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career change
I am a married 41 yr. old mom of 2. Ages 13 and 5. I am on unemployment from cert. nursing aide, been doing this since age 18. Too physically demanding. Need a career change. Like either medical billing/coding, can sit at a desk. Schooling isnt too long for this. But will it be challenging/rewarding enough for me? I also like Medical assisting, schooling isnt too long, but I will still be walking, on my feel most all day, can I do this? X-ray/medical asst, like medical asst, but can do limited scope xrays, will be on my feet, but pay will be probably little better than both of the previously mentioned, and I'm sure it will be challenging and rewarding. Am I too old? Can I commit to this? Need to make sure, I'm afraid to make the wrong decision, need some advice. I kind of want to have a desk job, but the mental stress of all those codes may haunt me. Any other ideas? Thank you!
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I understand your concerns for wanting to make the right decision since you are a mother and a wife. I do not think that you are too old at all! If you already know that you want a change and you have been a cert. nursing aide since you were 18, that is completely natural. Hopefully you have a supportive husband or family members that will help you out while you get your short -term schooling done. There are so many programs available to help you in becoming a medical assistant or a dental assistant as well as other jobs in the medical field. The demand for dental assistants has gone up and continues to grow if you are interested in that at all. I would do some research to find out what the salaries are for each career in your state so that you will have a realistic idea of just how much money you can earn. You can definitely commit to this if you really want it and you may even surprise yourself. 41 is NOT old! you can do it. Trying would be better than settling for a career that no longer fulfills you since you still have lots of living to do.
According to salary.com:
Medical assistants salaries start and range from $19,436- $32,866
xray tech start at $10.34/hour- $19.35/ hour
base pay is at $49,000/year-$72,500
medical billing base pay is at $26,000-$36,000
The amount that you yourself would make exactly depends on the state that you live in. Do some research into the length and cost of the programs and you can get started.
I wish you the best of luck! ; )
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