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I start college in January and I would like to know if I should choose between education and healthcare. I know my first 2 years are core classes but my sciences will be different according to my major. I am terrible at math and just ok at science (never took chemistry or anatomy in high school) but I heard that you don't have to be a genius to be a nurse or anything like that. I am not much on dealing with guts and all of the "gruesome" stuff. However, I would like some suggestions on any healthcare occupations I could go in to where I wouldn't have to work with the "inside" of the body.

Some really good healthcare professions include occupational therapy and physical therapy.
Physical therapy deals more with helping people regain strength and endurance.
Occupational therapy deals with helping people get back to doing things that are meaningful in their lives. This could be relearning how to do self-care activities (like brushing your teeth or eating) as well as more interesting things like helping a person with paralysis learn how to ski again with the use of adaptive equipment.
There are a lot of possiblities with both professions. I am a huge advocate for Occpuational Therapy because I am currently an occupational therapy student, and I absolutely love it. I think it is one of the most rewarding professions out there because you are able to help people in amazing ways.
For occupational therapy, you can be an occupational therapy assistant, which consists of getting an associate's degree in occupational therapy or you can be an occupational therapist which requires a master's degree.
For physicaly therapy you can be an assistant which requires an associate's degree or you can be a physical therapist, which I think now requires having a PhD.
Hope this helps and gives you some more options other than nursing (although nursing is a great profession as well)!
I would also suggest meeting with an OT or PT or other healthcare provider to interview them and shadow them for an afternoon to see exactly what they do at work. Most people I have came across through school have always been extremely enthusiastic to have students shadow them and learn more about their profession. Good luck!

Honestly, if you're squeamish about dealing with "blood and guts" you really shouldn't go into healthcare since the training process for both nurses and doctors involves heavy exposure to those things regardless in whatever clinical setting you eventually want to work.

You could work as an Xray technician or something along those lines but you wouldn't need a college degree for that.

Health care includes activities like hospital administration, medical records, various labs, biomedical engineering, admission discharge activities, and imaging. None of these do not involve 'blood and gore'.

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