Student Success Statement

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

 Reflection: I can relate to this quote because yes i have done things that seemed right to everyone else but something within me always told me it was bad but i would simply ignored it. Throughout my life i learned to listen to myself and actually think twice about doing something. A simple  wrong decision can scar you for life. This is why we should listen to that feeling, voice, whatever you want to call it because that feeling can change the decision you make and it can help you to choose the right.

Cytotechnologist CPCC

Summary: Cytotechnologists study cells in the human body. In order to be a cytotechnologists you must learn and enjoy using a microscope to analyze cells. They use a microscope to examine cells in the way they are shaped or colored. They research possible diseases of cancer in a human body. I personally would not like to work as a cytotechnologists because i was never interested in the medical field.

                              Cytotechnologist

                                       (Cytology)

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Cytology is the 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 disease like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscope slides of cell samples, examining cell samples using microscope, 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 clinical 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

Reflection: the only one that will help me change who I am is myself. If there is no determination in me to change, no change will happen. It might seem hard to change on your own, but you have to have determination to not be the “old” you, the one from the past. When you change who you were, you change your life. Change is good.

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 patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospitals or in 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

           

Reflection: Goodness will lead you to the right path. Goodness is what makes you feel good about yourself when you make the right decision in the hardest situation. Everything else in our life will fail but the only thing that will not is Goodness. In order to have goodness we must choose the right.

      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 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 program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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Student Success Statement

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

                                              – French Proverb

Reflection: I guess this quote means to me that we should listen to our conscience in those moments when we have to decide whether doing what’s right and wrong. Listening to our conscience can actually save our life from a drastic decision we ever make, for example if you went to a party with your friends and the driver decides to drink when he knows he’s going to drive you guys back home. It’s better to listen to your conscience in that situation and call your parents to pick you up or ask someone else for a ride, you never know what might happen if you get in that car with a drunk driver. Always choose the right!

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 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 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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Student Success Statement

“I shall not 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

Reflection: This quotes means to me that while we’re here today alive we should show as much kindness, trust, love, and compassion for one another because we never know when we’ll leave from this earth. We should enjoy our time with ourselves and everyone around us. If we had someone that hurted us physically or emotionally we should forgive and forget and enjoy every day of our life’s. For we only have one chance in this life, we should make the best 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 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 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 enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.” – Robert E. Lee

Reflection: You will always be in a situation where you will have to do what is right and you have to show courage. It'll be tough but at the end it'll be worth it because you'll feel good about yourself. Doing the right thing will take practice, but as people say : practice makes perfect. Its never to late to Choose the Right.

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 procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct tests and prepare culture media. They conduct tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians.

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Student Success Statement

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."  - W. Clement Stone

Reflection:  Having the courage to say NO is the best way of showing the potential and strength in you. Sometimes it seems embarrassing to face the truth but its what teaches us to not do the wrong decision again. Doing the right thing when knowing its right helps you feel proud of yourself. When having courage, facing the truth and doing whats right thats what will help you go far in your life with success.

                Chiropractor

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Educational Requirements:

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

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

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

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Student Success Statement

"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."

                                                       - Marcus Aurelius 

Reflection: this quote means to me that when knowing your not suppose to do something or say something it                  actually takes courage to say No. Sometimes it does seem hard to say No to certain things but                      its not impossible to do. 

Summary of 4 college boys being Honest

In the state of New Jersey 4 college boys walked into a store thinking it was open because the lights were on and the front door was open. When seeing their was no clerk to attend them, they got the items they needed and left the money that was due for the items at the register and even left change incase of tax. They left the store calmly with their items knowing they did the right thing.

Reflection: These young men gave everyone the example of what being honest truly means. They could of simply taken advantage of knowing no one was in the store and they could of stole what they needed but they did the right thing. By making this decision they didn't expect anything in return but at the end they were rewarded and they deserve it. 

                  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 both 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 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 3 messages:

    1) We should never, ever give up.

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

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

                    - Diana Nyad, American Swimmer

Reflection: These words were said by a woman who was strong and brave enough to reach her goal. This teaches me that along your journey to reach your goal we should be strong and willing to get there and to not give up, no matter what happens. A dream can start at a very young or even an old age but the only way to achieve it is to go after it. In anything you do, you will always need support it could be a family member or even your friend. But most of all you need is Courage and Perseverance. It takes time to reach goals, so be Patient.

         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 electronic 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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