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.