How do you choose between two career choices?
sapphire_wisdom asked:
I’m doing a degree in Psychology and hope to do a Msc in Public Health.
First a little bit about my self.
I love to do something related to health and make a difference in somebody’s life. I believe in disease prevention, health promotion and basically educating people to live healthy. My nature is such that I’m not comfortable taking orders from many people and I want to excel in whatever I do. I like to help people and take care of them, not just physically, for example - help the poor etc.
So the 2 career choices are
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I’m doing a degree in Psychology and hope to do a Msc in Public Health.
First a little bit about my self.
I love to do something related to health and make a difference in somebody’s life. I believe in disease prevention, health promotion and basically educating people to live healthy. My nature is such that I’m not comfortable taking orders from many people and I want to excel in whatever I do. I like to help people and take care of them, not just physically, for example - help the poor etc.
So the 2 career choices are
Nurse Or a Public health worker.
What do I do?… I cant concentrate on my current degree as I’m having a hard time deciding what I want to do.
Thanks in advance
May 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Do what makes you the happiest, not just for the money. Some people get a job just for the financial benefits, and are miserable going to work everyday.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Public health worker where you will have some autonomy and can make more of a difference. Nursing will probably not suit you as there will always be someone giving you orders and it is fixing problems after they have happened rather than taking preventative care.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:40 am
i think you can choose to be a Public Health worker.
cause you like to help the poor and also you can meet more people in this Job.
But depends on what you like to do and really want to do.
You must do the Job that can make you satisfied and also will make you Happy, that is the important.
Study Hard.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:31 am
I am going to train to be a nurse. I submitted my application today actually.
I would go with that, it’s much more interesting and you still get the disease prevention health promotion aspects.
My guess is after an MSc in Public Health you’ll be stuck with no job certainty - not like nursing where many hospitals will snap you up and you get to work abroad etc. In the UK anyway, you also get paid a reasonable amount of money to do the course and no tuition fees.
Educating people to live healthy - you will sound like one of those boring people with no life that everyone gets tired of. You’ll probably end up doing something totally different because the Psychology isn’t hardcore science enough, I think Biochemistry would’ve been a better Bachelors.
Perhaps Mental Health nursing?
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:10 am
does being a public health worker get paid? if u do get paid, then be public health worker..
if not, be a nurse..