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If you've ever thought about working in the healthcare industry, a medical assistant career is an excellent way to get started. With job responsibilities that include working with both medical professionals as well as patients, medical assistants are an important part of any office setting. Here are three reasons that explain why a medical assistant career path can lead you to a meaningful new career.

Ready to get the skills needed to succeed as a medical assistant? You may already have some of these skills or they can be learned while attending a vocational school. Some of the skills learned during a medical assisting program at a vocational school will be work related skills and some are life skills. Whether work or life skills, personal growth is important for all medical assistants to achieve their goals. Personal growth includes a medical assistant’s mental, physical and spiritual health. It is the key to self-improvement. Also, personal growth is an ongoing task for medical assistants and should be present throughout one’s career. Employers will want to hire medical assistants that are willing to always improve one’s self and set goals for self-improvement.

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Interested in working with healthcare colleagues as a team that care about their patients? Healthcare is a team effort and the medical assistant works alongside many healthcare professionals to offer the best care available to their patients.

As a medical assistant, understanding how to administer specialty exams and procedures is important. Some of the procedures will be performed solely by the medical assistant and some will involve acting as assistant to the medical specialist. Some of the specialist exams, procedures and testing include allergen exams, cardiology exams, radiography and imaging exams, dermatology exams, endocrine exams, gastrointestinal exams and orthopedic exams.

Did you know that the human body contains more than 600 individual muscles and that humans have 206 different bones? Did you know that babies are born with over 300 bones, more than an adult human? Interestingly, muscles make up almost 40% of a human’s body weight. Furthermore, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body. Did you know that the hands and feet contain over half of the human body’s bones? Also, bones are not the hardest substance in the human body, this award goes to tooth enamel. Surprisingly, it only takes 17 muscles to smile but 43 muscles to frown.

Interested in becoming a licensed practical nurse (LPN)? Becoming an LPN can be a rewarding career working alongside colleagues that care about their patients. The first step in becoming an LPN is taking the TEAS test to be eligible to take classes at a vocational school with a nursing certificate program. After completing a state-approved educational program in nursing, the student must pass the NCLEX-PN exam. Once they pass the NCLEX-PN exam they will become licensed in the state they received their certificate in.

Interested in becoming a medical assistant but have some questions? This definitive guide to medical assisting answers many of the questions you have. It defines what a medical assistant is and what they do both clerically and clinically. This guide identifies the skills and attributes that are needed to become a successful medical assistant. It also identifies the different specialties and career options that are available to experienced medical assistants. This guide will help you gain knowledge about medical assistant communication skills, appointment scheduling and telephone etiquette. It will teach you what a medical assistant does in a hospital. This guide explains the specialized responsibilities a medical assistant will perform including EKG exams and phlebotomy.

As of 2016, there were more than 634,000 medical assistants working in the U.S., according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is projected that by 2026, there will be more than 818,000 medical assistants employed in the U.S.

Interested in learning how you can become a practical nurse? Enjoy working in a team environment with colleagues that care about their patients? To become a practical nurse, you will need to pass a state-approved educational program from a vocational school that will prepare you to take the NCLEX-PN. First, we will investigate what a licensed practical nurse does on a day-to-day-basis. Then, explain about vocational programs in Practical Nursing (LPN) and how to become licensed to be a LPN. Finally, we will talk about what is on the NCLEX-PN Test.