Various levels of nursing jobs are part of the healthcare industry and advanced practice opportunities are growing within the workforce, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners are increasingly becoming a part of the medical workforce amid requirements of a population that is growing and aging. One physician assistant learned while preparing for the medical college admission test that pushing through to medical school to be a doctor might be a little too lofty.
"My mom was a nurse, and I fell in love with her anatomy books as a child. I was going to be a doctor and took pre-med in college, but as I began studying for the MCAT, I wasn't sure being a doctor was right for me," Caroline Howell with Georgia Skin Specialists in Atlanta told the publication. "I don’t have to explain who I am and what I do to patients as much these days. When they meet you and see what you can do, they come back."
Howell got her start when her mom connected her with an oncology office and the physician assistant allowed Howell to follow her.
Opportunities within rural and urban healthcare centers are projected to hold career opportunities for physician assistants and nurse practioners, according to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics.