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If you're reading this, then more than likely, you already know that you want to help people.
也许你甚至觉得有这样的召唤, 和 you've made the decision to change your life's course 和 get a solid education that may take you to that next step. 那你的专长是什么呢?
这是个好问题, 因为尽管这两份工作在某些职责上是相似的, 它们会导致截然不同的职业. 他们都提供基本的护理. 他们都做实际的临床工作. 它们都是高接触，也就是a 医疗助理 和一个 LPN 两者都会与病人有很多互动.
两者都会收集样本(如尿液、血液和粪便). Both will check vital signs, take patient histories, 和 administer medication. 经过适当的培训和许可，他们都可以执行心电图. And both can be on-h和 to assist doctors with minor surgical procedures such as cleaning wounds, 缝针或拆针, 用夹板.
那么医疗助理和LPN的区别是什么呢? 医生和护士能做什么医疗助理不能做的? 很多. For one thing, the working environments - 和 the hours - tend to be very different.
Licensed practical nurses tend to work in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, 和 hospitals. 他们倾向于关注长期需求, 比如老年痴呆症患者在长期护理机构的那些. With baby boomers getting older, geriatric patients are at the core of an LPN's day (or night).
Depending on where they work - an assisted living center with nighttime needs vs. 周末住院的康复医院- LPN的工作时间可能会有所不同. Nights, weekends, holidays, 和 full-or-part-time schedules are all common.
Medical assistants tend to work mostly in physician's offices or ambulatory clinics such as outpatient surgical centers 和 radiology clinics. These positions tend to be fairly 9-5, but sometimes weekend 和 holiday shifts are required.
Medical assistants generally care for patients with short-term care needs. They are also cross-trained to work in both the office 和 clinic (which can make them pretty marketable). 这意味着尽管他们在临床环境中帮助病人, they also work the front of the office: they'll help with the business side of things by scheduling patient appointments, 接听电话，归档记录和保险授权.
因为长时间和周末/夜间轮班往往需要的lpn, 他们的收入往往比医疗助理略高. 但情况并非总是如此. 薪水取决于你在哪里工作，无论是医院还是医院. 医生办公室vs. 养老院)和这个国家的一部分(伯明翰), 阿拉巴马州的工资比你工作的纽约市还低.
According to the United States 劳工统计局, the most recent (2014) LPN的平均年薪为42,490美元，即20美元.43 每小时.1 That means that half of those in the profession made more than that, 和 half made less. Dem和 for elder care means the profession will see a rise in dem和 over the next decade (although that dem和 is less than for medical assistants).2
美国劳工统计局(劳工统计局)表示，最近一次(2014年) 医疗助理的年薪中位数为29,960美元或14美元.每小时41英镑.3 That means that half of those in the profession made more than that, 和 half made less.
Again, although there is a general salary difference, there are MAs who make more than LPNs. 这完全取决于你在哪里工作以及你有什么经验.
Aside from salary, it's also important to think about the kind of care (short-term vs. 长期而言，你觉得自己被召唤去给予. Think about whether you would prefer to care for a variety of patients (in terms of both their age 和 of the number of patients you see) or if you'd like to take care of the same patients every day (such as an elderly couple in an assisted living setting). 你想从事多种工作(前台和临床工作)吗?, 还是你只想和病人打交道? 想想什么最适合你的个性和精力水平
无论你选择哪种职业, you can't really go wrong: the medical profession is one of the few that's expected to increase in dem和 over the coming decades. Plus, you'll be helping people 和 truly making a difference in their lives' a winning choice indeed.
Please keep in mind employment 和 income cannot be guaranteed by any educational institution for students or graduates. 另外, salary data cited in this article is based on median data provided by the United States Department of Labor, 不能反映起薪或入职薪金, 并且会根据地理位置的不同而有很大差异.
1 http://www.美国Bureau of Labor Statistics.gov/ooh/healthcare/licensed-practical-and-licensed-vocational-nurses.htm
2 http://www.美国Bureau of Labor Statistics.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-assistants.htm
3 http://www.美国Bureau of Labor Statistics.gov/oes/current/oes319092.htm
