Saving lives isn’t just the domain of hospital personnel. Highly trained ambulance crews composed of emergency medical technicians and paramedics respond to the scenes of accidents and disasters to give trauma victims critical treatment. Working in tandem with emergency-room doctors via radio, EMTs and paramedics are everyday lifesavers. As with other healthcare fields, an aging population will create strong demand… [continue reading]

Training to become a laboratory assistant or medical assistant is available at many locations in CA, including National Career Education in Citrus Heights. Completion of the laboratory assistant, EKG technician/phlebotomist course opens the entry-level door to positions performing laboratory procedures in hematology, bacteriology, urinalysis, electrocardiography and phlebotomy. In addition, the student is able to perform back-office procedures such as taking… [continue reading]

For a fast track into the lucrative medical profession, respiratory therapy’s many job openings offer a breath of fresh air. “A two-year respiratory training degree from a junior college could get you on the way,” declares Asa Hawkins, owner of Veterans Purple Heart Staffing in Yuba City. “And just like the nursing profession, there is a shortage of respiratory therapists,… [continue reading]

LVNs care for the sick, injured, convalescent, and disabled under the direction of physicians and registered nurses. Most provide basic bedside care, taking vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration. They also prepare and give injections, monitor catheters, apply dressings, treat bedsores, and give alcohol rubs and massages. To help keep patients comfortable, LVNs assist with bathing,… [continue reading]

These caregivers help elderly, ill and disabled persons live in their own homes or in residential care facilities instead of a medical facility. Personal and home care aides – also called homemakers, caregivers, companions, and personal attendants – provide housekeeping and routine personal care services. They clean clients’ houses, do laundry, and change bed linens. Aides may plan meals (including… [continue reading]

Many hospitals, under pressure to lower costs, are using licensed vocational nurses (LVN’s) in place of registered nurses wherever allowed. California LVNs work under the supervision of physicians and registered nurses in jobs that require medical knowledge and technical training. They take patients temperature, pulse and blood pressure, change dressings, draw blood for testing, and give intravenous fluids. An increase… [continue reading]

The nursing profession has witnessed tremendous changes in the last five decades. In this continually changing environment, it is important to study the trends in nursing jobs in order to determine a successful career path. Today the demand for Registered Nurses or RNs has increased considerably, because of two factors. Firstly, relatively less fresh enrollment down the years since the… [continue reading]

Many who work in the healthcare or nursing industry know without question that free time (time within which to relax and call your own) is at a premium. In this regard, they work in extremely demanding jobs: both in terms of the jobs they do and the hours on the job they spend. Notwithstanding this, many would like to advance… [continue reading]

The health care profession has certainly grown throughout recent years from pharmacists to doctors and especially nurses wherein the demand in the United States has been steadily increasing. Various nursing schools, which can be found in the country, will be able to provide nursing aspirants with the proper training as well as nursing degrees which will play a critical role… [continue reading]

Online nursing degrees are college degrees in the field of healthcare and nursing that are obtained via the Internet. Online nursing degrees are great ways for registered nurses to further their careers without having to take a leave of absence from their jobs. There are two main types of online nursing degrees. The first is a bachelor’s of science degree… [continue reading]