Eastern Medicine Doctor

Research: Look for and provide the following:

Duties and responsibilities: Traditional Chinese medicine is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in china and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (Tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy.

 

Salary: $30,000 - $150,000

Education: AOM practitioners can create financially supportive careers with flexible work schedule that are rewarding on many levels. Moreover, an AOM career offers the opportunity for a more balanced lifestyle from the practitioner and his/her clients.

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

I would not like to become a eastern medicine doctor because that fact that most of them are Chinese and me and Chinese people don’t get along. 

Medical Assistant

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Duties and responsibilities: Emergency medical technicians, or EMT s, usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scenes of accidents and injuries as well as transport causalities to hospital emergency rooms for further care.

Salary: $25,000 - $37,500

Education: Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas GED certificates may be substituted) in order to become an emergency medical technician.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? I think I would not like to be one because it gust not what I want to do.

Licensed Practical nurse (LPN)

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Duties and Responsibilities: Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) work with and under the direction of registered nurses and physicians. They care for injured, handicapped, and sick patients. Their duties include taking temperatures, blood pressures, and pulses. They also give injections, change dressings, and help give patients bath.

Salary: $16,000 - $23,000

Educational: Although a high school diploma or GED certificate is not always required, it is encouraged. LPNs do not have the extensive professional education that is required for a registered nurse. State approved training programs are offered by the hospitals, vocational schools, junior colleges and private schools.

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

To be onset I think I would not like to be a Licensed Practical Nurse. The reason why is because its gust what I wouldn't like to do.

Student Success Statement

Together Everyone Achieves More

ANON

What this statement is trying to say is that working together with a friend or a group off friends helps you achieve more. For example say that you’re doing a project allow and your frustrated it is way better to do it with a friend or a group of friends that way you can divide the work and you won’t have to do it by yourself and get that frustrated.

Healthcare Administrator

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“Healthcare Administrator”

Duties and Responsibilities: Healthcare administrators direct and manage hospitals and other healthcare facilities. They are responsible for long-range planning, financial administration, materials management, pushing, public affairs and patient administration.

Salary: $35,000 - $100,000

Education: Students should take challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be a healthcare Administrator? Why? Why not?

I think I would because the fact that you get paid really good and that it’s a fun career to do.

Student Success Statements

“Work as a team

To achieve your dream.”

Sarah Real

What this statement by Sarah Real means is that when you work as a team it’s much easier to achieve because there’s a lot of hands to help you out and brains. For example say you’re in a basketball team you can’t run a play by yourself you need teammates for the play can run smooth and get the point you want a 2 or a 3 pointer.

USA 2012 Olympic dream team 

Electrocardiograph Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) technicians usually work under the supervision of cardiologists in hospitals, doctors’ office, clinics, or bedside. They operate electrocardiogram equipment to monitor patients’ heart problems. They:

·        Connect electrodes to patients.

·        Insert and remove catheters.

·        Monitor equipment output.

·        Record test results.

·        Identify emergencies or abnormalities.

·        Operate ultrasound equipment.

Average Salary: $ 15,000 - $32,000

Educational Requirements:

Electrocardiograph technicians must have a high school diploma or GED before beginning specialized training.

Electrocardiograph training can be obtained through vocational schools, community colleges, and in some cases through on-the-job supervised experience. Basic training takes three to six months. Advanced training takes one to two years.

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Student Success Statement

“You cannot do wrong and feel

Right. It is impossible.”

Ezra T. Benson

What this statement by Ezra T. Benson is trying to say is that people that do wrong can never feel good about choosing the wrong. For example say you jack your mom $100 dolor to gout with your friends you’re not gonna feel good about that cause what if it was for the rent. Well this is what I think about this statement.

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 food service operations and meal preparation.

·        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:

Students should take a 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 American dietetic association is required. Registered dietitians must also pass a professional exam and complete a supervised practicum.
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Student Success Statement

“Disciplining yourself to do

What you know is right and

Important, although difficult, is

The highroad to pride, self-

Esteem and personal

Satisfaction.”

Margaret Thatcher

What this statement is trying to say is that it’s hard to choose the right but once you choose it you feel good and you turn kind.

