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Student Success Statement

"Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it;s ended up not being right."

Mario Cuomo

This quote is pretty straight forward, if you feel that something you are about to do is wrong, you should go with your gut and not do it. Normally, humans have a natural instinct that detects whether something is right or wrong, and you will feel weird if something is wrong.

Cytotechnologist

(Cytology)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Cytology is the only study of human body cells. Cytotechnologists are specially trained clinical technologists who study human body cells. They examine cells to identify changes that may indicate diseases like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscope slides of cell samples, examining cell samples using microscopes, identifying, abnormalities in shape, size, or color, using other automated lab equipment to perform tests, and analyzing report test results to physicians.

Cytotechnologists usually work in hospitals, clinics, or private laboratories. They also work in universities or for other researchers.

Average Salary; $30,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

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

Almost all cytotechnologists earn bachelor’s degrees in medical or clinical technology programs that include a year-long cynical internship in the field.

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Student Success Statement
"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
Carol Burnett
This is a very strong message for all those who understand it. My interpretation is that almost always, you end up being alone, so you and only you, can change yourself. Nobody is going to pay your rent for free, nobody is going to make you food forever, nobody is going to pay you for doing nothing. So you have to do it, alone.

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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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 setting. 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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Student Success Statement

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

Henry David Thoreau

This makes so much sense because if you do good, for example, you helped an old lady cross the street, she will always be grateful of your actions. On the contrary, if you were to buy a car, it will be great the first few years, but later it might start to fail, so all in all, it failed.

Health Information Specialist

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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 program or form the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

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

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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 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 specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report code to insure 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 Administrators)

Student Success Statement 

"When I do good, I feel good.

When I do bad, I feel bad."

Abraham Lincoln

I think this means that everyone has a positive self conscious and nobody likes it when your mind is telling you, that you did something wrong. It likes it better when you do good because it feels good. For example, if you did not do your homework, you will feel bad about it all day until you do it.

StarCraft 2

I play starcraft 2 on the pc and I am very good at it, you need to be able to use your keyboard without lookiing and be really precise. Although I enjoy playing it, sometimes I get frustrated because the other opponents are better than me so I quit and play something else like Garry's Mod.

Student Success Statement
"I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that i can do, or any kindness I can shown let me not defer or neglect it; for I shall never pass this way again."
ANON
I feel like this statement means a lot and it is true. It reminds me of YOLO but this statement is telling you to do good with your life because you only live once instead of doing everything wrong since you are going to die anyways. You don't live for a long time, so you should make the most out of it.

Clinical Technologist

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

Average Salary:
$20,000 – 28,000 (clinical 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 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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Student Success Statement

"You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience"

Robert E. Lee

I think what he means is that if you know you did right, you will gradually keep doing it again and again, and you will feel great. But if you don't, you will get the habit of doing the wrong and will feel bad about yourself.

Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Laboratory Specialists include both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Technologies. These professions are also referred 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 procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians.
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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 nerve alignment can cause illness and problems in the other parts of the body, a view not widely accepted by the allopathic physicians and other traditional medical practitioners.

Chiropractors manipulate their patients’ spinal 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. Other form group partnership in clinics or chiropractic hospitals.

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

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Student Success Statement 

I have three messages.

(1) We should never give up.

(2) You never are too old to chase your dreams.

(3) It looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.

      Diana Nyad

These are strong points she has made and I strongly agree with her on all 3 of them.
Even though she was old, she still completed the swim because it was her dream too, and she never gave up even though she failed numerous times. I look up to her, for her will to chase her dreams.
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Bio-medical equipment Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

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

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