what career should i choose?

Question

i am a high school student who wants to go into the medical field, but i don't know which health profession to pick. Since i want something where you actually deal with blood, think, interact with your patients, and is interesting. In other words i do not want to seat on a chair and just prescribe medicines to my patients. Plus i also want a career where you just don't work with one sickness, but with many. I know that will probally mean physician, but i want to be able to also see the body system of the patient. Whether it is blood, organs,etc.

besides being a surgeon

plus i also like to help people on a spychologycal level, which is why i want a minor in Psychiatry, but i don't know what should be my major. i know i'm confusing LOL

Answer 1

You could be a wonderful heme/onc doc. It's challenging and interesting, but demanding as well. That's what I did for 20 years, but I couldn't control my hours - unable to say no when I should have. It isn't necessary to work yourself to death if you get in a good group practice or stay in academic medicine where you have interns, residents, and fellows to help with the patient care.
No real surgery is involved.
There is a great deal of psychology involved as you deal with life threatening illness and tough treatments - chemotherapy for cancer or leukemia. There's much to explain to patients and family members.
The patients are usually very appreciative of the work you do trying to help at what is usually the most difficult and most frightening time in their lives.

This may be overwhelming to consider at the high school level. You don't have to pick your field of medicine until after med school or maybe after your internship/residency. Your first step is college with a well rounded schedule of sciences and humanities. Then four years of med school and three years of internal medicine specialty training before three more years of hematology/oncology fellowship training. You may not want to be in training until at least age 30.

The dialysis nursing choice above is also a an excellent choice for a goal, but there again you don't need to worry about your nursing specialty until after nursing school.

Just concentrate on your grades and all doors will be open to you. Best of Luck!

Answer 2

I'm a dialysis nurse. You can work as an LPN or an RN. You get to put needles in people, monitor the machine as it cleans their blood and have daily contact with your patients. There are always things changing in the field and several diseases other than the kidney failure to help them manage. Kidney failure affects the entire body in one way or another. Nurses are in high demand all over the nation and for the one or two years it takes to get through school, the pay you get is well worth it. Most of the doctors I know don't have much of a life, they are too busy and don't get much time off. They also don't get a lot of one on one time with their patients due to their hectic schedules.

Answer 3

I'm sure you have to just specialise in one given field. Be a pathologist. I dont even think doctors take routine blood samples from patients. Its normally the nurses who do it.

Answer 4

Perhaps a family physician you'll have way better hours and you get to have a connection with your patients.

Answer 5

If you like dealing with blood, look into being a hemotologist.

Answer 6

ob /gyn , anything to do with obstetrics, go for it . trust me ,been in the biz 22years and loving it!

Answer 7

maybe some type of surgeon?? i dunno. sorry, this isn't much help, but u could also type in "career Tests" in the search bar, and tons of tests come up. try that.