Winston-Salem State University's School of Health Sciences offers students the ability to earn Bachelor of Science degrees a variety of medical careers. The medical industry in the United States continues to increase as other professions decline due to the dwindling economy. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Eli Lilly pharmaceutical, and Forsyth Medical Center offer positions to individuals with degrees that can be obtained through the School of Health Sciences.
Winston-Salem State University's School of Health Sciences offers two Bachelor of Science degrees: Clinical Laboratory Science and Nursing. The University's Undergraduate and Graduate catalog states "Clinical Laboratory Scientists provide a vital service to the health care team in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease." ¹ Clinical laboratory science professionals gather accurate laboratory data that is needed to aid in detecting cancer, heart attacks, diabetes, drug abuse and bacteria or viruses that cause infections. Graduates from the program can acquire employment at hospitals, physician offices and clinical laboratories. There are also positions available in sales, education and public health/infection control. The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) is an organization for clinical laboratory scientists. Information on this organization and careers in this field can be obtained from their website www.ascls.org.
Winston -Salem State University's School of Nursing prepares students for a career as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or as a Registered Nurse (RN). Licensed practical nurses care for the sick, injured, convalescent, and disabled, providing basic bedside care. They take vital signs...
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...associations and organizations including The National Black MBA Associations, Inc., United Negro College Fund (UNCF), and The National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCCE).³
Due to the attack on September 11 and the war on terrorism, the United States economy has declined dramatically. Everyday, more and more individuals are begin faced with layoffs. The manufacturing sector and the textile industry have displaced many employees and left many individuals looking for a new career. In his recent visit to Winston-Salem, President George W. Bush said, "There's a wonderful, wonderful future ahead for people, who may at this moment think that their future is a little dark. Many individuals affected by the layoffs are finding themselves venturing out to the medical field where there is job security, and advancement opportunities.
After I graduated high school, I was unsure of what career appealed to me most. The summer before my first year of university, I endlessly researched and debated what career called to me. I soon realized that my calling in life was to help people, but I wasn’t sure how exactly I wanted to help them. Eventually I decided on the career of physical therapy, thinking that this was the way that I wanted to impact someone’s life. Sometimes though, things don’t always go the way we plan and my life plan
Assignment: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a document that developed by the United Nations (UN). Representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world drafted the Declaration as a proclamation in Paris on 10 December 1948, also titled, General Assembly resolution 217 A, as a formal set of basic rights to which all members of the human family are entitled. This historic document recognized the inherent
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this quote the author was saying that eating right is not just about maintaining a healthy weight; it affects your total state of well-being. Having poor lifestyle habits can cause people to become more susceptible of a disease in their near future. These diseases can be prevented by eating right. Most people would think that a dietitian's main task in their job force is to put people on a steady diet to enhance their health. This is somewhat on the right track but at the same time it is not. Dietitians
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promoting mental health counseling. This class was one of the first courses in my graduate career which made me feel the need to prove myself being worthy enough to be in a graduate program. Being asked to make a pamphlet defining and promoting what my future career would be was anxiety provoking for me because I had no idea if how I would define mental health counseling would be the “right” or “best” way to define it. At this time, I feel like I was very much still set on the concept of right versus wrong
Health care is an uprising issue today in the United States. I believe in order for health care or the medical field to succeed in the future that social contract should be enforced. By enforcing social contract, it will allow health care to be more efficient by allowing individuals to assume responsibility for their own healthy by having the ability to ensure health. According to The Enduring Democracy book, " from the philosophy of Jean- Jacques Rousseau, an agreement people make with one another
wish to pursue a career in psychology. Luckily, I was able to figure out early on that psychology was not for me. I then changed my area of study to Healthcare Administration. Reading through the Course Catalog, I learned a lot about what to expect as far as an education to obtain my Bachelor’s Degree. Overview of Profession The role of a Healthcare Administrator, more specifically for the purposes of this essay, an Office Manager is to “plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services” with
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