Student Success Statement

                                          "Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."

                                                                                                      -Bo Jackson

Reflection: Always set the goals you actually want to achieve. Do everything you can to achieve your goal. Be careful not to aim for the impossible because unfortunately there is also the saying, "the higher you fly, the further you fall". The flight of Icarus can be an example.

             

                                                           

Student Success Statement

                         "You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

                                                                                                                     -Michael Phelps

Reflection: Limits are barriers that the human mind puts on you. Barriers can represent any problem, from sports to personal. They give you the sense of not progressing, of not being able to continue. What Phelps is trying to teach you is that those "limits" are simply illusions. The more effort put into your "dream", the more likely your able to surpass those barriers of doubt and hopelessness. 

                                                        

Student Success Statement

                                                     "Try a little harder to be a little better."

                                                                                               -Gordon B. Hinckley

Reflection: If you put more effort into your goals in life, you will see improvements. Life is about improving your strengths and weaknesses. Reading what Hinckley says, much of the time when he says "do better" he means in the context of your situation. He means try harder at improving, and try hard so that people will admire and respect you, and so on. 

                                                             

Medical Illustrator

   

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical illustrators are highly skilled artists.  They work strictly in the medical field and create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and educational films. Their drawings span a wide range from microorganisms to body parts.  Some medical illustrators prepare illustrations that aid in research about or creation of artificial body parts.  At times, they are called upon to use modeling skills to create artificial body parts, such as ears, and noses, for patients that are deformed or have undergone some surgeries.

Average Salary:  $35,000 - $50,000 

Educational Requirements:

Students interested in becoming medical illustrators should take a college preparatory program in high school that emphasizes art and science. In college they should either major in art and minor in science or major in science and minor in art.  Undergraduate science courses should be the same as those required for medical school.

Student Success Statement

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work."

                                                                                                            -Thomas J. Watson

Reflection: Achieving excellence is relatively simple. You simply "quit" your bad habits and do your best in everything that you do. Focusing on improving your strength AND weaknesses is key to achieving excellence. The world is competitive so you must strive for the best and never settle for less. 

                                                          

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical assistants help physicians and nurses deliver patient care.  They schedule appointments; take blood pressures, respirations, temperatures; and perform other routine patient pre-examining procedures. Sometimes they help with office and clerical tasks.  Medical assistants work in hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices.

Average Salary:  $17,000 - $18,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should complete high school with courses in biology, physical science, office management, communications, and human relations.  Medical assistant training programs are provided by community colleges and for-profit technical training schools.  They may take between six months and two years to complete.

Reflection: I would not like to be a medical assistant because it seems more of a average job than an actual career. By looking at their yearly salary, we can assume that they are paid at minimum wage.
                                                       

Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities: LPNs observe patients and report adverse reactions to medications or treatments. They collect samples for testing; perform routine laboratory tests, feed patients and record food and fluid intake and output. They help patients with bathing, dressing and personal hygiene, keep them comfortable and care for their emotional needs. In states where the law allows, they may administer prescribed medicines or start intravenous fluids. Some LPNs help deliver, care for and feed infants.

Salary: $40,380 per year

Education: to become a licensed practical nurse you need to complete of a formal program plus supervised clinical instruction. Practical nursing educational programs are offered by vocational schools and community colleges, and require high school diploma. Some of the programs require passing an entrance exam. Teaching and learning is an interactive process between teacher and student.  The process recognizes students as adult learners responsible for the result of their educational experiences.  Each student has the right to an educational climate, which will improve his/her ability to learn.  Students should take responsibility for learning by separating each faculty to find learning needs and by using learned information as a basis on which to increase their different learning knowledge, skills, and educational background.

                                      

Student Success Statement

                  “It’s not the will to win, but the will to PREPARE to win that makes the difference.”   
                                                                                                               -Paul Bear Bryant

Reflection: Having the motivation to succeed is one of the keys to success but preparation can also help you in achieving it faster and more efficiently. In life “winning” can be defined in many different ways but each of us has our own thoughts about what will bring us some measure of happiness and security. Each of these could be defined as "winning" in their own ways. 

                                          

Industrial Hygienist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Recognizes, evaluates, and controls chemical, physical, and biological hazards in the work place. Evaluates university compliance with regard to state and federal occupational health and safety regulations, laws, rules, and codes. Educates and informs employees and students about occupational health and safety hazards. This is a specialized classification and is distinguished from the Health/Safety Specialist in that incumbents perform industrial hygiene functions.

Salary: $77,857

Education: Industrial Hygiene is a health profession that uses the concepts of the natural sciences and mathematics, the principles of engineering, and effective public-health management skills to identify, characterize, and control biological, chemical, physical, and psycho-social agents of disease, disability, or discomfort that may arise in or from the workplace and affect the health or standard of living of workers and/or the community at large.