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HEALTHCARE

Because of the again Baby Boomers and the nurses and doctor that are also ging Baby Boomers. the Healthcare Industry is booming larger than expected.  Not only are job vacancies increasing for RNs and LPNs, along with a number of fancily-named aides, but more and more nurses are called upon to become Nurse Practitioners (NPs).

In fact, it seems in Internet postings that job openings for Physician Assistants are often changing into new listings for Nurse Practitioners. Another growing trend is for Travel Nursing, which includes assignments to posh sites, transportation reimbursement for airfare, mortgage or rental payment for up to a year, higher wages, and many other perks.

Overall, at least 34 – 40% or more of America’s current nursing staff are retiring before 2020. For example, in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, a large proportion of working RNs are 55 years old or older already in 2013.  Nursing instructors and professors do not make as much money, so nurses are staying on the hospital floor and out of the university faculty. Who is going to teach our new nurses and nurse practitioners that we need so badly?

Healthcare as a business is increasing as well because of adult and childhood obesity on the rise. In fact, the average lifespan of  US middle schoolers seems to be reducing, because of this phenomenon. However, despite First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort with the Let’s Move Program and healthy eating, kids in the USA, Canada, and Mexico need more help along those lines. We hope that they will not need all of expensive electronic replacement organs and the awesome 3D printer replacement body parts available even today.

The Aerospace Industry is recognizing the need for health and medical practitioners for the growing private and NASA space programs. Mental health professionals are as necessary as medical practitioners “up there”, because the first astronauts to spend a full year on the International Space Station will do so before 2015. It is not going to be the most comfortable or healthy year without planning and help. With a scheduled private fight to Mars in 2018, these issues really need to be addressed.

Other new avenues opening in the Healthcare Industry include genetic testing and genetic counseling, baby designing, and related phenomena. Why, you can even use DNA tests to procure the perfect mate or design a great dog! This all must create some sort of mental impact.

Regarding that mental impact, the new DSM 5 diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association is released on May 13, 2013. It contains a lot of changes and some new maladies, so professional diagnosis, prescription medication, and SSI/SSDI support will all be affected down the line. Almost frightening is related research that gives evidence to the links between ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Schizophrenia, Major Depression, and Bi-Polar Disorder. The non-degreed lay persons that are smugly misdiagnosing these conditions over the Internet and the back yard gossip fence are not helping any.

Fortunately, jobs leading to careers for people who are or will become qualified to help patients and clients in all aspects medical and mental are increasing, as are college and university programs to train them – except for nurses, which really needs an influx of new students as well as higher wages for nursing instructors.

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Large Companies & Job Openings

What American Companies Have the Most Employees?

• The latest data on companies with the most employees is available for the year ending 2012. Results show a  Top 10 US Companies with consistently larger employee groups than any other companies. The Number One company is also number one in the world, although it is number one for low-paid workers as well. At least in places like Ohio, these workers must be paid at least $7.70/hour because the state minimum wage is higher than the federal mark.
• At the link above, you will also find the

1. Top 10 Companies with Low Wage Earners (maybe you want to avoid them?),
2. Top 10 Global Employers with the largest workforces, and
3. Top 10 Companies with the Biggest Profits.

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I hope this information helps you in searching for your next job!

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Building New Humans

OVERVIEW

Regeneration and rebuilding of the human body and its parts is becoming a large field of study and might become Big Business.

Historically, France was one of the first countries we heard of whose scientists experimented with limb regeneration in rats. In the 1940s, a rat’s foot would be severed and a toe would grow back by whatever methods the French used.

In the 1980s, Wright State University began studies into nerve regeneration. in the spinal cord of humans. While working on this, scientists developed electrical means of stimulating the severed spine in a mechanical exoskeleton so that a patient could walk. One woman tried it out successfully for her wedding.

In 1984, the 3D printer was invented see the link in the end references for a full story. I recall hearing about this 3D printer and shortly thereafter, about scientists prtinting up small sheets of blood cells – then artificial skin of a type in the 1990s. The printer revealed many manufacturing applications, including medical and aerospace.

SEE WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AND WHERE:

via Building New Humans with Extracellular Matrix Powder, Hydrogel and 3D Printers.

Govt Plans Sugar Bail Out

Since October 2012, American sugar companies borrowed $862,000,000.

