Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: The Nuclear Medicine Technologists prepare an administer radiopharmaceuticals (radioactive substance) to detect and to also treat disease.  They also then position equipment over the patients to make images.  These pictures allow the physicians to identify any abnormal areas.  This helps in diagnosing illness. They also perform on laboratory tests on tissue samples. They must follow the strict safety regulations due to the dangers in radiation effects to their bodies and organs.  

Salary: $28,000 - $42,000

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

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this job because it is very risky and knowing me I would be kind of bad doing this job and I would put people in risk and maybe I wouldn’t pass the training or entering exam.