Student Success Statement

 “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Reflection: What i think about this quote is that if you always go to bed early the more healthy you are and the more time you get to start in your day to becoming successful and also if you get a good night sleep your brain and body would be fully awake and you are more relaxed for the education that you would learn For example you have a test the next day you need to sleep well to stay awake and relax. 

Orthotist

Duties and responsibilities: Orthotist work with patients that need extra support for their muscles, spine, or limbs. Both design, make, and fit apparatuses made of plastic, wood, leather, and metal that help stabilize, strengthen or replace body parts. They also make and fit devices that help align limbs that have grown in a crooked manner.

Salary:$25,000 -$40,000

Education: Students should take challenging science, math, and English courses in high school.  Some colleges and universities offer bachelor degrees in orthotic. These programs include courses in anatomy, physics, mathematics, mechanical drawing, and the use of materials used in the making of devices.  After a year of experience a person may apply for certification.'

Reflection: i dont think i would like this job just becasue it doesn't reall seem to to interest me as much as i thought it would.

Optician

Duties and Responsibilities: Opticians fit and dispense eyeglasses for patients based upon prescriptions written by ophthalmologists or optometrists. Optician’s help the customer’s select eyeglass frames and then measure their faces so that correct size frames can be ordered.  They also measure the distance between the corneas of the eyes so that the lenses may be correctly fitted in the frames. 

Salary: $19,000 - $40,000

Education: Students should take high school courses in physics, algebra, mechanical drawing, and geometry.  A high school diploma or GED certificate is needed to begin training as an optician

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this job I’m just not suitable for it, and I have no interest in it.

Optical Laboratory Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Optical laboratory technicians grind and fit eyeglass lenses into frames according to prescriptions written by ophthalmologists or optometrists.  Technicians set lens grinding machine so that lens blanks are ground and polished. They then fit the polished lenses into eyeglass frames and, depending upon where they work, fit the frames to the patients. 

Salary: $15,000 - $20,000

Education: A high school diploma or GED certificate is needed to begin optical laboratory training.  Training programs last between six months and one year and are provided by vocational schools and community colleges.

Ophthalmic Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Ophthalmic technicians or technologists help ophthalmologists collect data and measurements to allow the correct diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and problems they performing simple eye exams, assisting with eye surgery explaining diagnostic and treatment procedures to the patients.

Salary: $14,000 - $25,000

Education: Students will need a high school diploma (or GED certificate) and two years of college prior to beginning ophthalmic training programs.

Reflection: I wouldnt like this job becasue it doesnt interest me.

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.

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

-Charles Ketterer

What I think this means is that if you start  doing good in school and get good grades and do all your work and go to school you’re never late then you’ll have a good future and everything will be well, and you already know what you want to be and you’ll get there for doing good in school, but if you do drugs and sell them and do bad in school always late never turn in work never show up in class then everything will be bad and that won’t get you anywhere, so the way your plan is going now that’s how your future will look like say you’re doing good right now your future will be good but if you do bad well better change it unless you want a good future.

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Nursing Home Administrators plan and they direct operations of nursing homes and long-term care facilities.  They supervise personnel, financial, medical, and nursing administration.

Salary: $40,000 - $55,000

Education: Students should take some challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English. Requirements differ, but most of the states require nursing home administrators to have at least bachelor's degree in nursing home administration,

Reflection: I think I would like this job because I like to keep an eye on thinks.

Student Success Statement

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”

-Pablo Picasso

What I think this means is that if you don’t take action into what you are doing you won’t succeed that is why you should start taking action into your work so you can achieve and that is the key to success

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.

Glenn Cunningham 

The lessons I’ve learned from Glenn Cunningham are never give up on yourself no matter you will be able to do it you just have to get there and never give up always have faith in yourself no matter what, when a family member dies like his brother Floyd yea you may be upset but think about them and do it for them make that a little motivation to yourself and write down little notes to yourself on what you are going to be doing to help you get to your goals.

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.

Student Success Statement

“Righteous community unity starts with ONE

upright soul, whether it is a community of family

members, students, neighbors, teammates, or

businesses associates. Unity conquers worthy

pursuits more quickly and with less effort than

individual effort alone.”

-Mr.Haymore

Reflection: What this means to me is that it’s better to work with people no matter what they are to you it just takes a good person who does good all the time to make it all easier to do what you are doing, than to work alone and have no help at all and have no idea what to do. And with the help of people you’ll have much more help and they can help you out along the way to tell you what is right or wrong it just takes the right person to help you.

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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Student Success Statement

“Work as a team to achieve your dreams”

--Sarah Real

What this means to me is that in order to help you with some of your dreams you will be able to achieve your dreams. It’s like teachers they’re your team in order to help you out and help you accomplish your dreams.

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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Health Educator

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Duties and Responsibilities:

 Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training settings. Health educators may work as independent consults or in health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools or government agencies. Health educators often:

·       Perform health training needs assessments.

·       Design and develop health education programs.

·       Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.

·       Develop health education curriculum.

·       Teach health in public and provide schools

Average Salary: $20,000-$30,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school

Health educators have, as minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degree. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires master’s degrees and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

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Would I like to be a Health Educator?

I would like to be a health educator because it seems nice to help out others and schools about what they do and show them what we do and how we do it.

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:

o  

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.

EPIDEMIOLOGIST

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Duties and responsibilities:

Epidemiologist studies the frequency and distribution of diseases within human populations and averments. Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to different characteristics of population and environments. Epidemiologists perform research, education.  And public health practice in universities, government agencies, international organizations, and private corporations. Epidemiologist often:

·              Work on developing or refining methods of measuring and evaluating disease occurrences.

·       Develop and recommended public health policy.

·       Study or research chronic diseases, infectious diseases, disease outbreaks, injuries,  occupations, and environments.

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

Educational requirements:

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

Epidemiologists have, as a minimum, master’s degrees in public health. Undergraduate requirements for admissions into public health graduate programs vary by schools but usually include strong backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and or statistics.

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Yes, i would like to be one because finding out new things and studing it may seem interesting.