Student Success Statement

“I wasn’t trying to leave a legacy. I was trying to do what was right.”

Dean Smith

Reflection: what I believe this quote is trying to tell us is that when you do what is right, you will always be rewarded and feel good towards yourself for living the high way. (x

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

· Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.

· Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

· Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological tests.

· Help patients find and keep jobs

Average salary: $25,000 - $45,000

Educational requirements:

Students interested in becoming counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum.

A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Health Information Specialists part 2

Health Information Specialists

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Educational requirements:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math and English.

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree in the field and pass a certification examination.

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Health Information Specialists

               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 patients.

There are a variety of job specialties within this field including registered Record Administrations, Accredited record technicians, and certified Coding Specialists. Administrations 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 registrations for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnoses and procedure codes to records and companies.

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician 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 Administrations)

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Student Success Statement

        Student Success Statement

 “There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience”

                           French Proverb

Reflection: in my opinion what this quote means is that if you decide to choose bad actions you will have to face the guilt in you, but if you live the high way by choosing the right you will always feel that good. J

Ex: blaming something that you did on someone else, will make you feel guilty. When you could instead be honest and speak saying it was you and feel good towards yourself.

Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialist

Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist

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:

· Tasking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical 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 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 Technology

Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures than technicians. They also supervise technicians, confirm their tests, and manage laboratory quality control programs.

Most clinical laboratory specialists work in hospitals, but they are also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Average salary: $28,000 - $28,000 (Laboratory technicians)

$25,000 - $40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Educational requirements:

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

An associate’s degree in the field or completion of a specialized in-house training program is required to become a clinical laboratory technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some 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.

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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 disease.

Clinical laboratory technicians use microscopes, laboratory equipment, chemical and computers to perform laboratory procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct texts and prepare reposts for clinical technologists or physicians.

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                      Chiropractor

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Educational requirements:

Students who want to become chiropractor should take challenging high school science, math and English courses.

Chiropractor must complete a ten semester program in a chiropractor college after completing two years of college or junior college study.

Most states require that chiropractor pass a certification examination before being granted a license to practice.

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                       Chiropractor

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Chiropractors treat patients by manually adjusting part of the human body, especially the spine. Chiropractors and their patients believe that problems with bone and 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 patients’ spiral columns for treatment. They may prescribe specific diets or exercises, but not drugs. Chiropractors cannot perform surgery.

Most chiropractors establish a private practice and some provide home treatments. Others form group partnership in clinics or chiropractors hospitals.   

Average salary:  $30,000- $100,000

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Biomedical Equipment Technician

Duties and responsibilities:

Biomedical technicians inspect, maintain, and repair different types of medical equipment used to diagnose and treat disease. They perform safety checks and train practitioners to safety operate equipment. Biomedical equipment technology has been one of the fasting 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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                                             Biomedical Engineer

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Educational Requirements:

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

All biomedical engineers have at least a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Many have advanced graduate graduate degrees as well. Courses of study include a sound background in mechanical, chemical, or industrial engineering, and specialized biomedical training. Most programs last from four to six years and all states require biomedical engineers to pass examinations and be licensed.

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                Student Success Statement

                         “Always do Right”

                              Mark Twain

Reflection: my reflection over this statement is that in any situation you face, you should never find the easiest way out, you should always work your way out by choosing and doing what’s the right thing to do.

Example: Instead of cheating on a test to pass, you should study, and feel good about yourself. :)

                                               Biomedical Engineer

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       Duties and Responsibilities:

           Biomedical Engineers use engineering principles to solve health related and medical problems. They do a lot of research in conjunction with life scientists, chemists, and medical professionals to design medical devices like artificial hearts, pacemakers, dialysis machines, and surgical lasers. Some conduct research on biological and other life system or investigate ways to modernize laboratory and clinical procedures.

Frequently, biomedical engineers supervise biomedical equipment maintenance technicians, investigate medical equipment failure, and advise hospitals and installing new equipment.

Biomedical engineers work in hospitals, universities, industries, and research laboratories.

Average Salary: $29,000-$600,000

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