Occupational Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: occupational therapy assistants and aides help patients who are mentally, emotional, or physically disabled adjust to handicaps and regain abilities to perform daily living and self-care skills. They work under the supervision of occupational therapist as part of a t team with physicians, counselors, and physical therapist.

Salary:$12,000-$15,000 (occupational therapy aides)

$17,000-$26,000 (occupational therapy assistants)

Education: occupational therapy aides must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. They receive their training while on the job.  

 

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and responsibilities: the role of the nursing home administrator is to supervise, plan, develop, monitor and maintain appropriate standards of care throughout all departments in the nursing home. The nursing home administer must have effective communication, leadership and business skills.

Salary:$107,308-$117,903

Education: being a nursing home administer requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, health services administration public health or business administration 

Student Success Statement

“Vision without actions is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare”

I think what this quote is saying is that when you have a goal in life or already know what you want to be when you grow up and you don’t take action for that like going to school, or studying or something that can lead you to your goal becomes a daydream. And when you take action but you don’t have vision  your just like wasting your time

         Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Nuclear Medicine technologists prepare and administer radio pharmaceuticals to detect and treat disease. They then position equipment over patients to make images. These pictures allow physician to identify abnormal areas. This helps in diagnosing illness.

 Salary: $28,000-$42,000

Educational: Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. Nuclear medicine technology training programs vary in length from one to four years.

Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: monitor surveillance technicians observe the electrical activity of heartbeats which is graphically displayed on a series of monitors in cardiac care units of hospitals. They exam the patterns and provide the results to physician and nursing staff.

Salary: $26,000-$41,000

Education: students wanting to become monitor to become monitor surveillance technicians should take math, science, and computer technology courses in high school.

Student Success Statement

“The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves”

What this quote means is that we don’t have to have competion with others just to outdo them and show that were the best but we have to outdo ourselves an d push ourselves to be the best and  reach our goals.

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and responsibilities: clinical specialists include both
Clinical Laboratory Specialists include both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Technologists.  These professions are also referred to as Medical Laboratory Technicians or Medical Technologists. 
Both technicians and technologists perform laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat diseases. 

Salary: $20,000 - $28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians)  
$25,000 - $40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Education: A bachelor's degree in the field is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate's degree and extensive clinical experience as a substitute.  Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology.

Do you think you would like to be one? Um no because I find that boring, and I also don’t find it interesting.

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