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Trauma Nurse

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Duties and responsibilities:  Provide careful nursing  interventions in emergency situations. Triage patients and evaluate the severity of the patient's injuries. Provide IV insertion, incubation, medicine administration, blood drawing, and many other medical procedures. Salary: $65,659 per year. Education: The most common route is acquiring an RN degree along with a bachelor degree, and then earning a certification program in trauma nursing. An RN degree is a basic nursing program that takes 2 to 3 years to complete. Demand or need: Will grow 16% Picture:  Reflection: I will not want to work in this profession because it does not interest me.

Sports Medicine

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Duties and responsibilities: Sports medicine  therapists work with athletes and physicians to develop rehabilitation plans. They then work one-on-one with the athlete, executing and overseeing therapeutic techniques and ensuring that the rehabilitation plan stays on course. Salary: $185,007 per year. Education: R equires obtaining a bachelor's degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree. Demand or need: Increase 18%.  Picture:  Reflection: I would not want to work in this profession because it does not catch my internist. 

Social Worker

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Duties and responsibilities: Social worker  are responsible for helping individuals, families, and groups of people to cope with problems they're facing to improve their patients' lives. Salary: $45,900 per year. Education: Needs a bachelors and masters degree. Demand or need: 27% increase. Picture:  Reflection: I would want to become a social worker because it seems interesting and since it seems like the pay will go up as well.

Respiratory therapist

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Duties and responsibilities:  Interview and examine patients with breathing or cardiopulmonary disorders. Consult with physicians to develop patient treatment plans. Perform diagnostic tests such as measuring lung capacity. Salary: $57,790 per year. Education: Needs a Associates degree. Demand or need: 23%  increase. Picture:  Reflection: I would not want to work in this profession because I don't find it interesting and it doesn't catch my attention.

Reiki

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Duties and responsibilities:  Reiki is a spiritual healing art with its roots in Japanese origin. Salary:$39,860 per year. Education:  There is no governing body that determines the various levels, but most Reiki schools or organizations have a beginning, intermediate and Reiki master level.   Demand or need: 84% increase. Picture:  Reflection:I would not want to work in this profession because it does not catch my attention also since it pays low.

Reflexology

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Duties and responsibilities: Reflexologist  work with patients to help them ease the stress and tension in their lives. They perform therapeutic massage techniques to stimulate pressure points in patients' hands and feet. Some reflexologist  also work with pressure points around the ears. Salary: $39,860 per year Education:A ssociate's degree   Demand or need: 22% increase. Picture: Reflection: I would not want to work in this profession because it doesn't pay well and it doesn't catch my internist.

Registered Nurse (RN)

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Duties and responsibilities:   RN  job functions include performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, administering medications, operating medical equipment, recording patients' symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.  Salary: $67,490 per year Education: Needs at least a Bachelors degree. Demand or Need: Increase by 16%. Picture:  Reflection: I would want to work in this profession because it pays well and seems interesting.

Recreation Therapist

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Duties and responsibilities:  Recreation Therapist  employ leisure  activities to help patients with disabilities or illnesses. Through the use of games, sports, crafts and more, they maintain their patients' physical and emotional well-being. In doing this, they also help patients integrate into their community via group activities. Salary: $45,890 per year Education: Needs a bachelors degree. Demand or need: increase of 12% Picture:  Reflection: I would want to work in this profession because it does catch my interest and since it pays fairly well.

Radiologic Technologist

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Duties and responsibilities:  The primary role of a radiologic technologist  is using medical imaging equipment to produce images of tissues, organs, bones, and vessels and, with advanced training, assisting in the administration of radiation therapy treatments. Salary: $58,960 per year. Education: A ssociate’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree. Demand or need: P rojected to grow 13 percent from 2016 to 2026. Picture:  Reflection: I would not want to work i this profession because it does not catch my internist.

X-ray technician

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Duties and responsibilities:X-ray technicians   use cutting-edge imaging methods to visualize the inside of the human body. The pictures they create help physicians to diagnose and treat illnesses or injuries with great accuracy. Salary: $54,000 per year Education: Associate degree and a state license.  Demand or need:  Employment of radiologic technologists is projected to grow 12 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster than the average for all occupation s. Picture: Reflection: I would not want to work in this profession  because I don't find it interesting.