Education+Beyond+high+school


 * 1) After high school, if you are interested in a career in the health care field, there are as many options as there are opportunities. Whatever career you pick, will determine how much education and training beyond high school you will have to complete before you may obtain a medical certification or license
 * 2) **Certification:**One of the most common types of certification in modern society is professional certification, where a person is certified as being able to competently complete a job or task, usually by the passing of an examination.
 * 3) L**icense:_**in most countries, only persons with a medical license bestowed either by a specific government-approved professional association or a government agency are authorized to practice medicine. licenses are not granted automatically to all people with medical degrees.
 * 4) Doctors, Nurses and some Allied Health Professionals are required to hold medial licenses. Other Allied Health careers will have to obtain a certification.
 * 5) Generally, people in the medical field who have a license are considered medical professionals. For those people who hold a medial certification, they are usually considered a technical expert rather than a professional. An example of a medical certification would be an X-Ray Technician or a Paramedic, Physical Therapist or Phlebotomist.
 * 6) **Allied Health Professionals**:__Work in clinical health care professions distinct from medicine, dentistry, and nursing. allied health professionals make up to 60 percent of the total health workforce. they work in health care teams to make the health care system function by providing a range of diagnostic, technical, theraputic and direct patient care and support services that are critical to other health professionals they work with the patients they serve.
 * 7) A “normal” blood pressure would be 120 over 80.
 * 8) A patient who has a lower than normal blood glucose level would be considered to have the following condition Hypotension