Whats the best job in healthcare?

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Nov 24, 2007

Maybe times have changed. My uncle was a pharmacist before I can remember. He said it was very boring, described it as counting pills. Worked as a drug rep for awhile and now is a lobbyist for Roche (drug company) and makes more money than he can spend. Maybe pharmisting has come up in its days

She said she had never heard of a cardiologist with a functional home, explaining that the job takes so much out of them, they have nothing left to give their families.
My fiance was offered a fellowship in cardiology, but he turned it down for that very reason. He said they have a poor quality of life. So he chose GI. However, I often see him running ragged, very often in fact. Also, doctors have ALOT of politics to deal with when trying to become a partner in a group. My honey's last boss was sooo dirty! He basically renegged on his offer and even had the audacity to tell the non-partner doctors that in order to become partner, they would have to pay him a yearly "management fee" since he had been in that particular locale for so long and felt he had a monopoly on the clientele - i.e. the partner would-be's would be lucky to work under this guy's established name! My fiance basically said to Hell with you!
I'm a pharmacist and can't imagine doing anything else for a living but I always tell anyone considering this to get a pharmacy tech job before embarking on that punishing 6-year journey. You MUST know what you're getting into before you start!
I'm still kinda upset with my nephew who was considering pharmacy, but then declared a major in IT/computers. How boring! But, I guess whatever makes him happy.

Shantas · Nov 24, 2007

The best job in health care??....

Hmmm lets see....to be the owner of a hospital....where you can boss around everyone, and no one will boss you around. you can make every one work like a dog and take the fat check home and live in a million dollars mansion without any worry...... :lol2:

ThePrestige · Nov 24, 2007

Well, what is "serious" in the ER of a Level 1 Trauma Center in the States and what is "serious" 45 miles off the coast of a third world country are two different things. LOL
We have everything from dengue fever, lots of skin MRSA (incision and draining abscesses), the routine upper respiratory viruses that run rampant through the rig, etc, etc, etc. Not as much trauma as most people who are not in the oil business seem to think. There is a lot of emphasis on safety. We also do food safety, potable water testing, first aid training, vaccinations, etc.

RigMedic - i sent you a PM, i have a few questions to ask you about being a rig medic, thanks