Whats the best job in healthcare?

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whats the best job in healthcare? chief nursing officer? crna? ER doc? rad tech? pharmacist? dentist?

the best job would include a balance between:

-working conditions

- income

- fulfulling

- consider length of training/loans

- job opportunities

Right now it looks like a CRNA is among the best

Specializes in Hospice, Med/Surg, ICU, ER.

My vote goes for : Night shift ICU staff nurse.

1) Patient load is low, and you can really make a difference in someone's (and their family's) life.

2) Working conditions are generally good compared to an ER or a floor.

3) The pay ain't bad at all, considering the night shift diff, and there are less PTB, families, and MD's around to pester you on nights.

4) A good ICU nurse can find a job nearly anywhere.

Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.

The best job would be the one you are most happiest in eh? ;)

Eye surgons seem to make a lot of money. Cataract extraction is big business. YOu get repeat business. Office hours great.

I one heard plastic surgeons complaining about how much eye surgeons make.

Chiropractors seem to have the best situation. They are called Doctor, have banker hours, and have lots of respect in my rural area. Patinet goes in to see the doc, get on this little bed, gets popped and stretched for 5 minutes. They walk out front and write a 60 dollar check and go back 3 days later for a repeat visit. Writes another 60 dollar check.

Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

As other posters have suggested, there is not "single best job" in healthcare. There is only a "best job for you at the moment." People have different strengths and preferences and will therefore be a better fit for different jobs.

Also, what is the "best job" will change over time as you develop as person and as societal conditions change. What works well for you at 25 might not work well for you at 50 as both you and world around you changes.

For example ... for myself, the political pressure of my current job is getting tough for me to handle emotionally. I am burning out. .... But I have a job that is what I always wanted, doing staff development and working on special projects for a hosptial. I have extremely flexible hours, little supervision, high pay, and don't have to worry about being sued by anybody. But, as I said, I am getting burned out by the need to be a total "self-starter" for all my projects, by having to read the new boss's mind because she doesn't give any direction or hint as to what she is looking for from me, and I have to "sell" everything I do in order to get anyone to cooperate with it. After 6 years in this job, I am finding myself creatively drained as I am constantly being asked to produce without ever getting anything refill or refresh my create energies.

So ... right now, a lower paying, regular teaching job looks pretty attractive to me -- if only because it would give me a little intelectual stimulation that I didn't have to generate myself.

My point is: What is attractive to a person changes over time. Remember that as you plan your career. There is no "one perfect job" only a "good job for right now."

Eye surgons seem to make a lot of money. Cataract extraction is big business. YOu get repeat business. Office hours great.

I one heard plastic surgeons complaining about how much eye surgeons make.

Chiropractors seem to have the best situation. They are called Doctor, have banker hours, and have lots of respect in my rural area. Patinet goes in to see the doc, get on this little bed, gets popped and stretched for 5 minutes. They walk out front and write a 60 dollar check and go back 3 days later for a repeat visit. Writes another 60 dollar check.

What about dermatologists? They are rarely on call; eye surgeons might be if they treat traumatic eye injuries. We have an eye surgeon here who does most of that work.

I know a woman whose husband is an ophthalmologist, and she said there are some specialties that are not compatible with a happy family life. 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. They actually can have happy marriages IF THEY DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN. The cardiologists' children she has known, ALL OF THEM, whether bio children or (often the case) purchased from a crooked adoption agency, have had drug addictions, eating disorders, other serious psychiatric issues, and their spouses (be they male or female) have similar problems. And the doctors themselves appear to have shorter than average life expectancies. There may be exceptions to this, but this is just what she told me. She added that the ophthalmologists they have known appear to have the same rate of family dysfunction as the general population.

I have a friend whose brother is a dentist; people ask him why he chose that and he said he wanted to be a doctor but have a life too. This explains, IMHO, why so many women these days are choosing dentistry, optometry, chiropractic, podiatry, etc. And it's not just women who think of their career's effect on their family life. I know a young man who is in medical school and he has said all along that his choice of specialty will be determined, in a major way, by how much it would affect his future family life. His dad's a divorce lawyer, so that may have something to do with it.

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!

For that matter, I would recommend that anyone considering nursing get a CNA first, for the same reason.

What about dermatologists? They are rarely on call

Well, they are, but hardly ever get called. Mine did a procedure on me, and over the weekend I developed an infection that looked like it was turning into a cellulitis. He was on call for their practice, and when he called me back he actually chastised me for daring to call him outside of office hours, but did apologize when he saw my cheek.

Being a rig medic is, without a doubt, ONE of the best jobs in healthcare. You get to travel the world, have complete autonomy running your own clinic far at sea, and the money is at least as good as I would make as a nurse manager.

Specializes in CRNA.

For me, nurse anesthesia.

Lots of cool drugs with tons of toys makes for a great time. The job pays well, the patients behave....what more could you ask for.

Specializes in Med/Surg; Psych; Tele.

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.

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.

One of my colleagues graduated from high school in 1960. He and his then-best friend both wavered between IT and pharmacy. At the time, the money was MUCH better in IT but the field was so new, the job prospects were unknown, so that's why my co-worker chose pharmacy.

His friend went into IT, and in the late 1960s wrote a program that is still in use today and he still receives royalties from it. It was not anything that made him wealthy but it was his family's vacation money and helped with his kids' college funds. These two men now live in different areas of the country but are still in touch, and he said his friend gets about $200 a year from that program.

Specializes in Med/Surg; Psych; Tele.

I have a question...

My dream job is to become a Cardiac NP. It's either that for me, or just pretty much get out of healthcare altogether, or maybe just work as an RN 1X/month or less. However, quality of life is VERY important to me! I guess I want my cake and to eat it too! Ideally, I would love to work as a Cardiac NP like 1 day/week in an office/clinic and then 1 day/week rounding in the hospital. I kinda think my fiance would prefer me to stay home and focus on our (future) family, but I really wanted to do the Cardiac NP thing to give me some variety/stimulation in my life aside from family. I know this type of job is usually very demanding and the groups usually want to work the NPs to death (especially with taking call and rounding in the hospital - which my fiance says is a poor quality of life), but does anyone know if it is possible to have this position in a part-time, more laid back fashion? Talk to me baby!

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