Proceed With Caution

For every one life is not just a walk in the park it is full of choices. Some people use these decisions in choosing a career. Here are a few choice mistakes that people make. The first and biggest mistake people make is saying “I can’t” any one can do what ever they want in life as long as they are willing to put in the hard work and effort. High school and collage are the times you need to start experimenting with some thing new. The second mistake is getting dollar signs in your eyes. Money isn’t everything! If money is your only aspect in life you may not be so happy with your job. In a study only 14 percent of people who make more than $50,000 a year are truly happy with their job. The third major mistake that young adults make is doing what there parents expect out of them. It’s your life! Your parents can’t decide what you should do when choosing a career. Assuming that a job won’t be useful in building experience is another big lapse in judgment made as well. Any type of work environment is important. It teaches you about getting to work on time or meeting deadlines. The last one is going in alone!!! Your parent, siblings, teacher, supervisors are all great mentors to help you with your career. Remember they have been in your situation also.

RISKY Business

It’s not new to hear that summer jobs are the best but with these jobs new hazards come in to play. About 70 teens die each year from work related injuries and tens of thousands visit the emergency room. Hare are a few precautions you can take to prevent hazards your summer job. If you work in a restaurant there are many different things that can injure you. Slow down just because you boss or a customer is getting tired you safety is more important than the food. Wear covered non slip shoes, and clean up any wet areas to avoid falling. You never know when something is shot so use dry cloths when cooking, always use tongs than your hands, wear long sleeve cotton clothing as well. The most important thing to do when working in a restaurant is to be aware of you surroundings. People who work in a store don’t think it's dangerous but it is one of the main causes of injury and death. So to stay out of harms way NEVER work alone make sure you’re in the sight of at least one other employee, wear a weight belt, don’t try to carry all items at once, and use machinery to carry large or add object to protect your back. Take training on how to handle a situation whether it is a robbery or just an angry customer. If you have an out door job always wear sunscreen. Be sure to drink 16 to 30 ounces of fluids per hour to stay hydrated. If you are experiencing sweating, no sweating at all, dizziness, nausea, headache, weakness, or confusion tell some one you could have heat stroke. Wear bug repellent and protective clothing; it helps keep bugs with fatal diseases away. See your doctor to check if you are up to date with all your shots. Many jobs that are in the heavy machinery area are illegal to people under the age of 18. Some are available to teens. If you work at one of these jobs you: should always know what you can and cannot do. Get plenty of sleep and wear all required equipment. Always protect your ears.

High-Tech Nursing

Today with all of the technology out in the world it’s comforting to know that some of it is going to better protect our health. Nurses today can use so many high-tech devices to precisely measure a patient’s oxygen level, deliver exact amounts of medicine through a vein, and document patient care electronically. These are just a few of the many different things that nurses can do with high-tech items. Years ago to check if a patients oxygen level were dropping they would look for a blue color in the lips or fingernails to day the use a “pulse oximeter” which is put on the finger and measures the amount of oxygen in a persons blood. About thirty years ago one of the first high-tech machines was the infusion pump which was used to deliver a certain amount of liquid to a persons veins today they are smaller, more accurate, and smarter. Some specially trained nurses can assist surgeons in the operating room to endoscopic vein harvesting this is where a nurse uses a high-tech tool to take a large vein out of the leg they use it to reroute blood around a blocked artery in the heart. To perform this procedure before a surgeon would make an incision from the groin to the ankle. With all the technology in the world nurses are more that just nurses they are computer technician. Many new nurses practice on mannequins or video “games”.