For example say your running in P.E. and you’re supposed to go around the track and you’re so tired and you have a chance to cut through the filled that way you can get your lap and then gust choose the right and trake the full turn that way you don’t lie and feel write about yourself.

Student Success Statement

“In any moment of decision, the

Best thing you can do is the right thing.”

Theodore Roosevelt

What this statement by Theodore Roosevelt is trying to say is that when you’re in that moments where you have choose to do something make Sure

 to choose the right not the wrong. For example say your friend tells you aye you’re down to the store and jack some candy and chips you have time to think well will your thinking make Sure you choose the right and say no and gust ask for money and buy it. 

 Dental Assistant

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dental assistants help dentists provide dental care. They often work in teams with dental hygienists 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:

ü Helping patients feel comfortable during treatment.

ü Taking and developing dental x-rays.

ü Taking medical histories for patient’s instruments and equipment.

ü Instructing patients about dental health instruments and equipment.

ü Instructing patients about dental health care include brushing and flossing.

ü Performing office management tasks.

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

Educational Requirements:

Dental assistants 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 assistants must pass an examination from the dental assisting national board.

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Student Success Statement

“Only I can change my life. No one

Can do it for me.”

Carol Burnett

What this statement means is that only I can change it doesn’t matter what you do to me for I can change at the end its up to me if I want to change or not.

Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists 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 patents.

There are a variety of job specialties within this field including registered record administrators, accredited record technicians, and certified coding specialists. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies.

Health information specialists work in hospital, insurance companies, physicians’ offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

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

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

$30,000 - $40,000(Record Administrators)

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Student Success Statement

“There is no pillow so soft as a clear

Conscience’

French Proverb

What this statement by French Proverb is trying to say is that there is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience which means that when you do something good you feel good and when you do something wrong you keep thinking about it. I think this is what it means.

Nurse Practitioner and

Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Duties and responsibilities:

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists are advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training. They usually work closely with doctors and can perform many high-level primary care tasks. They often specialize in specific types of practice such as pediatrics, psychiatry, or obstetrics. Some establish private practices; however, most work in doctors’ offices, hospitals, or neighborhood health centers. Duties often include:

·       Taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physicians exams.

·       Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.

·       Treating common medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries.

·       Prescribing limited medications.

·       Counseling patients and families.

Average Salary: $39,000 - $70,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Students must complete all of the education requirements to become a baccalaureate prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master’s level training and pass a certification examination.

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Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Duties and Responsibilities:

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.

Clinical laboratory technicians use microscopes, laboratory equipment, chemicals and computers to perform laboratory producers. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians.

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Customers with honesty

Customers with honesty happened in New Jersey. Some football players went in to by supply but the store was closed. They assumed it was open because the door was open and the lights were on. But there was no one inside to attendee so instead off them jacking everything they can in the store they left the money on the counter. This shows that they are really responsible and good human beans.

Chiropractor

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Duties and responsibilities:

Chiropractors treat patients by manually adjusting parts of the human body, especially the spine. Chiropractors and their patients believe that problems with bone and never alignment can cause illness and problems in other parts of the body, a view not widely accepted by allopathic physicians and others traditional medical practitioners.

Chiropractors manipulate their patients’ spinal columns for treatment. They may prescribe specific diets or exercise, but not drugs. Chiropractic cannot perform surgery.

Most chiropractors establish a private practice and some provide home treatment. Others form group partnerships in clinics or chiropractic hospitals.

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

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Biomedical Equipment Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Biomedical equipment technicians inspect, maintain, and repair different types of medical equipment used to diagnose and treat disease. They perform safety checks and train practitioners to safely operate equipment. Biomedical equipment technology has been one of the fastest growing medical career fields in recent years.

Average Salary: $20,000 - $38,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging science, math, and electronics courses in high school.

Following high school, biomedical equipment technicians complete one to three years of course work in biomedical equipment technology, medical-electronics, or biomedical engineering. Most programs lead to certification and/or associate degrees. Some employers will hire electronics technicians and provide on the job biomedical technology training.

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