Medical assistants work mostly in primary care, a steadily growing sector of the health care industry. To keep up with the constantly evolving field, more health care employers are turning to the support of medical assistants to deliver patient care as efficiently as possible. Compared to the average for all occupations, prospects are pretty ‘healthy’; employment of medical assistants is expected to grow by 31% from 2010 to…
Born in San Jose, CA, Patrice Perkins moved to Stockton, CA, with her family at the age of 11. After graduating high school in 2008, Patrice started out her college career thinking she wanted to be a pharmacist. She enrolled at a community college as a chemistry major, before switching to biology. But after about 18 months, Patrice realized that she hadn’t made much progress because of all…
Tax Day – April 15th – will soon be here, and millions of Americans are scrambling to file their taxes…(or apply for an extension!) As we’re confident that most of our Carrington College students & graduates have filed by now, we thought we would bring some levity to the subject. Here are a few fascinating facts about taxes that you might not know! The roots of Internal Revenue…
There are two sides to every story, and sometimes as a professional, it can help to put yourself in another person’s shoes. It can give you a different perspective on a work or personal situation, and it might just make you think differently about the way you do things. To work as a veterinary assistant takes a certain type of person; a love for animals for sure, empathy…
Ninette Lyon, RDA, CDA, EFDA is the Dental Assisting Program Director at our Carrington College Portland, Oregon, campus. We are very grateful to Ninette for finding the time to talk with us; when we spoke, she was temporarily covering both morning and afternoon classes due to a colleague’s maternity leave. Ninette joined Carrington College in 2006 as Program Director. Ninette has a mix of clinical and corporate experience…
Many Carrington College and Carrington College California students are enrolled in one of our allied health programs. But you don’t need to be in a program like Medical Assisting, Practical Nursing or Respiratory Care to know how to stay healthy. ‘Life’s Simple 7′ is a list of suggestions introduced by the American Heart Association (AHA) as part of a public campaign aimed at preventing heart disease. The seven…
Do you know the difference between an idea and a goal? With a goal, you have a plan for moving an idea to reality. If you think to yourself ‘Someday I’d like to be a nurse…’, that’s an idea, a dream or a wish; it’s not a goal. While ideas and dreams have a place in our lives, a goal is only a goal when there is a…
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