Juan Said:

What type of careers are out there in the medical field that will be needed in the future?

We Answered:

always openings in medical field.
Reasons:
People get older
People get sick
Pregnancy
new medicine gets discovered
diseases gets discovered
and so on..

Nursing will always be needed because they have a lot of medical knowledge and underpaid.
A lot of hospitals even offer sign on bonus for nurses.
Nurses can specialize in different areas such as :
Ambulatory care nursing
Advanced practice nursing
Behavioral health nursing
Burn nursing
Camp nursing
Cardiac nursing
Cardiac catheter laboratory nursing
Case management
Certified Managed Care Nurse
Clinical nurse specialist
Clinical research nurse
Community health nursing
Correctional nursing
Critical care nursing
Developmental disabilities nursing
District nursing
Emergency nursing
Environmental Health nursing
Flight nursing
Forensic nursing
Gastroenterology nursing
Genetics nursing
Geriatric nursing
Health visiting
Hematology oncology nursing
HIV/AIDS nursing
Home health nursing
Hospice nursing
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Nursing
Intavenous therapy nursing
Infectious disease nursing
Legal nursing
Legal Nurse Investigator
Maternal-child nursing
Matron
Medical-surgical nursing
Military and uniformed services nursing
Neonatal nursing
Neuro-surgical nursing
Nurse anesthetist
Nurse-midwife
Nurse practitioner
Nursing educator
Nursing informatics
Nursing management
Obstetrics gynecology nursing
Occupational health nursing
Oncology nursing
Operating room nursing
Orthopaedic nursing
Ostomy nursing
Pain management and palliative care nursing
Pediatric nursing
Perianesthesia nursing
Perioperative nursing
Plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing
Private duty nursing
Psychiatric or mental health nursing
Public health
Pulmonary nursing
Quality improvement
Radiology nursing
Rehabilitation nursing
Renal dialysis nursing
Renal nursing
Research
School nursing
Sub-acute nursing
Substance abuse nursing
Surgical Nursing
Telenursing
Telemetry nursing
Telephone triage nursing
Transplantation nursing
Trauma nursing
Travel nursing
Urology nursing
Utilization management
Wound care

Thats why nursing is always the first choice when it comes to medical career because you can advance your nursing career. You can start from RN which is an associate degree, then get your Bachelors, then masters. You can even start from LPN/LVN and its only 1 yr and from there you can bridge to RN which is another yr..

LVN-1 yr
RN-2 yrs
BSN-3-4 yrs
Masters-5-6 yrs

Chester Said:

what type of careers could be best for me. I want something in the medical field but not a nurse?

We Answered:

Rad Tech, Respiratory Therapist, Sleep Tech, Speech Therapist, dental hygentist....the sky is the limit!