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Which career is better, speech pathologist, surgical nurse, or respiratory therapist? |
i would like to do either 3 of these things, but i cant decide. which involves TONS of medical knowledge?? which is good for someone who likes science, and is a leader???? I think it really depends alot on you. I am a speech pathologist so I can tell you that you have an opportunity to work in a very wide variety of settings...kids, adults, medical, educational. I would image that speech pathology requires less medical knowledge than nursing or respiratory therapy. As an SLP, i do interact with respiratory therapy. In the medical setting, i commonly deal alot with dysphagia (trouble swallowing), aphasia, tracheostomy patients, stroke (CVA) patients. Check out www.asha.org to learn more about the speech pathology field. I do enjoy it, I help improve a patient's quality of life by improving communication skills or a patients ability to swallow effectively. Probably not one that can make decisions since you can't make one Surgical nurse 100% Speech Pathologist requires at least a Master's degree. You can become a RN with just an Associates but need at least a Bachelors to become a leader. Respiratory therapists also need only an A.A.S. I would go with Surgi Nurse. Best return on investment and if surgery bores you, there are many other fields to get into. we CAN'T answer that for you. do you care if you dont have a job you like, but get paid A LOT? Or would you rather be able to have a job you enjoy but don't make as much? Not completely sure...im considering respiratory too, and it looks pretty decent to me.. =) Do an advanced search on YA to find my past answers on being a speech pathologist. Look up Toot's answers, too; she was also a speech pathologist. |
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