Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Operating room technicians are also called surgical technicians and surgical technologists.  They assist in preparing operating rooms for the surgery. They are responsible for having a surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation.

Salary: $16,000 - $22,000

Education: A high school diploma and/or GED certificate is required.  Many vocational and junior colleges offer programs in the operating room technology, and training may also be taken at large hospital

Reflection: I don’t think I would like to take this job because it doesn’t interest me very much.

Occupational Therapy

Duties and Responsibilities: Occupational therapy assistants and Aides help their patients who are mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled adjust to handicaps and they regain abilities to perform daily living and self-care skills.  They work under the supervision of occupational therapists as part of the team with physicians, counselors, and physical therapists. Most of the occupational therapy assistants are employed at hospitals, and many work at nursing homes. 

Salary: $12,000 - $15,000

Education: Occupational therapy aides must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  They receive their training while on the job. Occupational therapy assistants must have a complete two year training program that includes clinical experience.

Reflection: i think i would like to be one because helping is what i like to do, i would love to help around and get them better or atleast try to get them better.

Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Monitor surveillance technicians observe in electrical activity of heartbeats in which is graphically displayed on a series of monitors in cardiac care units of hospitals. They always examine these patterns and provide the results to physicians and in the nursing staff. They gather and also report heart pattern information on the patients.

Salary: $26,000 - $41,000

Education Requirements: Students wanting to become a Monitor Surveillance Technicians should take classes like math, science, and computer technology courses when in high school.

Reflection:  I think I wouldn’t  like this job because I wouldn’t like sitting there and watching 

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Health Sciences Librarians and also Library Technicians collect and they organize medical information and they help the practitioners find the information that they need for the patient care, education, research, and also administration. The librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material.  They also establish in electronic and digital database information systems.

Salary: $35,000 - $55,000

Education: Students should take some challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health sciences library technician train in varies by the employer.

Reflection: Do you think you would like this job? Why or why not? I think I would like this job because I like to be organized and I wouldn’t mind help finding that they need knowing it would be right at the reach of things.

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical illustrators are some highly skilled artists.  They work in the strictly medical field and they also create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and also educational films.  And there drawing spans a wide range from microorganisms to body parts. Some of the medical illustrators prepare there illustrations that aid in the research about the creation of the artificial body parts.

Salary: $35,000 - $50,000

Education: Students that are interested in becoming part of the medical illustrators should take a college preparatory program when in high school that emphasizes art and in science. In college they should either be in a major or in the art and minor in science or a major in science and minor in art. 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or why not?

Yes, but only if I knew how to draw I would. I find it interesting but the only thing is that when they draw they really get into all the graphics and I’m not so good at that I can’t even draw a stick figure.

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical assistants help the physicians and also nurses deliver patient care.  They do things such as, schedule the appointments; take blood pressures, respirations, temperatures; and they perform some other routine with the patient pre-examining procedures. The Medical assistants work in places like hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices sometimes they like to help with office and clerical task.

Salary: $17,000 - $18,000

Education: Students should and complete high school courses in biology, physical science, office management, communications, and human relations, even though medical assistant training programs may accept the GED certificates. Medical assistants training is provided by community colleges and it might take between six months or two years.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?  Why? Why not?

I  think I would like to be one of these because I always had an interest in being the assistant to any job and this one helped me a lot and I think I found what I’m interested in I just have to do a little more research.(:

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Duties and Responsibilities: Licensed practical nurses work with and under the direction of registered nurses and physicians.  They care for the injured, handicapped, and sick patients. Their duties are taking temperatures, blood pressures, and pulses. They give injections, change dressings, and help give the patients baths.   Most of all they care for patients in the hospitals, nursing homes, and extended care facilities. Some of the practical nurses work in homes of others.

Salary: $16,000 - $23,000

Education: Although a high school diploma or GED certificate is not always required, it is encouraged. Licensed practice nurses don’t have the extensive professional education that is required for a registered nurse.

Do you think you would like to be one? Why?Why not?
I think i would cause helping out wouldbe pretty nice feeling good for once in a while like helping out other like the sick for example.

Home Health Aid

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Duties and Responsibilities: They help patients get in and out of bed, take baths, and dress.  They also prepare and serve meals as well as perform housekeeping chores like making beds and cleaning rooms.

Average Salary:  $8,000 - $18,000

Educational Requirements:

Most employers prefer that nursing assistants and aides have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Some vocational schools and community colleges offer training programs.

Education: Most employers would like that the nursing assistants

and the aides have a high school diploma or also GED certificate.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be a Health Aid Educator? Why? Why not?

I do think I would like this job because I would like to helot e elderly to help them clean up and feed them the only thing that would get in my way from working here is the help cleaning them that in a way would bother me, but I guess if ii worked in that job I wouldn’t mind as much.

