Why You Should Choose To Earn A Health Care Degree Online
Earning your health care degree online can help provide you with a better education and a more complete set of skills than traditional classroom settings provide. Many people want to help others and choose a career in health care for a personally fulfilling line of work. Acquiring a health care degree online may allow individuals to aim for better positions in the work force and provide room for growth to higher salaries.
Choice and Quality of Programs
Program options for online education are increasing. Individuals can invest in the areas and number of courses they prefer, from taking a course or two in criminal justice courses to acquiring a health care degree online. Businesses and employers recognize online education to be just as good as degrees earned in traditional settings, and many employers respect the self-motivation and determination of those who choose independent study to get ahead.
Employers also recognize that online education has vastly improved in the area of quality. The material studied in courses for a health care degree online is no different from courses taught in classrooms or on campuses. In fact, online courses may provide a better quality of education, as material is concise and usually very focused. Traditional classroom courses involve lectures that can get sidetracked by questions or discussions. With online courses, recorded lectures stay on topic the length of the audio program.
Flexible Study
Studying for a health care degree online involves plenty of flexibility for the student. While traditional learning involves students gathering in auditoriums for lectures, online education involves only the student and the course material and the environment for learning is the student’s choice. Any setting is fine for listening to audio lectures, thanks to the technology of mp3 players. Many students prefer copying their lectures from CD to mp3 player, taking their courses on the go. Combining another activity with listening to lectures, such as exercising at the gym, taking walks, or going for a bike ride, can both save time and make learning more interesting and enjoyable.
Working While Studying
The advantages of studying for a health care degree online come mainly from the ability to earn credits towards a degree while still working, an attractive option to many people.
Attending school on campus in a traditional setting may mean a full-time commitment for students for a period of two years or more. Working during spare hours isn’t often an option, and the student cannot earn income while studying or becomes stressed while trying to put in a full day at school and then another long shift at a job.
Obtaining a health care degree online means that students can choose to study the number of courses they prefer, allowing them to keep their full-time job and work towards earning a degree as well. That situation may mean that the student takes longer to obtain his or her degree, but does so with less debt and also meeting financial responsibilities. The flexibility of being able to earn an income while working towards a health care degree online is appealing.
Location of Student
Location may also be a factor in choosing to earn a degree online or at an educational facility. For those individuals who live in rural areas outside cities where schools are often located or who cannot travel to the school of their choice, online education is a viable and solid option to increasing knowledge and skill. Earning a health care degree online is as attainable to the student living beside a campus as it is for the student living in a tiny town tucked away far from any metropolitan city.
The choice of deciding to earn your health care degree online or in traditional classroom setting depends on your preference for independent study and flexibility, as well as your location, family situation, and financial obligations. Whichever form of education you choose to receive, increasing knowledge and skill levels boosts your appeal to potential employers and provides opportunity for higher salaries or better positions in the field of health care.
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Agree, my distain for insurance companies don’t stop at the healthcare insurance. You state, …you must hire a lawyer and sue civilly…, ya, you are usually so sick and broke you can’t and then even if you do, the insurance companies hire the bad ass lawyers that can draw your case out until you are broke. Medicare does need work, but ask the people over 65 if we should tell them, sorry, medicare is not available anymore. Lets look at VA healthcare, that is the model we should be after.
Well then maybe the gov’t should investigate and punish the insurance companies when they don’t pay claims properly. Believe me I believe all types of insurance claims are not paid out correctly by the insurance companies, not just health care. If an insurance company doesn’t pay a claim you must hire a lawyer and sue civilly, a D.A. or A.G. should be investigating that. Socialized medicine will not work plz explain Medicare/Medicaid failures, those are good examples of gov’t run insurance.
but they aren’t going to play by the rules they make for us. This is the nanny state…but watch, how many of they are going to be getting extra health insurance with their raises they voted for (once again on our dime). Additionally, they will live in mansions and fly planes and yet they lecture us about our carbonfootprint. THEY can afford more carbon credits….on our dime.
