| Jobs in healthcare will become more plentiful | | | | Congress presents considerable obstacles. |
| in coming years as members of the "baby | | | | However, there is growing rage among American |
| boomer" generation age. There will be an | | | | citizens over this issue that may very well |
| abundance of opportunities in healthcare | | | | force changes at the state level. |
| careers, particularly in geriatrics, | | | | |
| end-of-life care and hospice and nursing home | | | | Healthcare administrators are among those who |
| work. In addition, the large number of | | | | see the problems firsthand and understand the |
| severely injured and disabled veterans | | | | issues; therefore, these people are in a |
| returning from occupation duty in Iraq is | | | | position to help shape healthcare policy in |
| already creating an urgent demand for workers | | | | the coming years as individual state |
| in all healthcare fields that will continue | | | | governments begin the type of healthcare |
| for decades to come. | | | | reform that most members of the U.S. Congress |
| | | | are unwilling to address. |
| If this kind of work interests you, you'll | | | | |
| need to prepare for healthcare careers with | | | | Whether you choose an administrative or a |
| health care training and education. Online | | | | hands-on career in healthcare, you'll be able |
| degrees are a convenient and economical way | | | | to complete your coursework at home, often at |
| to start the training you'll need in order to | | | | your own pace, by attending college online. |
| qualify for jobs in healthcare. | | | | Contrary to what you may have heard, online |
| | | | courses are similar to traditional classes at |
| In addition to "hands-on" careers in | | | | a brick-and-mortar university or college. |
| healthcare in fields such as nursing, | | | | You'll hear lectures, read required texts, |
| pathology, radiology and physical therapy, | | | | submit papers, take exams and even |
| the U.S. Department of Labor anticipates a | | | | participate in class discussions. The only |
| large number of openings for healthcare | | | | difference is that you'll be using Internet |
| management jobs as well as healthcare | | | | technology such as podcasts and electronic |
| administration jobs. | | | | bulletin boards for these interactions. |
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| Healthcare administration is an area that | | | | As you might imagine, training for healthcare |
| will take on a great deal of importance in | | | | careers in "hands-on" fields such as nursing, |
| the coming years. If you saw Michael Moore's | | | | anesthesiology and pathology require some |
| movie "SiCKO," you understand just how | | | | real-world clinical experience. Once you are |
| dysfunctional the present U.S. healthcare | | | | at that stage, many schools can arrange for |
| system is. The financial power of greedy | | | | you to complete these requirements at a local |
| insurance and pharmaceutical corporations and | | | | hospital or other medical center near your |
| their undue influence over corrupt members of | | | | home. |