Nuclear Medicine Technologist   

Duties and responsibilities:

   Nuclear medicine technologists generally work a 40-hour week. This may include evening or weekend hours in departments that operate on an extended schedule. Opportunities for part-time and shift work are also available. In addition, technologists in hospitals may have on-call duty on a rotational basis.

The NMTCB is the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, formed for the purpose of creating and maintaining examinations for nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs).

Salary: $65,000

Education:

  

   Nuclear medicine technology programs range in length from 1 to 4 years and lead to a certificate, associate's degree, or bachelor's degree. Generally, certificate programs are offered in hospitals, associate programs in community colleges, and bachelor's programs in 4-year colleges and in universities.

                                       Glenn Cunningham

   He was born in Atlanta, Kansas, but grew up in Elkhart, Kansas. He is a track and field athlete. He was a normal kid but then his legs were badly burned in an explosion used when someone put gasoline instead of kerosene in the can at his schoolhouse by accident when he was eight and his brother Floyd was 13. He brother ended up dying in the fire. They recommended him to ampute his leg, but his parents couldn’t allow it. He thought he would never walk again. In the summer of 1919 he tried to walk again, two years after his accident. After that he started training and liked the running 

                               Students Success Statement

“Adversity causes some men to break—others to break records”

                                             William A. Ward  

                      Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and responsibilities: 

   Cardiac Monitor Technicians are responsible for watching patients' heart rates and reporting important changes to the nursing staff; they often use equipment that tracks several patients simultaneously. They also help clean and maintain equipment and ensure batteries are charged and installed properly. Cardiac Monitor Techs may also perform electrocardiographs (EKGs), which read electrical impulses sent by the heart. Surveillance techs will typically work eight-hour shifts in hospital settings, and may be required to work evening, weekend, and holiday hours.

Salary: $31,049 medium salary

Education:

  

   A Cardiac Monitor Technician needs a high school diploma, plus a postsecondary certificate or on-the-job training. There are a variety of program lengths offered through vocational schools, junior colleges, and hospitals across the country. There are different requirements depending on the employer, so it is wise for those looking for a cardiac monitoring career to speak with healthcare administrators in several of their top choices for employment to determine education needs.

Reflection:

   I think I might want to be thins because its almost like being a nurse. It sounds interesting and fun. 

                       Health Sciences Librarian

  Duties and Responsibilities:

 Health sciences librarian collect and organize medical information. Librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material.  They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patrons.  They coordinate and control budgets and supervise library technicians.

Salary:   $20,000 - $30,000 (Library Technicians) 

Education:

  Students need to take challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health Science Librarians should earn an undergraduate degree in one of the life sciences and must earn a master's degree in library science from a program that is accredited by the American Library Association.  Some library science graduate programs offer specialized courses in health science librarianship.

Reflection:

  I think I wouldn’t want to be a health sciences librarian because it seems boring and I don’t find it interesting. 

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”                                                       

Bo Jackson 

Reflection:

I think this statement is saying that if you put your goals high you will go high but if you’re always thinking low you won’t go as far. Always think more and you will achieve more.   

  

    

                    Student success statement

“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you get.”

Michael Phelps

22 Olympic medals (18 Gold)

Reflection:

I think this quote is saying that if you want to achieve a goal you should look further than the goal and try to be something more further in the future and be something more because everything u see u can be.