Student Success Statement

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all”

                                            Aristotle

Reflection:

I think what this quote is trying to say is that all the good comes from the heart and if u don’t educate that you wont have an educated mined. You wont know right from wrong, Because people don’t really focus on educating there heart, their feelings sometimes you just gotta listen to you heart 

Environmental Health Specialist 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Sanitarian, or environmental health enforce governmental regulation and advice and educate clients. They also improve water and sanitation facilities and are involved improving the quality of community environments. They often:

·      Collect and analyze samples

·      Screen samples for possible health hazards

·      Design, or analyze sanitation

·      Oversee disposal of infectious wastes

·      Develop and manage prevention and education programs

·      Evaluate and identify health hazards and ensure compliance with regulation

Average Salary: $25,000-$50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses, especially in mathematics and science, during high school.

A career as a sanitarian or environmental health specialist requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in environmental health or environmental engineering many jobs require certification and/or a master’s degree in these, or related fileds.

              Emergency Medical Technicians

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulance. They provide immediate life or limb Saving medical treatment at the scene of accidents and injuries as well as the transport causalities to hospital emergency rooms for further care. The job is both physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

·       Automobile accidents

·       Heart attack

·       Gunshot wounding

·       Unscheduled childbirth

·       Drowning

·       Other serious medical emergencies

Average Salary: $25,000-$37,000

Educational Requirements:

Students must have a high school diploma in order to become and emergency medical technicians. Drivers education, health, and science courses are strongly recommended and may be required before enrolling in some training programs

Basic emergency medical technicians training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass state lichening or certification tests and participate in continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degree in their field   

Student Success Statement

“it’s better to be alone than to be in bad company”

Reflection: I think this quote means that if you have bad influences around u, its better to be alone because sometimes when you work alone u actually get more stuff done than being with bad people.

Registered Dietitian

Duties and Responsibilities:

Registered Dietitians provide advice and education about nutrition and its effects on health. They work in schools, educational administrations, administration, research, hospitals, clinic, industry, food serving management, and private practice. Registered dietitians:

·       Organize and supervise food service operation and meal preparation

·       Make dietary recommendation

·       Counsel patients and clients about diets

·       Supervise food purchasing

·       Study the nutritional value of food and how it is used by the body

Average salary:$30,000-$40,000

   Dietetic Technicians

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dietetic Technicians assist dietitians in evaluating organizing, and conducting nutrition service and program for schools, hospitals, and industry.

They:

·        Gather and evaluate diet histories

·        Assist in planning patients meals.

·        Provide nutritional counseling

·        Conduct food service operations

·        Oversee food preparation and service

·        Maintain records

Average Salary: $16,000- $30,000

Educational Requirements :

Students wanting to become dietetic technicians should graduate from high school with a well-rounded program. High school business courses may prove helpful.

Dietetic technicians must complete a two-year Associates Degree program that is accepted by the American dietetic association. They must then pass a commission on dietetics registration examination.

Student Success Statement

              “Tell me what is right and will fight for it”

                                                             Woodrow Wilson

Reflection: I think this quote means that when someone tells you what’s right you have to fight for it. Because when you fight for what is right you get rewarded at the end.

Dialysis Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dialysis technicians operate machines that remove waste and excess fluids from the blood of patients whose kidneys can no longer carry out those functions. Dialysis technicians are also referred to as renal dialysis technicians. They work under the supervision of physicians, primarily in hospitals and clinics.

Dialysis technicians must fully understand the operation of the kidney dialysis machines. They are responsible for their operation, cleaning, and sterilization. They must also fully understand their patient’s needs, Dialysis technicians carefully monitor and record weight and vital signs before, during, and after the blood cleansing procedures. Additionally, they instruct patients about in-home treatments. Because dialysis technicians work with blood, They must exercise strict safety precautions against infections disease such as hepatitis and AIDS.

              The Sting of the Scorpion

Summary: I learned is that you have to listen to your parents when they give u advice and to wear shoes when your at the dessert. 

Student Success Statement

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing”

                                   Theodore Roosevelt

Reflection: I think this quote means that when it comes to that moment when you have a decision to make you should go for the righ not the wrong because choosing the wrong don’t get you anywhere

                   Dental assistant

Duties and responsibilities:

Dental assistant help dentist provide dental care. They often work in teams with dental hygienists and laboratory technicians. They may work in healthy clinics, dental schools, nursing homes, and the military, but usually they work for dentists in private practice. Dental assistants duties include:

·                          Taking and developing dental x-ray.

·                          Taking medical histories for patients.

·                          Sterilizing and preparing dental instruments and equipment

·                          Instructing patients about dental health care to include brushing and flossing

·                          Performing office management  tasks

Average Salary:$14,000-$25,000

Educational Requirements :

Dental assistant must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.

They must receive additional training at a community college, vocational school, or dental school to learn their skills. Length of programs varies btwn six months and one year. To become certified  dental assistants must pass an examination from the dental assisting national board.

              Choose the right