However, some of the sugar companies cannot pay back their loans, because domestic sugar prices dipped by 18%, because the MidWest produced an over abundance of sugar beets and elsewhere, sugar cane crops were oversized as well. USDA wants to purchase 400,000 tons (800,000,000 pounds) of sugar.

Since the 1934 Sugar Act was passed and the US Sugar Program for loans to sygar producers began, taxpayers have paid billions of dollars in taxes to these ventures.

By early 2013, some people could not even afford to buy a candy bar, let alone a diet soda.

Yet, obesity and Diabetes Type II continue to rise in percentage among our American populations. Does diet soda do that?

via Diet Soda Warnings Coincide with Government Plans to Bail Out Sugar Industry.

Free Camp For Kids With Cancer

A friend and writer has a young son who has had cancer almost since his birth, with several relapses. However, his last year has been more like a miracle, without cancer recurring and his outlook becoming brighter day by day. The family has been fortunate ot have a younger brother for the first child as well, cancer free, and the two boys are adorable together.

One activity that helps kids bogged down by cancer is the opportunity to go camping. One of the best camps for these children and youth is Camp Enchantment, one at which my friends have found great joy.

Camp Enchantment is supported and sponsored by the American Cancer Society, so if you volunteer or donate anything to the ACS, you are helping children to enjoy offerings like this camp, free of charge. 

Find that and other free camps here:

via Camp Enchantment For Kids With Cancer.

Equality at School and Work

Around America, children in Pre-K3 through Grade 5 often receive awards at the end of the school year for academics and arts, music or sporting activities. That can be a lot of fun, especially if the awards reinforces the children’s’ individual real talents.

Many us schools and other organizations award the same certificates and trophies to everyone in a class or sports group, no matter whether the individual achieved anything or not, or even tried.  That policy may not be effective for older children.

For the youngest ages – 3, 4, and 5 – the awards for all may be OK, but reality has its place, probably beginning in the 1st grade. This is even more evident among communities in which parents work hard to get their children into the best daycare, preschool, and primary school environments even before the children are born. That’s overbalancing the pendulum swing somewhat.

Children who win awards for nothing sometimes go on to World Class gymnastics training and receive a cataclysmic shock — They are told the truth about their performances and instructed to improve where necessary. Some gymnastics classes are too demanding and a few have been closed for abusiveness, but the point remains. These children are not accustomed to handling the truth about their performance.

Not everyone wins all the time.

Over-awarded children age, enter the workplace, and are held accountable (some people say “Yes, except in government work” – that’s another discussion).  In fact, under the concept of Continuous Improvement instituted in business in the late 1980s – 1990s, workers are expected to do much more than show up on time and do the basic tasks of the job.

What do you think about easy awards and praising mediocre or unacceptable work? –

via Equality: When Everyone Gets a Prize, Everyone Gets Nothing.

Teachers with Guns in Ohio

Will carrying firearms in public school classrooms help prevent school shootings done by outsiders or students? Can all teachers handle carrying a gun around children?

What I do know is that action is required, because I cannot forget a playground incident that occurred a few months ago — Two eight-year-old boys were arguing, while one pointed a loaded handgun at the other in the front playground of their elementary school before classes began.

I’ve been shot at while at work myself, so I understand the desire of many teachers and administrators to be able to carry handguns into the workplace. I don’t know how effective or safe it will be.

See more of the story at

• Armed Teacher Training Program In Ohio

  In late March 2013, Ohio became the first US State to support firearms training and concealed carry permits for teachers in the K-12 classroom. Beginning its own firearms training course, Ohio has welcomed 14 other states’ teachers and administrators to join classes by the end of March.

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Camden NJ Has Hope

Camden, New Jersey is the poorest city in America for a lot of reasons, but it still has hope – as much hope as Bridgeport Connecticut did before it began to recover and go on to become the Third Richest Metro Area In America.

In March 2013, Camden NJ has 49,000 job openings, many in fields of work that require training or advanced education beyond high school. At the same time, training programs and learning centers are opening to help guide residents into to these jobs and to help the community attract additional businesses.

Meanwhile, the waterfront area of Camden is undergoing renovation and old buildings and blighted neighborhoods are being replaced with new structures.

Camden has a chance to survive and recover, just as did Bridgeport. The Police Chief is the most hopeful of all, since Camden’s force became part of the larger county contingent, offering Camden 200 additional officers if and when needed.

Watch for good changes in Camden NJ.

Poorest American City: Improving Camden NJ