Virtual Job Shadow
By: Morgan Binz
The Careers I Researched
● Registered Nurse
○ A nurse who has graduate from a nursing program and provides hands on medical care under doctors and physicians.
● Pediatric Occupational Therapist
○ A therapist who helps children from 0-18 learn how to do the things that occupy their time (get dressed, eat, etc.)
● Sports Medicine Doctor
○ A medical doctor who cares for athletes by preventing, treating, and managing sports related injuries.
* I chose these careers because I have always been very interested in going into the healthcare field but
I am still not sure exactly what I want to do. *
Registered Nurse
● Salary: $56,000, but varies greatly
● Shifts are generally 12 hours long and happen three times a week.
● Responsibilities include taking orders from the physician to properly care for patients.
○ Switching medicines, performing tests, and more
○ Explain and educate the patient and their family on whatever the issue is
● You must attend and graduate from a nursing school and pass NCLEX exams
○ School consists of an 11 month bachelor program.
○ After nursing school the job search is hard but there are a lot of places Registered Nurses can work
○ Networking is crucial in the healthcare field.
Registered Nurse
● It is important that nurses especially are incredibly compassionate and loving to their patients who
need it most.
● There is a lot of room for growth and improvement
○ With more education you can become a nurse practitioner
○ This can allow for jobs in family medicine which has more “normal” hours.
● You learn how to listen to people and meet their needs
● You are the one keeping this person clean and comfortable while they are going through a hard
time
○ It is important that nurses either learn to or have a warm heart and a comforting personality
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
● Salary: $84,446 (on average)
● Job is to help kids do things they need to do to function in life
● Master’s degree (1.5-2 years) or Doctorate (3 years) is necessary
○ There is a lot of science involved to learn how the body moves and works
● There is opportunity to grow
○ Going back to school to specialize in a certain field is always an option
■ Ex. Speech therapy, Therapeutic Exercise, Aquatic therapy, Assistive
Technology, Brain injury and more.
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
● Work with kids who have disabilities, injuries, illnesses, and more
○ Find fun ways to hide therapy in a way that makes it seem like “playing”
○ Care for kids from a couple weeks old to teenage aged.
● Deep relationships are formed with the patients
○ Long process with kids to get them to achieve their goals
○ Each small achievement is incredibly rewarding
Sports Medicine Doctor
● Salary: $170-360,000
● Job is to keep the team healthy and ready to compete
○ Diagnose, treat, and manage injury
○ Work in team facilities to care for the players year round.
○ Assess draft eligible players, be ready to help at practice, mini camps, and Organized Team Activities (OTAs)
(NFL)
○ They must balance the players desire to compete while protecting their long term health
● Schooling and the process of becoming one is long and extremely difficult
○ Doctor of Medicine degree is needed (MD)
○ OR Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree
■ Both take four years to complete in addition to the traditional 4 year undergraduate schooling
Sports Medicine Doctor
● Most Sports Medicine Doctors also see normal everyday patients at their own practices
○ During the day they see the usual everyday patients then at night they head to the team facilities to
help the team
○ In the NHL all Sports Medicine Doctors do this because they only need to be at the rink for the game
at night
● They work with a team consisting of physical trainers, athletic trainers and other physicians and surgeons
to keep the team healthy
Sports Medicine Doctor
● They learn a lot from working in a professional sports setting
○ They use what they learn to help them treat their own patients in their own practices
○ They use new information to create new rehab protocol
● It is an incredible experience
○ They form great bonds with the players and coaches and get to travel with the team to away games
● Click here to watch a short video about the St. Louis Blues Sports Medicine team!
How these careers can fit into my life...
I have always loved learning about medicine and
healthcare which is why I think any of these three jobs
would be good for me.
- I love that nurses get to specialize in any field and
really connect with the patients and families.
- I have always loved being around children so a
pediatric occupational therapist would be a
perfect job for me!
- I love sports (especially hockey) and I would love
to work in sports while still being in medicine.
Video Links
● https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/career-content/support-health-and-wellness/registered-nurse/v/j
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● https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/career-content/support-health-and-wellness/registered-nurse/v/j
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● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdVlPaRzEIs
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tky1UuKgSTU&list=PLphixWj0dfWzj_gQ0xKWaL6-5-6MFBQ1v&index=11
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTqkMy5I7Q
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnyIu30UM9g
