Medicine and Career Path Option
02.02 Career Path Chart
Considering your interests and expectations, identify two career paths that suit your interests and abilities. Complete the chart and reflection questions based on your research of your chosen career paths.
Potential Career Paths
Career Information
Career Path
Option 1Nurse Practitioner
Career Category Medical
Career Path
Option 2Nurse Midwife
Career Category Medical
Career Path Option 1
Job Description: Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists are advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training.
Duties often include:
Taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams.
Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.
Treating common medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries.
Prescribing limited medications.
Counseling patients and families
Requirements for Path: Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English. Students must complete all of the education requirements to become a baccalaureate prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master's level training and pass a certification examination.
Salary/Benefits: $39,000 - $70,000
Opportunities for advancement: There is opportunity for advancement.
Benefits of this path: Learning Opportunity & Saving Peoples Life’s
Career Path Option 2
Job description: A nurse midwife is an advanced practice registered nurse who has had training in obstetrics and works under the supervision of an obstetrician.
Duties often include:
Evaluating patients' conditions and test results.
Educating women about reproductive health issues.
Conducting pelvic exams, breast exams, and Pap smears.
Assisting women with labor and childbirth.
Providing some neonatal care.
Requirements for path: Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English. Students must complete all of the education requirements to
Considering your interests and expectations, identify two career paths that suit your interests and abilities. Complete the chart and reflection questions based on your research of your chosen career paths.
Potential Career Paths
Career Information
Career Path
Option 1Nurse Practitioner
Career Category Medical
Career Path
Option 2Nurse Midwife
Career Category Medical
Career Path Option 1
Job Description: Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists are advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training.
Duties often include:
Taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams.
Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.
Treating common medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries.
Prescribing limited medications.
Counseling patients and families
Requirements for Path: Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English. Students must complete all of the education requirements to become a baccalaureate prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master's level training and pass a certification examination.
Salary/Benefits: $39,000 - $70,000
Opportunities for advancement: There is opportunity for advancement.
Benefits of this path: Learning Opportunity & Saving Peoples Life’s
Career Path Option 2
Job description: A nurse midwife is an advanced practice registered nurse who has had training in obstetrics and works under the supervision of an obstetrician.
Duties often include:
Evaluating patients' conditions and test results.
Educating women about reproductive health issues.
Conducting pelvic exams, breast exams, and Pap smears.
Assisting women with labor and childbirth.
Providing some neonatal care.
Requirements for path: Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English. Students must complete all of the education requirements to