@Pant (continuation),
Another plus for he public option is that having a healthy workforce makes sense because there will be much less lost productivity overall.
The public option makes perfect economic sense.
> Google: Dem Health Care Bill To Increase Deficit By At Least $1 TRILLION
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> STOP the healthcare takeover before it is too late!
They have a 100 percent covered plan for them and their families for life (assuming they serve at least 6 years), along with an excellent pension plan for life.
They will care about the crisis if it is something the voters want! After all, if they are not acting in the interest of the voters, they will lose their seat and their health care plan.
Unfortunately, there is so much disagreement between the "left" and the "right" that it is difficult for congress to do anything. In addition, many people (even those who truly need health care reforms) vote based on moral values, leaving health care to be ignored.
OMG…NO!!!!!!!!!
Okay if you won't have any clinical skills or any managerial/administration skills, just what will you do? You'll have a lot of knowledge but nothing to do with it.
Of the 46 MILLION, almost 10M turn out to be illegals, and 10-12M were those that briefly were w/o insurance (less than 6 months)!
Now the small letters on insurance policies still become a far better situation than what obamas offering. The small print can be read! With obamas policies, much like the pork barrel spending bills, the obama care program will not be read until AFTER its signed into law!
THEN…….. youre CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN option of coverage will be GONE!
In any plan made by Clinton the only financial incentives are to put money in her personal bank account.
Socialized medicine = lower standards = poor quality physicians trying to fix you = sucky healthcare.
This is really very simple, gov’t will screw things up, wake up America! keep the politicians, and lawyers out of your health care decisions and business. Your health care decisions should be between you and your Doctor, not some gov’t douchebag.
You need to talk with a local agent that works with all of the major companies in your area. Insurance companies and the plans they offer will vary from state to state and the premium with any one plan can vary by zip code.
At 22 if you are in good health you should be able to find a catastrophic plan for less than $100 in most states and a comprehensive plan shouldn't be much more than $100.
The agent will be able to explain what you need to know – there is not enough space here to tell you everything. You'll need to know about the deductible, the co-insurance, the co-pays and what is covered with the co-pay, what procedures are and are not subject to the deductible, what is excluded from the plans, which doctors accept the plans, the different types of plans and how they operate, the prescription coverage if any, and much more. There is no extra charge using an agent.
The health-care industry will have a choice, stop ripping people off or go out of biz. Where the fuck do they get off jacking up our rates to support their stock price? The funny thing about the “Capitalist” system is that you always have to make more. Turning a billion dollar profit every year isn’t good enough because it’s not growth. You do know how the stock market works, doncha? There’s no way we can compete with that. Especially with wages going down. The bastards are out to suck us dry.
Amazing. Nursing is like the best profession out there. There are so many sub-specialties in all professional areas.
There are about 100 different nursing specialties. See below for the list. I know that doesn't completely answer you question, but the list can give you some ideas. Research, for instance, or Business Administration, There the CSI angle, but the TV show seems to make it more glamorous than it probably really is. Then there are legal nurse consultants.
You can find a list of the highest paying nursing specialties here on the right hand column: http://www.jobs-in-registered-nursing.com/nursing-specialities/index.php
Another approach is to see what all the nursing schools offer.
You can find a list of all nursing schools here: http://www.my-nursing-career.com/nursing-degrees/index.html.
