| Neurology jobs deal primarily with the functions of | | | | terminal condition. |
| the brain and everything that goes along with that. | | | | Neurology jobs that work with Neurodevelopment |
| But at the heart of the desire to work in the | | | | Disabilities will most likely work with patients for a |
| neurology field is the longing for a career where you | | | | longer amount of time. These people diagnose and |
| can provide a service to those who are most in need | | | | treat people with nervous systems that do not |
| of a medical professional. | | | | develop in a typical fashion. Some examples of these |
| Neurologists have to complete a four year residency | | | | conditions would be Cerebral Palsy, Mental |
| program. In 2008 the average salary was between | | | | Retardation, and Autism. |
| $203,200 and $298,503 according to an article in | | | | Some other neurology jobs would deal with more |
| "Modern Healthcare." Neurologists are needed in a | | | | specific conditions. Neurologists working with pain |
| variety of settings that include homes, hospitals | | | | medicine would provide a high level of care and |
| (including specialized children's hospitals), private | | | | monitoring. They would work with people that are |
| offices, and residential treatment facilities such as | | | | suffering from short term, long term, and cancer |
| nursing homes. With a neurology job you have the | | | | related pain. Sometimes this would be done at a |
| ability to work with various ages of people depending | | | | hospital but there are many other settings where this |
| on the specialty that you choose. | | | | professional could be necessary. Neurology jobs |
| Great variety exists within the neurology field. Some | | | | involved with sleep medicine focus on any condition |
| jobs involve working with people through short term | | | | that involves sleeping, disruption of sleep, or problems |
| conditions or in an attempt to reach a specific | | | | with the wake-sleep cycle. Vascular Neurologists |
| diagnosis. Others are jobs that require working with | | | | evaluate, treat and help people recover from |
| people or their caretakers for a long period of time. | | | | conditions related to vascular disease, including stroke |
| Clinical Neurophysiology focuses on finding an initial | | | | victims. |
| diagnosis. They are experts at looking at tests and | | | | Neurology jobs should be more than just a career. |
| deciphering their meanings. Some examples of those | | | | Because of the amount of training required and the |
| are an Electroencephalography (EEG), | | | | nature of what is being done for patients it needs to |
| Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction | | | | be something that a person is passionate about. |
| Studies (NCS). Hospice and Palliative Medicine also | | | | There are many choices among neurology jobs that |
| might be more short term. People performing this job | | | | meet both short term and long term needs of the |
| in neurology are helping people at the end stages of | | | | people that are being treated. Whatever career |
| their lives. They help prevent and dissipate any type | | | | within neurology is chosen, you will be making a |
| of pain or discomfort associated with having a | | | | difference in your patients' lives. |