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High School Career Planning Outline
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Career Pathways in:

Career Focus:

What is it?

 

 Focuses on providing health care to patients, diagnosing & treating injuries & disease, caring for the emotional well being of patients and providing guidance on health promotion and disease prevention.

Salary Range:

Medical Assistants & CNAs: $12, - $19k, LPNs: $17 - $30, RNs: $30K - $50k, Nurse-Midwives: $59k - $76k, Nurse Practitioners: $50k - $70k, Nurse Anesthetists: $70k – $90k

College and Career Planning

Job Titles

Certificate and Diploma Programs

Associate Degrees

Bachelor Degrees

 Graduate Degrees

1.       Medical Assistant

2.       Licensed Nursing Assistant

3.       Licensed Practical Nurse

4.       Registered Nurse

5.       Clinical Nurse Specialist

6.       Nurse-Midwife

7.       Nurse Anesthetist

8.       Educator

9.       Surgical Nurse

10.     Nurse Practitioner

 
[LNA Certificate/LPN Certificate or Diploma]
NH Community Technical Colleges

Claremont, Concord

St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua

 

 

Note: Students in Health Science & Technologies Programs at some high schools have the option to become eligible to sit for the LNA license exam when they meet the age requirement.

NH Community Technical Colleges

Berlin, Claremont, Concord, Laconia, Manchester, Nashua, Stratham

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Students are eligible to sit for the LPN license exam after one year of nursing study.

Colby-Sawyer College

Rivier College

St. Anselm College

University of New Hampshire

 

 

 

 

Note: Students are eligible to sit for the LPN license exam after one year of nursing study.

Rivier College

    Family Nurse Practitioner        

    Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse

    Practitioner

    Nursing Education

    Nursing & Health Care Management

University of New Hampshire

    Adult Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse

    Specialist

    Family Practitioner

    Clinical Nursing Leadership

    Public Health

 

Text Box: School to Career Connection >Informational Interview with a local employer >Hospital Tour >Postsecondary laboratory tour >Paid or unpaid Internship >Project Based Learning >Community Service or Service Learning Project    

 High School Course Planning

 

9th Grade

10th Grade

11th Grade

12th Grade

English

English 9

 

English 10

English 11

English 12 and or College Composition I*

Math

Algebra I

Geometry

Algebra II

Pre-Calculus

Social Studies

World History

Government/Economics

US History

Introduction to Sociology*

Science

Introduction to Life Sciences or Physical Science

Biology

 

Chemistry

Microbiology*

Anatomy & Physiology I*

Foreign Language

Foreign Language I

Foreign Language II

Foreign Language III

 

Technology

IT & ME

Computer Applications

 

 

Electives

Ethics and Society

Medical Law and Ethics*

 

Introduction to Psychology*

Human Growth & Development*

Technical Core

 

 

Health Sciences & Technologies I or Health Occupations I

 

Health Sciences & Technologies II

or Health Occupations II

(May include Anatomy & Physiology I*)

 

 

 

*College Credit Courses through NH Community Technical College Project Running Start Program

Note:  Check with your guidance counselor to identify the comparable courses offered at your high school or technical center. 

School to Career Connection

  • Informational Interview with a local employer

  • Hospital Tour

  • Postsecondary laboratory tour

  • Paid or unpaid Internship

  • Project Based Learning

  • Community Service or Service Learning Project
For more information on how to implement this pathway in your school, call Kathleen Totten at (603) 433-1964
       
Eastern Region Partnership, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Phone: (603) 433-1964         E-Mail Us