My Future
In the future I will be going to school for Athletic Training or Registered Nurse. I would like to achieve one of these or both, if it is possible. I want to become these things because I want to help others when they are hurt. I will be attending the schools that offer the best programs for my careers. I would want to attend a community college first to finish my general studies then transfer my credits to a University. I want to be fully educated in my careers I choose.
An Athletic Trainor is someone who helps athletes reform back into their original self after an injury they have suffered. I want to become an Athletic Trainor because I want to be around athletes and help them when hurt. To become an athletic trainer you have to have a master’s degree or bachelor’s degree. Some knowledge you will need are medicine and dentistry, management, teaching and course design. To be in the career you have to be able to listen to others, notice problems, and have steady arms and hands. You also have to be able to put small things together and you also have to be able to multitask. Some skills you will need are keeping track of
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I want to become a RN because I want to be able to help others and when visiting a hospital I was able to talk to registered nurse and she was my inspiration to becoming a RN. A Registered Nurse is a nurse who maintains medical records, implements nursing care plans and cares for disabled patients. To become a Registered Nurse you first have to have an Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree. You will need knowledge in Health, Business, Math and Science, and Arts and Humanities. Some skills you will need are listening, not interrupting, asking questions, and understanding people’s reactions. Your personality will need to include cooperation, integrity, helping people and teaching others. These are just a few thing you will need to accomplish becoming a Registered
I found on a website called he requirements for a registered nurse varies. But, primarily an RN requires a diploma and an associate or bachelor’s degree in nursing. There are two programs that will get me on my way to becoming an RN. The ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) programs last about 2-3 years which include courses such as: Adult and Family health, psychiatric nursing, pharmacology, etc. The BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) programs are usually four years long, and they focus on advanced nursing methodology and clinical training. BSN courses include community health, leadership in nursing, healthcare, and management,
What is athletic training? Athletic training is the concern of the well being of the athlete and generally assumes the responsibility for overseeing the total health care for the athlete. This basically states that an athletic trainer's job is to be there for the athlete whether he/she is injured or not, and to practice the prevention of injury. By learning the proper techniques and steps to stretching, an athletic trainer can pass that information onto the athlete to help prevent common problems such as cramping. Another way of looking at an athletic trainer is that they must be prepared and capable of dealing with any type of trauma or catastrophic injury that may occur. If that wasn't enough, the NATA website offers this
athletes in an effort to prevent injuries. They work in amateur and professional sports. Once injuries occur, the athletic trainer is required to evaluate the problem and get the athlete the proper medical treatment. He or she also makes sure that athletes are physically ready and able to play after an injury. Athletic trainers set up physical conditioning programs for athletes, work with equipment managers to make sure that playing and training areas are in working order, and also work with physicians in developing and implementing a rehabilitation program for injured players. Athletic trainers work in offices, treatment
The amount of education required for becoming an Athletic Trainer is four years. The student must take health, human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, and biomechanics courses in college (Campus Explorer). Programs that provide formal instruction cute injury and illness prevention, first aid and emergency care, assessment of injury and illness, human anatomy and physiology, therapeutic modalities, and nutrition (Athletic Training Association). In order to get a job in colleges or universities, a masters or doctoral degree is necessary. A bachelor’s degree is usually the basic requirement, but more than 70% of Athletic Trainers further their education and get more advanced degrees. Students must be educated in both the classroom and in clinical settings (Campus Explorer). Athletic Trainers must receive a
Ever since I was a child, I enjoyed watching and doing athletic activities. I played softball throughout middle school but stopped once I got to high school. I realized that even though I didn’t want to play as much anymore, I still wanted to be involved with athletics. I began managing my high schools girls and eventually boys’ basketball team. By doing so led me to the career I want to partake in for the rest of my life. I want to become an Athletic Trainer. What motivate me to become an Athletic Trainer are the different aspects of the job. I also have a lot of friends and family members who are athletes and I love the different personalities that come with the athletes. I am also motivated to this career, because I want to be able to prevent athletes’ injuries, assist, and aid the athletes’ to enhance their performance so that they can continue to do what they love and to overall get stronger.
