Why I Chose Medical Field

I have known what I wanted to do in life since I was a little girl. When I was 6 or 7 years old my teachers asked what we wanted to do when we grew up I think my answer was always along the same lines. I probably always said that I wanted to go into the medical field. Growing up I always learned about the medical field because many people in my family were in the medical field. I think that is what really got me interested in it there was never a time I hadn’t heard about the medical field. My mom worked as a nurse and I had an aunt that worked as a physician assistant. I also had an older sister that always talked about going into the medical field and my mom would encourage her to do so. She always said that the medical field was a good place to work because people are always going to need doctors. Not only growing up around people that worked in the medical field inspired me to chose what I wanted to do but also be able to care for
They may have changed to become a different position in the medical field but never once have I strayed away from the medical field completely. My thoughts of what exactly I want to do has gone from being a nurse to being a pediatrician and who really knows it could change again. I think it changed because I realised that I worked well with kids and I thought that being a pediatrician and being able to work with kids everyday would be fun and a good fit for me. I have also thought about becoming a pediatric nurse. The differences between a Pediatric Doctor and a Pediatric Nurse is the fact that to be a Pediatric Doctor you have to be in school for at least 9 years before you can get your degree and to be a Pediatric nurse you would only have to go to school for at most 5 years before you get your degree. There is also a difference in pay a pediatric doctor makes an annual salary of $175,000 while the average salary for a pediatric nurse is