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It did not even occur to me that there were medical job opportunities other than being a physician. When we tried to start a band in high school, everyone wanted to be the singer and lead guitarist. And of course, after high school, every wants to be the doctor. No one even thinks about being a nurse anymore. Nonetheless, some of the best medical job opportunities do not require the kind of intense medical training that I feared.
The first medical opportunity that I took was a job opening up as an orderly in the local hospital. It was difficult work, and not glamorous, but it paid pretty well and I could get into it straight from school. I figured that it would be a good entryway into a medical career. After that, I could see if I wanted to pursue more ambitious medical job opportunities. Well, it turns out that I did. I found it rewarding. Working in a psychiatric hospital like I was, you get to really see people struggling with real-world problems. Although some of them failed to get better, when they did it was quite an experience to be part of the healing process. I think this is what draws people to medical job opportunities in the first place.
Now, I work as a nurse. This does require a good bit of schooling, and it turns out that I was better at school than I thought. It allows me to interact directly with patients, and it pays much better than most medical job opportunities. Honestly, even though medical job opportunities are pretty lucrative, I would advise against going into them immediately. Before you go in for four or five years of school, you should take an entry-level position in a hospital and see if it is for you.
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