The Occupational Career

I am incredibly glad that I learned about occupational therapy. While I've always had an interest in the medical field and social services, I did not know what occupational therapy was until several years ago. My first time around in college, I thought I would end up working overseas in relief and development or with marginalized populations in the U.S. When I graduated, I began to explore health care careers. As I researched physical therapy, I happened to read about occupational therapy. I was intrigued. After more research and consideration, I decided to pursue this career path. Since then I have been taking prerequisites, doing observation hours, and dedicating myself to becoming an occupational therapist.

A Pediatrician is a child’s physician, dealing with the physical, mental, and emotional well being of the child. You undoubtedly have to have a strong love for children and have patience to be a Pediatrician. If you don’t like children then it is apparent being a Pediatrician is not the job for you. I have dreamed of being a Pediatrician since I was 7 years old, ever since I was rushed to the emergency room for an accident I had. I remember how the doctor interacted with me; he introduced himself, and he explained what a Pediatrician did. He told me step by step what he was doing, as he was doing it, and how he was going to do it. From then is when I realized that doctors were not scary, and since that day I have dreamed of becoming a

Hey I’m charley price I am a senior at Johnson county high school. In the past month we were supposed to complete ten hours with a mentor for our senior project. With that being said I was not able to do so. Between working three jobs, school hours, and raising my sister I couldn’t go out and meet with a mentor. Therefore I have been doing research for the past month. I have enjoyed researching different occupational therapist I have also called and chatted with a few myself. I have learned much more than I could ever imagine. We discussed the career requirements, how much money I will make, the flexibility of the hours, why I should continue and go for it, and what are the pros and cons of being an occupational therapists.

As learned in Occupations, completing a developmental profile can be beneficial in both, learning about a client and identifying their needs. Through identifying a client’s needs, occupational therapists can create appropriate interventions to assist the client with those needs. These interventions can be beneficial in improving a clients well-being and life balance.

Description Of The Job As a pediatrician, your main occupational tasks involve providing medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. You are responsible for examining, diagnosing, and treating children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses. You will also administer the many immunizations that are available to protect children from diseases such as hepatitis B, diphtheria, polio, measles, and the mumps. Routine check-ups are also part of your common tasks list, with the intent of monitoring a child's growth and development from birth to adulthood. You will work closely with other healthcare professionals to provide children with medical care to the fullest extent possible. Another important part of your job revolves around working with your patients' parents or guardians to teach them how to provide proper care to their children on a regular basis. This may include tips on improving childhood eating habits, promoting regular exercise, and improving personal hygiene.

While shadowing occupational therapy professionals at Montgomery General Hospital, I gained much insight into the profession and the day-to-day duties and responsibilities of a COTA. The entire facility caseload consisted of geriatric patients, and many of the diagnoses were due to cognitive deficits or recent falls due to weak lower extremities. Diagnoses observed were dementia, CVA, a hip fracture, a total knee replacement, osteoarthritis of the shoulder, bilateral upper extremity/lower extremity weakness, and total blindness.

I have had a passion for becoming a healthcare provider for children for quite a while (for a long time). Children are one of the most important individuals of society because they are the future and will one day be in charge of the world. Their health at a young age is indicative to how their health will be as adults. Childhood has a great effect on how a person turns out to be so I hope to help children I hope to use prevention and education to preserve and restore the health of my patients. My career goals are to prevent children from having to spend time in hospitals or in pain and to help them live out their life and dreams to the fullest extent. Children play a very large role in their families, and when a child becomes sick, the whole family becomes distressed. Pediatricians not only heal children, but they help and prevent a family from suffering. I love medicine and children, and I hope to combine these two passions by becoming a pediatrician.

Pediatricians are doctors who manage the health of your child, including physical, behavior, and mental health issues . I know I will make a great pediatrician because I love working with kids and I can be very patient. You have to have patience being a Pediatrician because they do physical exams and give your child vaccinations. Make sure she meets milestones in growth behavior and skills.

Sara Moss-Wolfe once said "Nurses — one of the few blessings of being ill." After much research and thought, I decided that I wanted to be a pediatric nurse practitioner. For the most part "Nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners, also referred to as advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), coordinate patient care and they may provide primary and specialty health care (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,2014). Pediatric Practitioners are responsible for recording or patient medical history, performing exams, conduct research, and giving patients medical treatments because it gives me an opportunity to research specific illnesses

Many times when a people think of an occupational therapist, they might think of a career counselor and personality tests. They might think of a therapist telling that this job would be “the perfect fit with their personality”. But that is far from what occupational therapy is. Occupational Therapist work with people recover and learn skills that are valuable to be part of society. Occupational therapists work with all age groups of people. They work with people who need assistance due to serious health problems (stroke heart attack amputation), delay in growth (mainly in children), or pyschological problems (Alzhemier’s, PTSD) (“Modern occupational thereapy”). They teach patients the

In many cases “the field of pediatrics is expected to grow faster than average into the 21st Century, due, in part to the expansion of the health care industry..”(Occupational Guidance).

A pediatrician job is to help children everyday. Pediatricians help children by treating an acute and chronic illnesses. To be a pediatrician you have to go through many years of schooling. Pediatricians have to go through pre-med, med school, and residency. Not only do pediatrician have to go through schooling but they will have to be licenced. To get licensed they have to take an exam. Pediatricians have to have basic skills. Basic skills are active listening, critical thinking, decision making, speaking, and reading comprehension. Also, pediatricians need these skills, oral expression, problem sensitivity, and deductive reasoning. Overall, I provided different and helpful information about a

Seeing and feeling like you have cured or helped someone is a very rewarding feeling. Occupational therapists fall under the health science career cluster. OT’s help troubled patients with their fine motor skills through therapeutic activities.

My plans are to give back to my community by working as an occupational therapist at our local hospital, the Fairfax Community Hospital. My strengths are definitely housed in my communication skills, and I love being an aid to others. This career will fulfill my desire to encouragingly help individuals gain independence. One day when there was no school I spent my day job shadowing the occupational therapist at the Community Hospital in Fairfax. My interest of becoming an occupational therapist came from my mom. My mother is a nurse at the Family Medical Center in Rock Port, Missouri. My interest has never been medical, but my mother suggested this career for me because of my personality. Being an aid to others is my dream career. Helping one

I adore the elderly and their perspective on life. Up until the point I left for college I have volunteered at Pelican Pointe Assisted Living, a nursing facility. For five years I accompanied residents through their daily adventures and activities. Assuredly I made several friend who I still exchange letters with. Each resident has varying degrees of required assistance in continuing their daily activities. Among those that aid are occupational therapists. Because each patient's needs are so different, a high level of creativity is needed to provide the most effective care. My career aspiration is to work with the aging populous as an occupational therapist. Currently I am majoring in Public Health and will be adding a major in kinesiology