Since you already have your degree, the online option is a good one. You'd be amazed at what is available for nurses online. Check out the nursing degree search here: http://www.my-nursing-career.com/index.php
List of nursing specialties:
* Ambulatory care nursing
* Advanced practice nursing
* Behavioral health nursing
* Burn nursing
* Camp nursing
* Cardiac nursing
* Cardiac catheter laboratory nursing
* Case management
* Clinical nurse specialist
* Clinical research nurse
* Community health nursing
* Correctional nursing
* Critical care nursing
* Developmental disabilities nursing
* District nursing
* Emergency nursing
* Environmental Health nursing
* Flight nursing
* Forensic nursing
* Gastroenterology nursing
* Genetics nursing
* Geriatric nursing
* Health visiting
* Hematology oncology nursing
* HIV/AIDS nursing
* Home health nursing
* Hospice nursing
* Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Nursing
* Intavenous therapy nursing
* Infectious disease nursing
* Legal nursing
* Legal Nurse Investigator
* Maternal-child nursing
* Matron
* Medical-surgical nursing
* Military and uniformed services nursing
* Neonatal nursing
* Neuro-surgical nursing
* Nurse anesthetist
* Nurse-midwife
* Nurse practitioner
* Nursing educator
* Nursing informatics
* Nursing management
* Obstetrics gynecology nursing
* Occupational health nursing
* Oncology nursing
* Operating room nursing
* Orthopaedic nursing
* Ostomy nursing
* Pain management and palliative care nursing
* Pediatric nursing
* Perianesthesia nursing
* Perioperative nursing
* Plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing
* Private duty nursing
* Psychiatric or mental health nursing
* Public health
* Pulmonary nursing
* Quality improvement
* Radiology nursing
* Rehabilitation nursing
* Renal dialysis nursing
* Renal nursing
* Research
* School nursing
* Sub-acute nursing
* Substance abuse nursing
* Surgical Nursing
* Telenursing
* Telemetry nursing
* Telephone triage nursing
* Transplantation nursing
* Travel nursing
* Urology nursing
* Utilization management
* Wound care
onlyrey:
I suggest you go enroll into Econ101
Yes, the “public option” will ABSOLUTELY cause the industry to collapse
This is why the MAJORITY of Americans (those with brains), are opposed — as is the American Medical Association (AMA)
Do you think when John & Sally see everyone else getting free healthcare, they’ll want to continue their plan thru the employer & pay $200-$300 per month? NO. Many will jump on to the Govt tit
@Pant,
There is no free lunch, we already pay for healthcare. It is overall 19% of GDP. Nobody says that the Public Option has to be freer. USPS is paid, the Public Option proposed is paid directly too. Hidden costs of the broken healthcare are in low job mobility (people stay in a crappy job because it gives good health insurance); remember the raising phoenix? Because Americans have good job mobility, we can start new ventures, or move to jobs where we can add more value to the economy.
Canada's healthcare isn't perfect. Neither is the US. From what I've heard from people who've moved from the US to Canada, quality of care and wait times are far better here in the US. Most people would rather pay for a higher standard of care and shorter wait times than move to a lower standard of care and far longer wait times for free. The fact that Canada is losing many of it's better doctors and nurses to the US should tell you something about the situation.
I wouldn't want a socialized healthcare system period. What I would like to see is a reform in the US healthcare system, especially in terms of US insurance companies. In the words of Obama "why take a hatchet to something that only requires a scalpel"?
Why can people not understand the simple fact that there is no free lunch. Will doctors treat patients for free, can hospitals run without money. Will drug cos. give away medicines at no charge. Medical care is very expensive and someone has to pay for it. So called free health care will be paid by the government which does not have ANY money it did not first squeeze out of the tax payers. There is no hospital in the country that is allowed to turn away a sick person just because they have no money. Maybe they will not get world class care, but they will be treated.
Only,
Yes, obama did do a HOSTILE take over of GM! And it’s at $50 Billion dollars not $30!
And the bankruptcy details were NOT determined by GM, they were determined by obama! Then in the HOSTILE take over, obama walked away holding 65% of GM’s interests as the CONTROLLING stock holder!
On obama Care… just use some common sense. A “public plan” would NOT involve the government and ADDED TAXES to pay for this. A “public plan” would NOT give out FREE health care (socialism) to all!
@Panther, dude, chill. Lets see, tell me with your ECON101 why the public option would be bad? Lets see if you ever took it, and if you did if you understand basic microeconomics.
This much is true. Obama doesn’t have to obey any American laws. He is the Second Son of God.
i agree panther that the public will go with the more inexpensive plan. whichever that may be.
the problem with healthcare system today is that doctors, even though many may not like to, have to screen you for insurance/method of payment before they even treat you. that’s the biggest problem with how the system is structured today.
