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Careers in the medical, nursing and healthcare field can be very challenging and rewarding. Each profession works closely with patients and their families to determine the best care possible.

Here’s a quick look at some jobs you can get after completing medical assistant training or your nursing education.

Home health aids help elderly, disabled and recuperating outpatients in their homes rather than a health care facility. Under the direction of a medical staff, they provide services including the administration of medication, checking pulse rates, taking their temperature, monitoring respiration rate and helping with prescribed exercises. They may also provide housekeeping and routine personal care services like bathing, dressing and grooming.

Medical assistants are trained to perform administrative and clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs, checking medical history, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood and administering medications as directed by physician.

Physical therapist assistants help physical therapists with patients suffering from injuries or disease. Services include exercises that help improve mobility, relieve pain and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities. Under the direction of physical therapists, these assistants’ tasks involve massages, electrical stimulation, paraffin baths, traction and ultrasound. Physical therapist assistants record the patient’s reactions to treatment and report the outcome to the supervising physical therapist.