Some of the responsibilities that an athletic trainer is responsible for is to “work with athletes to show them how to use equipment properly, determine if an athlete is healthy and able to play, teach players, coaches, and parents how to prevent injury, and recommend special diets to improve health of athletes. More responsibilities of an athletic trainer would be leading stretching exercises before games or workouts, consult with doctors concerning player injuries and how these injuries may impact their ability to play”(okcareerguide.kuder). Those are
para. 1). Registered Nurses should be emotionally stable, so they can help the families through rough times (“Registered Nurses” U.S. para. 47). An RN also needs to be organized, and to make sure the patient gets what they need when needed (“Registered Nurses” U.S. para. 48). All RN’s will need to have the patients medical issues, and problems handy and to give the patients, and their medicines when the patients need it (“Registered Nurses” U.S. para. 8). An RN will usually records what the patient is doing, sometimes work with medical machinery, talk to doctors about the patient, and help the patient and the patient’s family on how to deal with their medical problems (“Registered Nurses” U.S. para. 8). Another important thing that an RN will need is to have the physical stamina and to be ready to lift or transfer patients (“Registered Nurses” U.S. para. 49). An RN will have to be able to lift at least 10 pounds, maybe even 20 pounds (“Registered Nurse” para. 4). A person in this career should have an energy level that is somewhat high, has a skill that is interpersonal, and a knowledge that is a little scientific (“Career” para. 6). If you happen to be an RN in a nursing home, an RN will watch over the LPN’s and CNA’s, may start fluids for the patient, make plans for treatments, and manage the patients health
Athletic Training is an allied health profession and are health care providers dedicated to the prevention, care, and rehabilitation of injuries in physically active athletes. Certified Athletic Trainers are medical professional experts who collaborate with sport medicine physicians in providing services in injury prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation, particularly in the orthopedic and musculoskeletal disciplines. Certified Athletic Trainers work with physicians and other members of the sports medicine team to help safely return athletes to their physically active individual or team sport. Certified Athletic trainers and strength coaches, not long ago were only on the sidelines of universities, colleges, sports medicine
To me an Athletic Trainer is someone that graduates from college certified to provide help to people that are injured, right out of college. This major can be obtained in four years without and further education, however; must take classes to keep up with the ever growing medical field. The main thing I think of when I think about going into Athletic Training is working at a school with the schools sports teams, however; they also can work in physical therapy clinics, hospital settings, nursing homes, etc. Athletic Trainers focus on prevention, treatment, what is wrong, and getting the patient back to health as well as working along side a doctor or physical therapist for further assistants.
Being an athletic trainer in various sports for over five years, Pete has a great deal of insight and suggestions for someone who is interested in the field. As I am now considering a supplementary degree in athletic training, Pete has been exceptionally helpful in guiding me through that world. As many of my courses in Kinesiology also apply to an Athletic Training degree, he proposes that I get another bachelor’s degree, as it would take only a short period of time. In lieu of that option, he recommends that I begin a master’s program in athletic training upon completion of my current degree. Nevertheless, I must first decide if this career is the proper choice by evaluating the negative and positive aspects.
In order to become an Athletic Trainer, a person would need a certain level of education. An Athletic Trainer needs to be educated in psychology, medicine and dentistry, therapy and counseling, and education and training. To be an Athletic Trainer, a person needs to be educated in psychology so they can understand people, their actions, mental processes, and how to treat problems. Trainers also have to know about medicine and dentistry because when a player gets an injury or illness they need to know the right treatment. Therapy and Counseling is also an important thing for Athletic Trainers to be educated in because they need to know mental and physical problems and how they are going to treat them. Lastly, Athletic Trainers have to be educated
If you plan on taking a career of becoming a registered nurse here's what you need to know, registered nurses provide care for patients with so many different medical conditions. Nursing provides both professional career path as well as personal satisfaction that comes from giving healthcare services. As one of the fastest growing careers in the United states with large increase in the healthcare facilities throughout the country the demand of registered nurses is extremely high.
Nursing has been constantly evolving in every direction of the health care field. In the beginning of nursing it was built and expanded on many frameworks of education/models. In becoming a registered nurse there are many stage: general educations, prerequisites, nursing school of Associate or Baccalaureate degree, Master of Nursing in multiple fields and Doctoral degree. When
people that take care of the sick and maintain health all around the world and in our
One must complete certain levels of education in order to become a good RN and have a successful career. You must have at least a high school diploma or a GED and must have had completed and graduated from a nursing program (www.iseek.org). Then complete supervised clinical work experience along with passing a national and state exam in order to receive a nursing license. Getting a bachelors degree in nursing would