Physicians are willing to forgo a risk in wage reduction in exchange for a system that allows them to practice medicine. NOT BILLING.
Ugh, this incompetent negro obama is going to tax hard working middle class white people even MORE now to pay for his stupidly thought out, doomed-to-failure health care plan.
Why do White people have to pay for all these illegal mexican aliens and their anchor babies, and all the shiftless good-for-nothing negroes, and other assorted non-white parasites who are out-breeding us here? Why the hell should we finance our own demographic displacement? Let them die in the gutter.
Only,
Not too well informed are you????
FedEx has been shipping for the Post Office for years and unlike the P.O., guarantees overnight shipping all over the World. But the P.O. contracted with FedEx to save costs and to lower it’s budget due to the high cost of the government running the P.O.
ANOTHER case of the private sector doing a better job at a better price!
we just hired two people in the compliance department at the hospital where I work. Neither had experience in compliance but lots of experience in healthcare. Keep watching for job opportunities, read as much as you can about compliance – the regulations seem to change daily!
Exactly… dont vote for her. Amazingly enough, while on the Board of Walmart, she helped devise the current scheme to avoid providing health care to as many employees as possible…
I am currently researching grants to non-profit organizations in order to find funding for parent support groups for parents of children with disabilities, and would be glad to forward m Excell Spreadsheet on
Grants to those providing their e-mail address.
I know that insurance companies like Blue Cross and Aetna have set-up foundations to provide grants to non-profits engaged in educating young people in healthcare matters.
my email:
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They don't and this is why i think mccains strategy to win is flawless.He's running so much negative stuff on obama until obama has to spend most of his time defending himself thus meaning mccain has yet to talk about his plans for the economy,healthcare or any of that stuff.And to think people have the nerve to say whats obama's plan.Whats Mccains except talking about war?
If you have a really good health food store with knowledgeable people I would ask who they might know or suggest. Also the Internet site www. alternative medicine for Maine would hopefully give some info. Good Luck
Notcie how the most visable man on the planet doesn’t get photographed smoking…the media is is prtecting him and trying to give us a “Camelot image” but privately the press says he “reeks” of smoke so they know he is still smoking. So where does he smoke? That’s right folks in the White House…which is against the law (no smoking in federal buildings..typical do as I say,..not as I do mentality. WELCOME to the LEFT WING people..they know whats best for us
Explain how the public option will cause the collapse of the [health] insurance industry? Why hasn’t the USPS caused the collapse of the transportation industry? Use your ECON-101.
As a member of the healthcare community, we are advised to not be judgemental towards patients. I take pride in being a non-judgemental providing care for all. Have I seen it? Yes. Do I like it? No. Will something be done about it? Hopefully, but probably not.
The fact is, every patient is an individual. Each patient deserves unbiased care to make them as healthy as they can be.
The fact regarding AMA opposition is misleading.
One should also consider that the American College of Physician supports a single-payer system, as well as the American Medical Student Association; arguably the more altuistic organizations in medicine.
The “Cigarette Smoking” president of the United States wants to dictate healthcare to the rest of us.
Obama is the most arrogant, narcissistic person on the planet.
~~This is a mute point because Nationalized insurance is not in the works. All the government is proposing is an alternative for people who can't get employer based insurance to be able to buy directly from the same insurance that senators and congressmen get. Otherwise, business as usual for private insurance companies.~~
Depending on where you live, it may be very similar. Health care management and administration deals much with the same tasks such as budgeting, marketing, meeting with stake holders, dealing with several of hospitals in your given area, organizing and managing the staff that are through various departments. They also are in charge of orchestrating different rules and regulations in process of discipline, hiring and firing etc. through various hospital regions.
