Home » Healthcare Career Blog

Explore the HealthCare Industry

What is a Respiratory Therapist? What Do They Do?
February 12, 2024 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

“Just Breathe”© is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The lyrics, “Stay with me; Let’s just breathe,” are familiar. While one rarely consciously thinks about breathing, have you ever considered how vital that automatic response is?  Breathing starts when one inhales (breathes in). Then, air enters and fills the lungs, and oxygen […]

Scholarships to Go Back to School: Part One
January 3, 2024 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

If you’re headed back to school, it’s essential to understand your potential funding options. Ultimately, these will help augment your educational dreams. For the most part, college income sourcing can include scholarships, student loans, work-study programs, grants, family gifts, savings, and hard work. This article focuses on scholarships as an attempt to answer questions regarding […]

Grants to Go Back to School, Part Two (Grants)
December 4, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

  If you’re headed back to school, it’s essential to understand your potential financial options. Ultimately, these will help augment your educational dreams. For the most part, college income sourcing can include scholarships, student loans, work-study programs, grants, family gifts, savings, and good old-fashioned hard work.  Discerning what financial aid to follow and which items […]

The Purpose of February, the Quintessential ‘Un-month’
November 27, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

  Due to many factors, February can be a depressing month. Primarily, it’s the “un-month,” or the space occurring just after something grand, yet before nothing at all—in a place BETWEEN. This and other reasons make the quintessential “un-month” slightly off. Let me explain. 1. Shortest of All Months First, February is the shortest of […]

1 Professor, 2 Doctorates—Many Mummies, Dr. James Murrell
November 14, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

Not every day students are taught by a professor who’s earned two master’s and two doctorates and possesses so much life experience. Enter Professor Murrell. “I started teaching because I strongly believe in the educational process and educational inquiry,” says Dr. James Murrell, Dean of Imaging at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts. “I realized I […]

What’s in Resolutions? And How to Keep Them
October 31, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

Resolution-setting is a tradition for many individuals around the world. Because people tend to be more reflective and introspective at the start of a  new year, the first month of the year is considered a season of renewed hope and uncharted beginnings. (It may also be that at this time, Americans begin getting their Visa […]

3 Reasons Why You Need A&P For Your PTA Career
October 18, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

If you opened your lips to drink your morning Joe rather than close them, you already understand something regarding muscles. Likewise, if you moved your shoulder to help hold that hot drink, you have a basic anatomical knowledge of ball and socket joints. Moreover, if you recognize that soft tissue responds and remodels along imposed […]

Specific Objectives of Good MRI Certificate Programs
September 29, 2023 | Serguei Kakhnovich Blog

One technological advance in healthcare is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRIs allow doctors to see inside the human body when assessing ways of repairing it or proposing treatment options. Providing Education Magnetic resonance imaging programs provide education for those seeking to become radiology professionals. Such programs aim at preparing students to take and pass a […]

MRI vs. Ultrasound: Two Vital Branches of Radiology
| Nicholas Colombo Blog

Radiology involves the study of internal organ images within the human body. According to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, it is the science dealing with X-rays and other high-energy radiation, especially for diagnosing and treating disease.1 Before the advent of diagnostic imaging, only a patient’s death allowed doctors to study the body’s internal organs and structures […]

5 Ways to Prevent Professional Healthcare Burnout
September 11, 2023 | Serguei Kakhnovich Blog

  Since time began, personnel shortages, limited funds, and periods of heightened stress have existed. No one is exempt. However, while you can’t make stress entirely disappear, you can do a lot to mitigate or “soften” the distress at hand. First, ascertain what’s causing your burnout.    Assess the Cause of Burnout A) HOME Is it […]

Gurnick Academy Faculty Showcase: Dr. Guillermo Paredes
August 31, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

Dr. Guillermo Paredes, MD.OB/GYN; ARDMS (OB); (AB), RVT, affectionately known as “Dr. G,” has been with Gurnick Academy since 2006.  World Health Organization Of noteworthiness, Dr. G worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the jungles of the Amazon, with a focus on infectious disease research. He became engaged with the WHO through a government […]

Budgeting For College, Should You Order Pizza or Not?
August 22, 2023 | Cindy Chamberlin Blog

  “Having a budget, for many, has a straitjacket connotation,” says financial expert Dave Ramsey. However, he says, “This is the wrong way to view a budget or any cash flow plan. Having a budget doesn’t mean you can’t order a pizza when you want one. It just means that you have a plan for […]

1 2 3 7

Request Info

APPLY NOW

Call Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

💡Is Healthcare Training Right for You? Take the Free Quiz!