Recreational Therapist

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A recreational therapist plans, directs,and coordinates treatments for people with disabilities, injuries, or illnesses. They do activities with the patience such as arts and crafts, music, dancing, aquatics, and also some sports. Recreational therapists work in places like hospitals, nursing facilities, retirement homes, etc. The qualities needed to be a recreational therapist are: social skills, listening abilities,and being able to instruct a person. A person whose strength is listening, would be good at this job. To become a recreational therapist a person needs to graduate with a bachelor 's degree and have some intern experiences. Recreational therapists get paid $42,280 a year, and $20 an hour. The amount of pay can also increase the …show more content…
The best and most recommended place to be a recreational therapist happens to be in California. In California, there are more job opening and get paid higher than other states. The job projections for a recreational therapist increase faster than average, at 12%. The number of job availability changes but right now it lingers around 19,000. A benefit to this job centers around the flexibility. A person can work part time or full time and that can help with someone who has more than one job. They also have very flexible schedules and great hours. A person needs to be dedicated if they want to be a recreational therapist, and they need to be caring because they are working around people with illnesses, disabilities, and …show more content…
Physician assistants have their own patients and give high quality medical care and treatment. Physician assistants can work in their own offices, hospitals, and other medical offices. Some qualities that people need to have to be a good physician assistant are: emotional stability, be team players but also be able to work alone, compassion, adapting skills, and social skills. To become a physician assistant a person needs at least a bachelor’s degree, they need to graduate from an accredited PA program, pass the national certification exam, and lastly acquire a license. The time it takes to become a physician assistant can be around two to 6 years varying on how far a person wants to go with their practice. The duration comes out to be great compared to the duration to become a doctor or pediatrician which is about nine or more. A physician assistant gets paid about $90,930 a year and $43 an hour. This is one of the benefits to being a physician assistant, the pay is really good. Also, the benefits that come with the job are health insurance, life insurance, retirement deals, dental insurance, a lot of the usual.The best places to become a physician assistant are in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Alaska. All states get paid more than others, but they are not near California. The job projection turns out to be around 38% job growth, which is really high. This would

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