Occupational Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties of being an occupational therapist are to work with a client to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of independence. They need to have the ability to perceive, desire, recall, plan and carry out roles, routines, tasks and sub-tasks for the purpose of self-maintenance, productivity, leisure and rest in response to demands of the internal and/or external environment.

 Salary:

The median annual salary for occupational therapist was $75,400 in 2012, according to BLS. The best –paid 10 percent in the profession made$107,070, while the bottom 10 percent made$50,500.

 Education: The profession of occupational therapy appeals to people who enjoy thinking creatively and flexibly to solve problems and who value working with a diverse group of individuals in their life activities. Occupational therapists assist people of all ages with disabilities to perform activities important in their daily lives. These activities may include self-care, work, education, or play and leisure. Occupational therapists work with people who have physical illness or injury, social or emotional difficulties, congenital or developmental problems, or who are in need of preventative strategies to enhance health and well-being.

Occupational therapy (OT) services focus on increasing independence, enhancing development, providing compensatory strategies, and minimizing or preventing disability. Therapists adapt activities and environments, select therapy activities meaningful to clients, and provide client and caregiver education. For example, an OT may teach adaptive dressing techniques to a client who has lost use of her hand following a stroke, help a child with autism interact with peers, or modify a computer for a young adult with a spinal cord injury returning to work.

Occupational therapists practice in rehabilitation centers, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, schools, hospitals, mental health facilities, private practice, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and community health programs. The most common work settings for occupational therapists are school systems (34.4%), hospitals (25.3%), and long-term care facilities (13.4%). The current and future job outlook for occupational therapists is excellent.

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 Student Success Statement

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

              Mother Teresa

     Reflection:

What mother Teresa was trying to mean is that kind word could come in you but there are some things that just stay in you always and for ever.

        Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties of being a Nuclear Medicine Technologist are varieties of things. For example, they calculate measure and record radiation dosage or radio pharmaceuticals received used and disposed using computer and following physician’s prescription. Detect and map radio pharmaceuticals in patients’ bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images. Explain test producers and safety precautions to patients and provide them with assistance during test procedures.

Salary: $71,928

Education:

   Individuals interested in becoming nuclear medicine technicians should first enroll in an education and training program that has been accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology . Candidates can enroll in either an associate's or bachelor's degree program for nuclear medicine technology. These programs provide in-class work as well as clinical on-site training. Radio pharmaceuticals, tomographic imaging, radiation physics and human anatomy are common courses found in an undergraduate degree program.

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                  Student Success Statement

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”

                                          -Japanese Proverb

                           Reflection

   What Japanese Proverb was trying to mean or say is that if you don’t take action your goals, and then don’t expect them to get to you. Because there is people that work hard for their goal and there is just other people that expect them to get to you .And it doesn’t work that way. 

                  

     Glenn Cunningham (Athlete)

Glenn Cunningham went through a terrible accident when he was young. When he was 8 years of age, he went to a schoolhouse and there was a mistake instead of putting kerosene they put gasoline and there was an explosion. And was very badly burned from his legs. He was so distressed that his parents did not let doctors amputate his legs. He had a brother his name was Floyd and he died in the accident that happened in the schoolhouse.

                 Reflection:

In my opinion Glenn Cunningham was a very brave man. Cause he went though a lot wen he was a little boy. His brother died and was still strong. They were about o amputate his legs and his parents did not allow it.But yet became a champion in the 800 mile run and other things. I admire Glenn Cunningham because he is a very strong and brave man. I think it is amazing to a person achieve that way.

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          Student Success Statement

“Adversity causes some men to break -others to break records.

                      William A. Ward

      Monitor Surveillance Technician

         Duties and Responsibilities:

Monitors Surveillance technicians carefully observe monitors that graphically record the electrical activity of each heartbeat. They interpret these rhythms and report results to physicians and/ or nurse

                              Salary: $ 12,000-$26,000

                                     Education:

 Students interested in this career should prepare early by talking math, science and computer technology courses in high school. The minimum educational requirement for monitor surveillance technicians is high school graduation (or GED), in addition to a three – month training program.