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Heath Science Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Sciences Librarians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration. They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patrons. Collaborate with the scholarly trust expert panel to guide repository development and standards, include:

Convene the scholarly trust expert panel at regular intervals

·       Vet publication criteria, copyright issues, review processes and ongoing management practices.

·       Development of scholarly trust publication criteria.

·       Regularly review digital submissions for possible inclusion

Average Salary: $20,000 - $30,000  

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health sciences library technician training varies by employer.  Health Science Librarians should earn an undergraduate degree in one of the life sciences and must earn a master's degree.

Question: Would you like to be a Health Quest Librarian? Why? Why not?

Answer: No I would not like to be a health quest librarian because ut doesn’t seem to interest me as much as I thought it would.

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Genetic Counselor

Duties and responsibilities:

 Genetic counselors are trained specialists who determine risk factors for hereditary diseases and look for disorders in patients. They provide genetic testing and also offer education and counseling to their patients and families.

Average Salary: $49,646-$65,168

Educational Requirements:

A master's degree in the field is required, and some states mandate licensure for the profession. Those who are interested in the field must have a master's degree program in genetic counseling. Students should be prepared for admission with undergraduate courses like chemistry, biology, genetics and psychology.  Graduate program coursework requires all clinical training through internships like where students learn about the

 following:

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Counseling ethics and techniques

o   Molecular genetics

o   Population studies

o   Genetic screening

o   Birth defects

o   Prenatal diagnosis

o   Research methods

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Question: Do you think you would like to be a Genetic Counselor? Why? Why Not?

Answer: Yes, I would like to be a genetic counselor because I would like to help out families and give them advice when they come to a situation where something bad runs in their family and I would like to help out through it all.

Registered Dietitian

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Duties and responsibilities:

Registered dietitians provide advice and education about nutrition and its effect on health. They work in schools, educational, administration, research, hospitals, clinics, industry, food service management, and private practice.

Registered dietitians:

Organize and supervise food service operations and meal preparations.

Make dietary recommendations.

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

Educational requirements:

Student should take challenging high school curriculum that includes math and science courses. High school business courses may also prove helpful.

A bachelor’s degree in dietetics or a related field approved by the America dietetic association is required. Registered dietetics must also pass a professional exam and complete a supervised practicum.

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Dietetic Technician

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Duties and responsibilities:

Dietetic technicians assist dietitians in evaluating, organizing, and conducting nutritional services and programs of schools, hospitals and industries.

They:

·     Gather and evaluate diet histories.

·     Assist in planning patient 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 Associate Degree program that is accepted by the American Dietetic Association. They must then pass a commission on dietetics registration examination.

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Dental Assistant

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dental assistants help provide dental care. They often work in teams with dental hygienist and laboratory technicians. They may work in health clinics, dental schools nursing homes, and the military, but usually they work for dentists in private practice.

Dental assistant duties include:

•      Helping patients feel comfortable during treatment.

•      Taking and developing dental x-rays.

•      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 task.

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 between six months and one year. To become certified, dental assistant must pass an examination from the Dental Assistant National Board.

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Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities :

Health information Specialist obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.

There are a variety of job specialist within this field Registered Record

Administrators. Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialist . Administrators coordinated the various information management responsibilities and supervised record technicians and coding specialist. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinated, reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for search. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies,

Health information specialist work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

$20,000-$25,000 (Coding Specialist)

$23,000-$30,000(Record Technicians)

$30,000-$40,000(Record Administrator)
             
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Chiropractor

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Duties and responsibilities:

Chiropractors treat patients by manually adjusting parts of the patients by manually the spin. Chiropractors and their patients believe that problems with bone and nerve alignment can cause illness and problems in other parts of the body, a view not widely accepted by allopathic physicians and other traditional medical practitioners. Chiropractors manipulate their patient’s spinal columns for treatment. They may prescribe specific diets or exercise, but not drugs. Chiropractors cannot perform surgery. Most chiropractors establish a private practice and some provide home treatments. Others from group partnership in clinics or chiropractic hospitals.

Average salary: $30,000-$100,000

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Audiologist

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Duties and responsibilities:

Audiologist work with patients who have who have hearing disorders.  They may work in hospitals or clinics, private practice, schools or universities, nursing homes, industry, or research laboratories. They perform examinations, tests, and evaluations as well as provide treat.

Audiologist often:

•        Test and measure hearing functions.

•        Identify types of hearing disorders.

•        Develop and provide patient rehabilitation plans and programs.

•        Conduct audio logical research.

•        Provide educational, medical, and professional consultation.

•        Recommended, dispense and test hearing aids.

Average salary: $30,000-$50,000

Educational requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school should courses (include AP or IB courses) available in science, math, and speech.

Audiologists have master’s degree in audiologist and are licensed.

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