Student Success Stement

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

I think this quote means that that feeling you get before you do something tells you if its right or wrong and that if you don't feel good while you're doing something then it's probably not the right thing to do. For example, if you let someone copy your homework during class you probably won't feel right because your conscience knows its not the right thing to do.

Cytotechnologist

(Cytology)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Cytology is the study of human body cells. Cytotechnologists are specially trained clinical technologists who study human 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, 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. 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 clinical internship in the field.

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Sttudent Success Statement

"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me." - Carol Burnett





 I believe this quote this trying to say that people could tell you how to change your life, but if you're not willing to do it you won't be able to change your life. They can't make you change you life if you aren't willing to. For example if you have a drinking problem your family can tell you its bad for you and a million other things, but if you're not willing to change your life you won't. You have to be willing to change it no one can change for you.

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 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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Student Success Statement

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." 
                                                - Henry David Thoreau 

This means that you can always depend and count on goodness. Nobody could take away goodness that is why it never fails: you can go on a job interview, do your homework, try to buy a house, but that could fail.You could always do good and that will never fail. It never fails to be good. If you give a homeless person money nobody take away the good you did to that person but if you go to a job interview you could forget what to say and then they could say you dint get the job.

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.

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Health Information Specialists

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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 to insurance companies.

Health information specialists 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 Administrators)

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Student Success Statement

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad." - Abraham Lincoln

I think this quote means that if you do the right or you do something good or your conscience will feel good and if you do the wrong you will feel guilty and your conscience will feel bad with yourself. For example if you cheat on a test and you get a good score you'll feel bad because you didn't earn that grade. You'll have a guilt conscience and you'll just keep on thinking about what you did wrong. If you spend a week studying for a big test and you ace the test your conscience will feel good and you'll be proud of yourself because you earned that grade with your hard work.

Naval Yard Shooting

Yesterday morning there was a shooting in a naval yard in Washington D.C. The gunman killed 12 people and the gunman also was killed. They are still not sure if acted alone, but they do know that the gunman was from Texas and he was a military contractor his name was Aaron Alexis. They were looking for two more suspects but has already been cleared. This a very sad issue because innocent people got killed. He choose the wrong and now he is dead to and the other suspects if found also accountable for what happened will spend lots of time in jail. They can't go back and change what happened and now they're going to have face the consequences for their actions.

Student Success Statement

"I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall never pass this way again."   -ANON

This means that you have to be kind and nice everyday because you can't redo anything from the past. If you do something wrong you wont be able to go back in time and change it. For example if your parents tell you to do something you should do it because if you don't you'll have negative consequences and you won't be able to go back in time so you won't have negative consequences.

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 program.

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: 
            $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 technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally required to become a 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

This quote means that you have to do what is right and every time you do something right it will be easier to do the right thing again and again until you are doing the right thing without having to think. If you do the right thing you will feel good inside and you'll want to do the right thing always so you could always feel god inside for yourself. If you do what is right your conscience will approve of it. 

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 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 also 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 other parts of the body, a view not widely accepted by 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. Others form group partnerships 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, ever 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 

The first message tells you that you should never give up on your dreams just because you fail doesn't mean you have to give  up. You have to try and try until you accomplish your dream/goal. Her second message tells you that it doesn't matter how old you are to be able to chase your dreams. Her third message tells you that without the help of others you are not very likely to succeed. Diana  even though she failed to swim from Cuba to Florida 4 times before she didn't give up and even though she was 64 she chased her dream again and finally was able to accomplish it. 

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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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