Personal Statement: A Career As A Healthcare Administrator

My profession, that I am attending Kaplan for, is to become a Healthcare Administrator.

A Healthcare Administrator is someone who basically acts as a manager over certain facilities within the hospital. They are to lead their employees to be the best nurses and Doctors that they can be. They make financial decisions within the hospital as well. Healthcare Administrators also deal with patients and making sure that they are treated in the best way possible. Healthcare Administration does not limit one to only working in a hospital, they can also work in Nursing homes, along with other healthcare facilities. Educational requirements to be a Healthcare Administrator starts out by first earning your Associates degree or Bachelor’s degree. You

Attention to detail is important in this career because you have to be aware of what is going on in your surroundings. You are the foundation of how things are run in a healthcare setting. Integrity is important because you are the leader of many people, you have to be honest with your employees or you will have a team who doesn’t feel appreciated or important. Dependability is important in this role because it shows your employees that they can go to you with anything, whether it be a work related issue that they can’t seem to handle, or knowing that you support them with specific things. Cooperation is important because, again, you are a leader. If you do not cooperate with things as a leader, then you are showing your employees that they don’t need to cooperate in certain things at work either. Leadership is important because you are in a management role. You are to set an example and lead your employees to do right by their patients and by the healthcare facility that they are employed at. Adaptability and flexibility is important because medicine is always changing.

I also plan to completely finish college with the highest grades I can get. I want to graduate school and move straight into the medical industry. I want to be working in a hospital, at least as an administrators assistant, in five years. I want to make a good living not only for myself, but for my soon to be husband, my two beautiful girls, and my step-son. I also want to make my parents very proud of me. I want to show them that I worked through a lot of obstacles at such a young age and made it to my goal. I want to be a healthcare administrator and make a difference in a hospital. Treat associates as they should be treated and lead a hospital to be a more positive staffed environment. I want to be an inspiration to people that even if you start from the bottom, you have kids, or you just don’t feel like you have to time do to anything with your life, that you can. If I can do it, anyone can do it. Kaplan Universities Career Services can help me in obtaining my career goals by allowing me to attend school. That in itself is a huge way to help me with my career goals. They give the credentials and the specific tests needed for earning my place as a healthcare administrator. The communication that is there for me through my Professors, tutors, and the Administrators is also a wonderful way to help me if I have any questions.