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Career Opportunities for Nurses in the Field of Public Health

Guest Author: Robert Jankowsky

As you are considering how best to approach a future career in public health, there are many public health classes online that can offer you a big picture of how the public health field is developing today. Because the field of public health is growing faster than many other fields in a continuing sluggish economy, when you first enter the field after earning your master’s or other advanced public health degree, it can feel overwhelming to pick a career focus.

After You Graduate…
Sometimes doing research before you graduate is the best way to strategize so you can pick your classes, internships, volunteer activities, mentors, and professional associations to guide your resume and your career path towards the aspect of public health you wish to specialize in. This is an invaluable strategy for a nursing professional who wishes to enter the field of public health. Learn here what types of career opportunities there are for nurses in this rewarding and rapidly expanding field, and consider where your interests, aptitudes, and skills in nursing may be leading you.

The basic role of a public health nurse is to build bridges; you will be building bridges between the public and lawmakers, medical professionals, researchers, organizations, corporations and administrators at many levels so that ever more effective prevention, awareness, education, intervention, and wellness information can be disseminated to those who need it and can benefit from it.

Putting Your Degree To Use
With your nursing degree, you will gain valuable information about the human body as it relates to common health threats, both preventable and unavoidable, and with your public health specialization you will gain the ability to use your knowledge each day to help people stay healthier and live happier, more productive lives. You can choose to specialize in a number of different areas, from disaster response to general wellness, high-risk populations, individuals and families or even whole communities. You may work on your own as a professional or consultant, or you may join a group or organization that engages the services of a team of public health nurses to promote and advance a specific initiative.

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Why Get A Masters Degree in Management

Guest Author: Oliver Plin

If you are thinking about returning to school to get an advanced degree in the management field, the question you are most likely to be pondering on a daily basis is “why should I follow through this and not run for the hills?” Well, why shouldn’t you run, indeed! Higher education costs are doing anything but going down in today’s tough economic times; it is important to understand the value of a master’s degree in management to ensure you put your best effort into first obtaining your education and next maximizing your job prospects upon successful graduation.

Advantages of Earning Your Master’s Degree in Management
Deciding to return to school to and pursue a master’s degree in management will be both promising and exciting. The process can produce rich rewards when approached with proper perspective. Learn how obtaining your degree can set you apart from your peers and also gain a much deeper understanding of how different master’s in management degrees differ (for instance, a MSC/MSM versus a MBA degree) and the diverse skill set you will emerge with upon your graduation from each.

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Quick Tips for College Freshmen: Explore Multiple Disciplines

Even if you’re completely sure about your choice of major, it’s still a good idea to explore multiple disciplines, and your freshman year in college is a great time to start. There’s usually less room in your academic schedule to fit in classes from other departments the further along you get in your major, so take the time to explore while you have the chance.

  • Try out classes that will give you exposure to new skills, or topics that you just find fascinating.
  • Maybe take a class with an especially well-respected professor, or one that you know will force you to think in new ways.
  • Consider classes that will allow you to meet a wider range of students and faculty. One of my former students, a bio-chemistry major, took a few theatre arts classes in her freshman year. Although she later had no time in her schedule to take more classes in the theatre department, the friendships she made in those first classes have lasted well beyond graduation. She knows that she likely would not have made those connections had she not taken the classes outside her discipline.
  • Taking classes in another discipline may also open up opportunities to add a minor or even for a double major.

Of course, work closely with academic advising to ensure any courses you take don’t conflict with your required course load. Give yourself exposure to a variety of classes – at worst, you’ll confirm your interest in your own major, at best, you’ll make some new friends, learn something new, and broaden your horizons.

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