway but i feel like being a medical assistant is too simple. For me, that would be a place to start and maybe for there work my way up.

“ Take responsibility for YOUR OWN body, mind, and spirit, for your own physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.”

By: MR. C. S. Haymore

Overall, I think this statement means to say that we should take care of ourselves. We need to take responsibility for what we do to ourselves. I think that if we are unhealthy it’s our own fault. If we are depressed it too, is our fault. I know that some people are diagnosed with depression but there should be no reason why we should let sadness control us. That would also be killing our spirit. If we let sadness get to us we become a melancholy person and that is not healthy.  Everything we do has an affect on us and we decide what we do so it’s really our fault. If we want to be happy then we need to do things that make us feel happy. If we do things that make us sad then we shout keep from doing those things. Like Mr. Haymore said, we need to take responsibility for our own bodies. If we don’t take care of ourselves then who is? We are the only people who can harm us. With that said, I find it fitting to say that if we choose the right there should be no reason as to why we are sad or unhealthy. An example would be an unhealthy person. That person has chosen to eat an abundant amount of junk food and has avoided any form of exercise. That person has taken responsibility for what they have done to their body. They have also decide to do something about it and exercise as well as eating the right food. That person is now physically healthy and it all had to do with himself. It all has to do with motivation and self acceptance. We have to realize that nobody can affect us in only ways we can affect ourselves.

LPN

( Licensed Practical Nurse)

Duties and Responsibilities: LPNs work under the supervision of registered nurses and doctors. They provide the basic care for patients. These basic cares include monitoring a patient’s health, changing bandages, bathing, dressing and checking their blood pressure. They also listen to the patient’s concerns and keep recorder of the patient’s health. Some LPNs also help deliver babies as well as feed, change, and bathe them.  

Salary: An LPN will make $43,170 annually.

Education: In order to become an LPN you need to complete an approved educational program. Most complete it in one year but some can take longer. For the most part these programs can be found in technical schools and community colleges.  

Demand or need for this profession: The job outlook is increasing by 16% which is much faster than usual.

Reflection: I wouldn’t like to do this because it seems to me to be too basic. If I were to become a nurse I’d be a registered nurse but that too doesn’t interest me.  

“ Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.“

By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King was a wise guy and is trying to teach us that just being smart is not going to cut it. You need to, not only be smart but be a good person. I interpret it as so. He said true education and that to me lets me know that by being smart doesn’t mean you could be truly successful. There is no point in being not that's good of a person but being smart. An example could be when looking for a job in retailing. You could be the wisest person in the business but because you are not amicable it will make others think you are untrustworthy. That will lead to failure because you don’t have what it takes to truly succeed. Of course, that can change if you know how to treat others and make a great character for yourself. Same goes the other way around. Just because you are a good person doesn’t guarantee a job. You may get the job because people like others that can communicate well but if you don’t know how to sell you are most likely going to lose your job. You need to be both sides of the spectrum to know what it is like to truly have the goal of an education.

Kinesiologist

Duties and responsibilities: What a kinesiologist does is used the muscles as ways to tell if there are imbalances in the body’s structure. Imbalances such as emotional energy and chemistry.They do this by taking years of training in order to access the movement of energy known as Chi. Along with finding imbalances they also manage injuries and chronic diseases. They will help you get into shape and make sure that you stay fit. They do this by prescribing special and specific types of exercises that will be accommodate your needs.

Salary: As of January 7, 2017 kinesiologist are making an annual profit of $56,000.

Education: To become a kinesiologist you will need at least a bachelor in kinesiology, physiology of exercise, anatomy and physiology, psychology of sport, motor development of control, exercise and body composition or assessment methods for kinesiology.

Demand or need for this profession: There will be an 8% increase in the demands between 2014-2024.

Reflection: It sounds pretty much like a sport therapist and that was not interesting for me. That is because I actually like being active not telling other people to be active.

“We need the courage to START and CONTINUE what we should do, and the courage to STOP what we shouldn’t do.”

By: Richard L. Evans

As humans we tend to be really busy all the time. At least people like employed adults and students. We usually use our busy schedules as an excuse for not working out, eating right, or just spending time doing recreational activities. Richard L. Evans tell us that all we need is courage. If we have courage then there is really nothing that we can’t do. If we have our minds set to something we are going to do it. It we feel discouraged we will fall into our old or even worse ways. That too needs courage to prevent. Not only do we need the courage to keep doing good for ourselves but to keep from doing bad. I believe this because it takes a strong person to keep themselves on the right track because it’s not easy. It sure is easy to give up but that is why we need the courage to stop. An example is eating healthy. It is hard to eat healthy because things like pizza and cake are so tempting. We need the courage to start eating healthy. Not only is courage needed to start but to continue. What is the whole point of starting if you are not going to continue. Lastly, courage is needed most to stop from eating junk food because we shouldn’t do so. Even though I fully agree with Richard I can not be committed. I have tried to keep from things that aren’t good for me like showering in the mornings, eating late, or procrastinating.  

Winter Break

It is seldom that I get sick so it was surprising that I did get sick. I spent my first week in bed wishing I wasn’t sick. It wasn’t all bad for we watched several movies after that week. We went to the movie theaters and watched Sing. Over the duration of the week I watched lights out, Star Wars Rogue One, and Trolls. On Christmas Eve we spent the majority of the time cleaning because my cousins were coming over, and because my mom wanted a clean house. The rest of Christmas Eve we spent all day relaxing at my house. I never really go anywhere for Christmas because my family usually comes over. On Christmas morning we waited until my brother got home to open the presents. In the meantime we entertained ourselves playing scrabble and monopoly. If you are in search of games that will help you pass time then I highly recommend either of those. When the time to open the presents came we were unwrapping, singing and just enjoying what it is to spend a day with the family. After the unwrapping we had to clean and we ate throughout the day. After that I decided that it was time to get workin on my homework. It took until the last day of break to finish but I am quite satisfied with how it came out. When New Years came around my cousin and I were spamming all our social media accounts. I regret posting some of the pictures and videos but life goes on. After we decided to race outside to try to seep up the digestive process. It did nothing but scrape my cousin’s knee. After New Years there was only the day of the three kings. We had a gift exchange and I ended up burning my finger. One the very last day we celebrated my friend’s fifteen and that is how my break ended.