“Righteous community unity starts with one upright soul, whether it is a community of family members, students, neighbors, teammates, or business associates. Unity conquers worthy pursuits more quickly and with less effort than individual effort alone.

Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsibilities: Home health aides usually work for companies that provide in-home assistance to ill, injured, elderly, or disabled customers. Their duties include taking the blood pressure, temperature, and pulse of patients. They help patients get in and out of bed, take baths, and dress. They also prepare and serve meals as well as performing housekeeping chores like making beds and cleaning rooms.

Average Salary: $8,000-$18,000

Educational Requirements: Most employers prefer that nursing assistant and aides have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some vocational schools and community colleges offer training programs,                                              

Student Success Statement

Together Everyone Achieves More

Reflection: I think this means that when you work as a team you can accomplish more  because you have other people helping you . for example if you working on a really hard project and you don’t know what to do you can as some friends to help you with it and you going to be able to finish that project as a team

      Teamwork

      Connected

      Positive

      Reaching their goal

      Good sportsmanship

      Choosing the right

      Helping each other

      Obstacles

      Support

      Moving forward

   Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Health care administrators direct and manage hospitals and other healthcare facilities. They are responsible for long-rang planning, financial administration material management, purchasing, public affairs and patient administration.

Small hospitals may have only one administrator, while larger facilities may have many. Some administrators specialize in specific field like patient administration or purchasing.

Salary: $35,000-$100,000

Education: Students should take challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English.

Most healthcare administrators hold master’s degrees in healthcare administration or business administration.

          “Work as a team to achieve you dreams”

Reflection: I think this quote means that when you work as team you can achieve your dream for example like in basketball you need all your teammates to make a point and win.

          Student Success Statement

“Your mind is a garden you thoughts are the seed.. you can grow flowers or you can grow weeds”

Reflection: I think this quote means that when you like plant something in your thoughts or in your head like if you have a goal you would want to make it grow and grow until you reach it, you can grow flowers or weed which means you can be a good person that everyone likes and smiles to or you can be a weed which people don’t like and want to take out.

Student Success Statement

“You will become as great as your dominate aspiration”

                                                  James Allen

Reflection:

I think this quote means that if you do great and you put effort into your goal you will dominate it you will be the one controlling your goal and not someone else.

Health Science Librarian
Duties and Responsibilities:

Health science librarians and library technicians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration.

Salary:

$20,000-$30,000 (Library Technicians)

$35,000-$55,000 (Librarians)

Educational Requirement:

Students should take challenging high school courses in information management science, math and English

   

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: Health information specialists obtain, posts, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. Health specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician office, and any other medical settings.

Salary: $20,000-$25,000 (coding specialists)

$23,000-$30,000 (record technician)

$30,000-$40,000 (record administrators)

Education:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English. Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illness, or work or training settings. Health educators often:

·       Perform health training needs assessments.

·       Design and develop health education programs

·       Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposal.

·       Develop health education curriculum

·        Teach health in public and private schools.
Average Salary: $20.000-$35,000

Educational Requirements:
Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.

Health educators have, as a minimum, bachelor’s degrees. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master’s degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

    Genetic Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities: Genetic Counselors work with patients and families who have genetic, or inherited, disorders and birth defects.  They also counsel people who are at risk for these problems.  Genetic counselors often: 

• Educate patients and families about their conditions and how they might best manage their problems.
• Examine family histories to determine the likelihood of genetic problems.
• Assist patients and families in reaching decisions about genetic disorders that do not conflict with their religious or ethical values.
• Conduct research about genetic disorders.
• Educate medical professionals and the general public about genetic disorders.

Salary:$25,000-$55,000

Education: Students interested in becoming genetic counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum that emphasizes science and mathematics. 

A master's degree is required, and most graduate programs require a strong undergraduate background in biology, chemistry, and behavioral science.  Many states require genetic counselors to be certified.

Epidemiologist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Epidemiologists of disease within human population and environments. Specifically, they measure the incidence of different characteristics of population and environment. Epidemiologists perform research, education, and public health practice in universities, government agencies, international organization, and Private Corporation. Epidemiologists often:

·       Work on developing or refining methods of measuring and evaluating disease occurrences

·       Develop and recommend public health policy

·       Study or research chronic diseases, infectious disease outbreaks, injuries, occupation, and environments.

Average Salary: $30,000-$50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses available in science, math, and English.

Epidemiologists have, as a minimum. Master’s degree in public health. Undergraduate requirements for admission into public health graduate programs vary by schools but usually include strong backgrounds in biology. Chemistry, mathematics, and statistics.