Medical careers?

Question

Im a freshman in high school and I know it might be a little soon to be thinking about this but I wanna do sometihng medical when I grow up because i like to help people and feel like im doing somehing important but Im not very good about extreme amounts of blood and vomit. And i considered nursing but im not good with cleaning up my dogs wastes [poop] so I dont think I would do very well as a nurse so does anyone know of any medical related jobs that I could consider?

ps I know my cousin id going for something about radiology and taking x-rays but im not really sure what its all about.

oh and sorry to the RN that answered i didnt mean that thats all you do i just ment that i probaly wouldnt be able to deal wih nursing school because my mom tried it and dropped out

Answer 1

Sorry, take it from an RN of eight years, if you can't deal with the blood and gore, the medical field is not for you. (PS nurses do a lot more than clean poop thankyou) Even a radiologist has to deal with emotion and blood and gore because they are often working the front lines of the ERs. Nobody can teach you to "get used to" these situations, to the young man who wishes to be a surgeon. I am a surgical nurse. My bosses do very little that is pretty. Perhaps the young lady asking the question might consider a psychological branch of medicine. Except that too is messy, but in another way. But you are very young, as you grow up you might find your tolerances change. Good luck with whatever you do.

Answer 2

volunteer at a hospital. expose yourself to all medical careers by talking to a lot of people.. there are SO MANY things you can do!!!

careers that require medical school - all surgeons, psychiatrists, pathologists, general practioners

careers that do not require medical school - surgical assistants, most laboratory workers (histologists, people in the blood bank), nursing, radiology technicians, physical and occupational therapists

with nursing, you can be an ER nurse, a general nurse, a nurse in the OR that does charting and helps prepare the OR and the patient for surgery

I am in a program at my high school where I get to go to a local hospital and hear all of those people speak and shadow doctors in the ER, OR etc.

basically, just expose yourself to all areas. I didn't think that I could handle blood but I watched a pathologist perform an autopsy and I loved it and didn't get sick.

medicine is NOT all about the blood and vomit. It's so exciting because it is constantly changing, it helps people, and it is a beautiful yet imperfect science.

Take biology, chemistry, and anatomy in high school to see if you really like science

Answer 3

Nursing or doctor doesn't sound good. Prolly not dentistry either.

I'd say either Pharmacy or Optometry (eye doctor).

Still, lots of people are not good with blood and vomit, but they learn to tolerate it over time. You're really young right now. Since you won't seriously have to worry about it until a few years from now, I'm sure you'll learn to handle things like your dog's poop well enough by the end of high school.

I'm not in medicine, but I realize I'm getting old now. Stuff like that used to bother me. Even needles and stuff. Now, age and experience has made me not as squeamish anymore.

Answer 4

There are few people that are comfortable around bloood and vomit. I myself want to became a surgeon one day, and I dislike blood as well. I am sure that they will teach you how to get acustomed to blood in medical school(if you go to one) and in time you will not mind if you have to deal with it on a daily basis.