The Health Sciences Career Cluster orients students to careers that promote health, wellness, and diagnosis as well as treat injuries and diseases. Some of the careers involve working directly with people, while others involve research into diseases and treatments or collecting and formatting data and information. Work locations are varied and may be in hospitals, medical or dental offices or laboratories, cruise ships, medevac units, sports arenas, space centers, or within the community.
What is Health Sciences?
The Health Sciences Career Cluster includes careers in the areas of health, wellness, diagnosis, and research, as well as treatment of injuries and diseases. Career pathways within the cluster include biotechnology research and development, diagnostic services, health informatics, supportive services, and therapeutic services.
Biotechnology Research and Development
Workers study diseases to discover new treatments or invent medical devices used to directly assist patients or to improve the accuracy of diagnostic test.
Workers use tests and evaluations that aid in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries or other physical conditions.
Workers occupy many different levels of health care related employment. This pathway includes health care administrators who manage health care agencies as well as those individuals who are responsible for managing all of the patient data and information, financial information, and computer applications related to health care processes and procedures.
Workers provide a therapeutic environment for the delivery of health care. Support Services offers a full range of career opportunities from entry level management, including technical and professional careers.
Workers are focused primarily on changing the health status of the patient over time. Health professionals in this pathway work directly with patients.
Programs of Study
Health Sciences Career Field Area provides opportunities for students to deepen their understanding of topics in areas such as biotechnology research and development, behavioral health, diagnostic services, health informatics, supportive services, therapeutic services, and life span performance.
Nebraska HOSA
Nebraska HOSA is the prestigious state association of the international HOSA – Future Health Professionals organization, by and for students who are or were enrolled in middle school, secondary, or postsecondary health science education programs and/or are interested in, planning to pursue, or pursuing a career in the health professions.
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