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5 Health C areer Pathways

5 Health C areer Pathways. Divided into 5 areas. Therapeutic . Provide service to the client over time Careers include medical assisting, nursing, home health care, respiratory care, rehabilitation and pharmacy. Amount of required education varies. It depends on what YOU choose.

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5 Health C areer Pathways

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  1. 5 Health Career Pathways Divided into 5 areas

  2. Therapeutic • Provide service to the client over time • Careers include medical assisting, nursing, home health care, respiratory care, rehabilitation and pharmacy. • Amount of required education varies. It depends on what YOU choose. • Skills required include: data collection, treatment planning, implementing procedures, and client status evaluation.

  3. Diagnostic • These people create a “picture” of the health status of a client at one point in time. • As an example, if a client has blood drawn, the results reflect the status of their health only at that time. • Careers include: areas of cardiology, imaging, and radiology. • Skills needed would include : Preparation, procedure, planning, evaluation and reporting.

  4. Health Informatics • This career path you will be responsible for recording the clients valuable health care information. • Careers include medical records and unit coordination • Skills include: analysis, abstracting and coding, informatics systems, documentation, and operations.

  5. Support Services Careers • This work asks staff to create a safe and healthful environment for the client and other health care workers. • Careers include biomedical engineer, and central supply employee • Skills include: knowledge of aseptic procedure, understanding of an aesthetically pleasing environment.

  6. Biotechnology Research and Development • Highly scientific! • Careers include: Geneticist, Microbiologist, Toxicologist, Bioinformatics scientist • Skills include a strong aptitude and love for science, • The merging of computer technology and biology has created many of these types of work. • These people may work in food, agriculture, pollution control, and pharmaceuticals. • They may work in government agencies, labs, water treatment plants, hospitals and education.

  7. Quiz – 10 Points • Get out a sheet of paper from your spiral. • Put your name, date and block on the top right hand corner. • Write down the health care pathways. Number them and give yourself room to add at least one occupation from each one for each of the pathways that you recall. • Hand in your quiz upon completion.

  8. The 11 Health Care Skill Standards • They exist to insure that the workforce has the knowledge and skills to perform their job to the highest level effectively.

  9. Academic foundation • Know the subject matter proficiently. • Use the knowledge in their role. • This includes reading, writing, mathematics, knowledge of life sciences, using health care terminology, and being aware of the history of health care.

  10. Communication • Know various methods of giving and receiving information. Both orally and in written form.

  11. Systems • How their role fits into the department. Organization, and overall health care environment. • Able to identify how key systems affect services that they perform and the quality of care that they provide.

  12. Legal responsibilities • Will understand the legal responsibilities, limitations and implications of their actions within the health care delivery system. • Perform duties according to regulations, policies, laws, and legislated rights of clients.

  13. Ethics • Will understand acceptable ethical practices with respect to cultural, social, and ethnic differences within the health care environment. • Will perform duties according to established ethical guidelines, supporting sensitive and quality health care delivery.

  14. Safety practices • Will understand the existing and potential hazards to clients, coworkers and themselves • Will prevent injury or illness through safe work practices and will follow health and safety policies and procedures. • Hidden Places Where Germs Hide in School • http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=597>

  15. Employability skills • Will understand how their employability skills enhance their employment opportunities and job satisfaction. • Will demonstrate skills that support and maintain job functions AND will upgrade these skills as needed.

  16. Teamwork • Will understand the roles and responsibilities of individual members as a part of a health care team, including their ability to promote the delivery of quality health care. • Will interact effectively and sensitively with all members of the health care team.

  17. Health maintenance practices • Will understand the fundamentals of wellness and the process of preventing disease. • Will practice preventative health behaviors among clients.

  18. Technical skills • Will apply technical skills required for all career specialties. • Will demonstrate skills and knowledge as appropriate.

  19. Information technology skills • Will use information technology applications requires within all career specialties. • Will demonstrate the use of information technology as appropriate to health care applications.

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