Rehabilitation or Mental

Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their jobs 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 patient’s doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practices, for school, industry, or in hospitals or residential health care setting.

Counselors often:

·         Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs

·         Interview and observe patients to determine problems areas

·         Conduct personality, aptitude, achievements, and psychological tests.

·         Helps 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 requirements for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state counselor must pass written or oral examination and work for about two years in a supervised clinical settings.

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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 college program or from the Americans 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

“A good name will shine brightly”

ANON

A person who does good things and is known for his goodness and many doors are open for him and he will rise to the top with glory

Health Information Specialist Part 1

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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 carious information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for search. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and reports codes 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)

$23,000 - $30,000(Record Technician)

$30,000 - $40,000(Record Admin)

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Student Success Statement

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

French Proverb.

Nothing is better in life than having a clear conscience. Its impossible to sleep without knowing that you have done something horrible to someone.

Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialist 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 perform complete physical exams.

·       Provide diagnosed and recommending treatment plans.

·       Treating common medical condition, illness, 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 prepare registered nurse. They must then complete additional masters levels training and pass a certification examination.

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Clinical Technologists

Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures then 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, English.

An associate’s degree in the field or completion of a specialized in-house training program is require to become a clinical laboratory technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally require to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experiences as a substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to advance their career 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

Reflection: You have your entire life to do what is right it is never to late to give up and continue choosing the wrong. When you choose the right you will enjoy your life with happiness because you chose the right.

Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Laboratory Specialist includes both Clinical Laboratory Technologists. These professions are also referred to as Medical Laboratory Technicians or Medical Laboratory 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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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

I think this means to be brave and say no to what you know is wrong. Do the right thing not because you will get rewarded but because its right

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.

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

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Honesty Caught on Tape.

Four football athletes from Paterson University caught on tape doing a very humble deed. They go in a store in New Jersey thinking there is someone in the room. They look around only to find that there is no one at the store. They grab the items they want and instead of stealing the items they go ahead and pay for the items they took as well as the tax. Later the store owner tracks them down and congratulates them. They even got awarded for the honesty they have shown. In my opinion it was a really good thing. They could have stolen the items but they decided to choose the right by paying for the things they took. They did not even think they would be awarded for the great deeds but they did. Shows that if you choose what is right you can be awarded even by the littlest things.

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 a 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, 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: I think she is saying that no matter what obstacles come in your way, you should never give up. And no matter how long it takes you should never give up on your dreams. Also chasing your dreams is much easier and better when you have people by your side.

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 diseases. 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 the most challenging classes like 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 certifications and/or associate degrees. Some employers will hire electronics technicians and provide on-the-job biomedical technology training

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