I will also provide you a couple of links that may explain things a little clearer to you regarding this.
http://www.aaham.org/
http://www.mshealthcareers.com/careers/healthcareadmin.htm
http://www.healthmanagementcareers.org/careers.cfm
http://www.ache.org/
From what I could see, I believe that you would need a little bit higher than a diploma. It would be either a bachelors or a masters.
I've encountered a payroll services company that also manages pre-tax health savings or spending accounts for small and mid-sized companies. You might check them out. PrimePay is the name of the company.
Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Why would you trust the country's health care system to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze?
The insurance companies will not collapse because there is a public option, they will just be put on their toes… I for one would buy into the public plan (I am willing to pay for it) and maybe complement it with private insurance. If you pay for health insurance (whether you or your employer pay for it by reducing your direct compensation) you will find out that your insurance is only there when you don’t need them… The moment you need them,they will try to step on you every chance they get
I worked in the Emergency Room for a long time. After awhile you learn that death is as much a part of life as life itself. Healthcare workers have free counseling at their disposal to help deal with those situations. Death is a part of living; I learned that one morning two years ago when I suffered a massive heart attack that should have killed me, I learned that three weeks ago when my friend died. Death is never easy to deal with; but when you're in the healtcare field you learn to keep your distance; you have to or it would kill you. I've seen children come in from drownings and baby's who were murdered at the hands of the very people who was suppose to protect them. Those, my friend, are the hardest deaths to deal with.
Death is not something we accept but IT IS something we learn to live with.
only,
Everyone still has to pay for their own “mail”, whether it’s USPS, Fed Ex, UPS, etc
Do you think if USPS offered free overnight shipping that Fed Ex & the others will be in business?
SAME thing w/the health insurance companies — this will cause their collapse
This obama thug and the democrats in this delusional health care plan are wanting to include illegal aliens. But, hey – we got change!
Not for everyone, but for Medicare 77% costs occurred in the last year of life, 52% of them in the last 2 mo, and 40% in the last month, When you are old and become seriously ill, you are more likely to die than the seriously ill young.
In theory, health care manager try to provide the best coverage for the lowest cost. In practice, it seem that they tend to have some initial success in reducing some unnecessary cost, but occassionally their focus in reducing or avoiding costs results in major malpatience law suits.
Only, (cont)
A public plan would dictate terms with employers to increase their costs to cover employees and employees loosing MORE of their hard earned money to obama…… And I could go on.. but you know this already!
And theres MANY things many people dont have… but often by choice! New cars, cell phones, HD TVs, Blue Ray products, etc…. so why does the Taxpayer have to pay for what they choose NOT to buy?
And obamas uninsured numbers of 46 million is a lie!
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I agree with a lot of what Nemisis said, but I think I can simplify it even further.
Insurance is gambling. How do we keep Casino's from getting more and more corrupt, like the insurance industry is?
Caps on profits. If an insurance company had to pay out 90 cents of every dollar that it takes in, it would have to lower premiums. Pass transparent billing, enforce contract law and anti-trust laws. That is very important too, but if insurance companies were obligated to return a percentage of what they take in, not a percentage of net, but a percentage of each and every dollar they touch, health care costs would come down to a realistic level.
One law, enforce the others. Done!
Oh stop! Have you ever submitted a claim to your healthcare insurance company? Cause if you had, “socialized” medicine would be music to your ears. The private insurance companies have been raping America and people are dying. Those fucks have had plenty of time to compete to lower costs. Time is UP! Single payer all the way, (or at least public option.)
It doesn't fail, almost every first world country has it setup as a system.
Unless of course you view treatment of the poorer people a failure.
The benefit to not treating a lot of people, is faster care for the wealthy.
If you don't want to have universal health care, the government can step in and price fix medical procedures like they do in japan. It works okay for them. They can afford adequate medical treatment because the government forces it to be affordable, and the same prices in rural as in urban areas.
The real problem with our system, coming from someone who has an entire family in medicine (Doctors, surgeons, nurses)…is the insurance companies. They buffer every side. The doctors, the hospital, the patients, everyone has to get insurance, and they are the ones forcing prices higher and higher.