Hi  Danny_dba and  bmg002,

Thank you so much for your response to my post and your willingness to share your experiences with me . I will go ahead and add the questions to this reply .  So both of you can post your answers .  Should you prefer to answer any via e-mail, do let me know. Here the questions:

1.What is your education, experience and current position?
2. Did you always work in a similar job, or did you transition from another field?
3. How did you transition to healthcare IT?
4. What sort of tasks do you do daily, weekly, infrequently?
5. What do you like about this work?
6. What software languages do you know?
7. What are some useful non-SQL skills you have learned that has helped you in this career?
8. What are some of the different database programs you have used?
9. What do you recommend I study/learn/practice to prepare for a position working with databases?
10. If you had a choice, will you have done some other career besides database analyst?
11. Is there a difference between Clinical Analyst, Business Analyst and Database Analyst?
12. What is database and who are the most important users of datas.
13. So far in this introduction course to Foundations of database management, I have noticed it requires focus and attention to detail. Can you share with me how you troubleshoot problems in your current role?
14. What are your favorite resources for troubleshooting or learning new skills?
15. What is your greatest motivation in this career that keeps you going?

Thanks again for your professionalism and support.  
Joan