1. Chapter 1 Health Care Career Clusters
Health Care Science Technology

2. Chapter 1 Objectives
List 5 of the skill areas of the National Health Care Skill Standards.
State 2 reasons for maintaining standards for the health care industry.
Define the 5 career pathways in health care employment.
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3. Chapter 1 Objectives (cont.)
Identify opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship in the health care field.
Perform a career interest assessment.
State 2 reasons for the importance of professional student organizations within the health care profession.
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4. Careers in Health Care 1-1
National Health Care Skill Standards
Organizational Structures and Lines of Authority
Health Care Career Pathways
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5. National Health Care Skill Standards
Academic foundation
Level of education must allow for successful task completion.
Communication
Must be able to communicate effectively with the patient and health care professionals.
Systems
Must be familiar with all the services provided by the health care facility.
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6. National Health Care Skill Standards (cont.)
Employability skills
Must be dependable to obtain and retain job.
Legal responsibilities
Must be familiar with what the law allows and does not allow.
Ethics
Must be familiar with and practice in accordance with accepted ethical standards.
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7. National Health Care Skill Standards (cont.)
Safety practices
Must follow policies and procedures for the safety of the client and the health care professional.
Teamwork
Must understand role and be able to interact effectively and sensitively with others.
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8. National Health Care Skill Standards (cont.)
Health maintenance practices
Must understand and practice fundamentals of wellness and disease prevention.
Technical skills
Must have the technical skills related to the career field.
Information technology skills
Must be aware of changes in technology.
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9. Organizational Structures and Lines of Authority
Identify the relationships between departments or individuals and the line of authority or chain of command.
Important for health care workers to know the organizational structure of their place of employment.
Click HERE to see a chart of sample organizational structures.
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10. Sample Organizational Structures
Hospital Board
Administrator
Physicians
Nursing
Laboratory
Radiology
Rehabilitation
Central Supply
Dietary
Pharmacy
Business Office
Biomedical
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Hospital Departments
Administration
Nursing Department of Hospital
Director of Nursing
Clinic or Medical Office Organization
Surgery
Emergency
Inpatient
Clinic
Nursing Education
Nursing Supervisor
Head or Charge Nurse
R.N.
L.P.N./L.V.N.
Assistants/Aides
Unit or Ward Clerk
Orderlies
Volunteers
Physician
Housekeeping/Maintenance
Clinical Medical Assistants
Clerical
Reception
Office Manager
Billing
Insurance
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11. Health Care Career Pathways
Therapeutic Service Careers
Diagnostic Service Careers
Health Informatics Careers
Support Services Careers
Biotechnology Research and Development Careers
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12. Therapeutic Service Careers
Clinical medical assisting, nursing, home health care, respiratory care, rehabilitation, and pharmacy.
Skills needed include data collection, treatment planning, implementing procedures, and client status evaluation.
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13. Diagnostic Service Careers
Skills required include planning, preparation, procedure, evaluation, and reporting.
Careers include cardiology, imaging, and radiology.
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14. Health Informatics Careers
Skills needed include analysis, abstracting and coding, informatics systems, documentation, and operations.
Career options include medical records and unit coordination.
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15. Support Services Careers
Requires knowledge of aseptic procedures and the importance of maintaining an aesthetically appealing environment.
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16. Biotechnology Research and Development Career Pathway
Includes highly scientific careers. People generally work in labs.
Bioinformatics is the result of merging computer science and biology.
Entry education is a 2-year technical degree. Some careers require a 12-year doctoral degree.
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17. Section 1-1 Apply Your Knowledge
What strengths should one have to go into the Biotechnology Research and Development Career Pathway?
Answer:
Science, math, and computer technology.
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18. Opportunities in Health Care 1-2
Education
Levels of Employment
Entrepreneurs
Choosing a Career
Parliamentary Procedure
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19. Education High school health science or health occupations courses
Prepare you for entry-level employment immediately after graduation from high school.
On-the-job training
Available for many health careers. However, most require formal education for advancement.
Should be University or four-year college.
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20. Education (cont.) Technical or career schools Community colleges
Provide training during and beyond high school.
Community colleges
Usually offer a 2-year associate’s degree.
University or four-year colleges
Offer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees.
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21. Education (cont.) Continuing education
Requirements vary from state to state and career to career.
The health care worker is legally responsible for knowing the continuing education requirements of his or her field.
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22. Levels of Employment
Health care field can be entered at various levels, depending on education.
Additional education can allow further advancement.
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23. Entrepreneurs Usually work for themselves.
Entrepreneurs include massage therapists, veterinarians, physicians, dentists, and medical transcriptionists.
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24. Choosing a Career Perform a career assessment.
Obtain information from teachers, career counselors, other professionals, the Internet, friends, and family.
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25. Professional Student Organizations
Help develop leadership, citizenship, social competencies, and a wholesome attitude.
Help strengthen creativity, thinking skills, decision-making abilities, and self-confidence.
Help enhance the quality and relevance of education.
Help promote quality of work and pride in occupational excellence.
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26. Parliamentary Procedure
A set of rules to follow in order to conduct a meeting efficiently.
Robert’s Rules of Order developed in 1876 by General Henry M. Robert to preserve democracy in organizations.
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27. Parliamentary Procedure (cont.)
Basic principles include:
Take up business one item at a time.
The majority rules.
Protect the rights of the minority to speak and vote.
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28. Section 1-2 Apply Your Knowledge #1
Entrepreneurs usually work for ___________.
themselves
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29. Section 1-2 Apply Your Knowledge #2
What career pathway requires a knowledge of aseptic procedures?
Answer:
All pathways
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30. Chapter 1 Credits Slide 12 Lou Bopp Photography Slide 13 Geoff Butler
Slide 14 Kathy Sloane
Slide 15 Ulrich Sapountsis/Okapia/Photo Researchers
Slide 21 Jose Luis Pelaez/CORBIS
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