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Statement Of Purpose: A Career As A Healthcare Administrator

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Recently I have decided to change my career choice from being a nurse to being a healthcare administrator. Life has a way of showing you what it thinks is best for you. I had to find out a hard way that nursing really wasn’t what I was supposed to do for the rest of my life. Once I found this out I had to take a step back and look at what I wanted to do, something that I would love to do for the rest of my life. After taking some time and looking around at my options I finally decided on Healthcare Administration. I feel that I would be good at this job and it is something that I can see myself doing for the rest of my life.
Healthcare Administration is the business side to the healthcare field. “Health care administrators, also known as health …show more content…

Again, after further research I have found that is incorrect. “The median salary (half of all salaries fall above this number and half below) for medical and health services managers as reported by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics was $94,500 in May 2015”. (Healthcare Administrator, n.d.) This is the national salary which can range state by state. I live in Maine and I plan to stay here so I looked into the median salary of a healthcare administrator here and it ranges from $85,000 to $100,000. The salary also ranges based on college degree and the job level you are in.
For entry level positions a Bachelor’s degree is sufficient. However, a Master’s degree is helpful for higher level positions in the field. Administrators of nursing homes also have to pass the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards exam (NAB). After they pass this test they also have to obtain a state issued license. This is not required for Administrators who work in hospitals or doctors’ …show more content…

I know for sure that I want to be a Healthcare Administrator, however, I am not sure of what avenue I want to go down. I feel that this class has changed my perspective because I didn’t realize just how many avenues there were. At this point I am looking into either being a hospital manager, a practice manager, or a pharmaceutical manager. I currently work in the pharmacy so when I found out you can go into pharmaceuticals I thought that was very interesting. I hope that after taking more classes under this degree and doing more research will help me full decided where I want to

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