Archive for January, 2009

What career prospects are avialiable for a graduate trained as a patient care technican?

Friday, January 9th, 2009

dreamgirl L asked: I am planning to take a patient care technican program which certify you in nursing assistant, ekg, and phlebotomy and wanted to know what different career opportunities and places i could consider working besides at a hospital and how much do they make?BRETT

What treatments are given to newborns in hospitals?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

kadan asked: When a baby is born in the hospitals what do the nurses and doctor do to the baby? I know they cut the cord and weigh and measure. I've heard of vitamin K shots and testing the blood. What else do they do?BORIS

What percentage of the average medical dollar goes to doctors, hospitals, nurses, health care companies, etc?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

jpszcz asked: I am curious as to how the average American medical dollar breaksdown. What percentage goes to pay a doctor's salary? What percantage goes to pharmaceutical companies? What percentage goes to pay for the hospital electirc bill?DOMINICK