Occupational Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Occupational Therapists help patients who are mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled adjust to handicaps and regain abilities to perform daily living and self-care skills.  They work as part of a team with physicians, counselors, and physical therapists.

Occupational therapists design therapy programs and work closely with patients to observe them, help them, and monitor their progress.  They frequently design special equipment to aid patients and help with their therapy.  They also teach patients how to adjust to work and home life after becoming disabled by injury or illness.  Most occupational therapists are employed at hospitals, and many work at nursing homes.  Some work at schools for the handicapped, rehabilitation centers, or at adult daycare centers.

Average Salary:  $26,000 - $45,000

Educational Requirements: 

All states require require either a bachelor's or master's degree that includes clinical experience and successful completion of a national examination to become a certified occupational therapist.

                                      

Student Success Statement

                                         "The best way to predict your future is to create it."
                                                                                          -Charles Ketterer

Reflection: In order to create the future life that desire you need to have a clear vision of what you want. Having determined what you want, you need to adopt the behavior required to achieve it as well as determine the value why you need it so as to motivate the behavior to attain it. Going to College can be an example. But of course,there are always things that happen to us along the way that we can't predict, like getting hit by a bus.
                                               

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Nursing Home Administrators plan and direct operations of nursing homes and long-term care facilities. They supervise personnel, financial, medical, and nursing administration. Most work in nursing homes, but some work for large corporations that control many facilities.  Some are also involved in teaching and research.

Average Salary:  $40,000 - $55,000 

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English. Requirements differ, but most states require nursing home administrators to have at least a bachelor's degree in nursing home administration, complete an additional internship program, and pass an examination.

                                        

Pyramid Healing

Duties and Responsibilities: Wounds, boils and bruises heal quicker; reduces over-weight and increases resistance to diseases; gives relief to and cures asthma, toothaches, migraine, common cold, high B.P., arthritis, palpitation of heart, epilepsy, insomnia etc. Drinking pyramid energized water cures conjunctivitis, other eye problems; helps digestion; gives the skin a healthy and youthful glow.After being under the Healing & Meditation Pyramid for a short time, you will:

• Have More energy
• Feel healthier
• Find inner peace
• Feel more relaxed and calm
• Focus more
• Have clarity of mind
• Feel balanced

Salary: Vary

Education: The level of education vary.

                                                     

Progress Report (100 Goals)

Currently my 100 goals are progressing. I've managed to complete 20% of it and plan to do more this week. Some goals that I have require time to be completed (like going to college) and others I can complete as soon as I obtain the opportunity. I will manage to complete this set as soon as I can. Wish me luck!
                                       

Student Success Statement

                       "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
                                                                                                     -Japanese Proverb

Reflection: Our thoughts, or visions, are simply ideas. If we don't act upon them, they simply become a figment of our imagination. Acting without thinking can prove disastrous results because we do not have a clear "vision" of what we are doing and acting on our emotions. Its is better to clear your mind and then take action.
                                                        

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Nuclear medicine technologists use a scanner to create images of various areas of a patient’s body. They prepare radioactive drugs and administer them to patients undergoing the scans. The radioactive drugs cause abnormal areas of the body to appear different from normal areas in the images.Nuclear medicine technologists explain these tests to the patients and administer radioactive doses by mouth or injection.They also perform laboratory tests on tissue samples. They must follow strict safety regulations due to the dangers of radiation effects to their bodies and organs. 

Salary: $70,000-$75,000

Education: Nuclear medicine technology training programs vary in length from one to four years.  One year programs that lead to certification are offered by hospitals.  Associate and bachelor degrees are offered in colleges and universities.  Courses include training in safety, radiation procedures, physical science, effects of radiation to the body and organs, and computer techniques.  Almost all states require licensing, and all technologists must meet federal standards for administering and using of radioactive materials.

                                        

Glenn Cunningham (Athlete)

Summary: A young boy named Glenn Cunningham had the job of coming to school early each day so that he could use kerosene to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One cold morning someone mistakenly filled the kerosene container he used with gasoline, and disaster struck.

He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body, it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be a lifetime cripple with no use at all of his lower limbs. His mother refused to let the doctors amputate. Ultimately through his daily massages, Glenn's determination, he did develop the ability first to stand up, then to walk haltingly with help, then to walk by himself and then, miraculously, to run. Later in college Glenn made the track team where his tremendous determination paid off. He eventually received the nickname the "Kansas Flyer."

Reflection: Determination can get you anywhere. Its amazing to to see that Cunningham was able to achieve such a goal. To think that someone could run, helping youth along the way is truly amazing given what Cunningham had been through. For many of us, we would have given up. So, for all facing challenges, and you cannot be a member of the human race without facing challenges, this story should pick each one of us up and get us going toward our own dreams.

                                                     

Student Success Statement

                                   "Adversity causes some men to break--others to break records"

                                                                                                      -William A. Ward

Reflection: It all depends on the person's inner strength as to how well they handle adversity. A stress a person faces can be turned into a motivation, and it is possible to overcome it. For others, its too overwhelming for them and it prevents them from progressing. Everyone can learn to overcome adversity by having a positive attitude.

                                                         

Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Monitor surveillance technicians observe  heartbeat patterns which is graphically displayed on a series of monitors in cardiac care units of hospitals.  They examine these patterns and provide the results to physicians and nursing staff.  They: 

• Gather and report heart pattern information on patients.
• Operate monitoring computers that simultaneously display multiple patient results. 
• Identify heart pattern changes and abnormalities.
• Clean and maintain equipment, battery packs, and wiring systems.

Average Salary:  $26,000 - $41,000

Educational Requirements:

To become a Monitor Surveillance Technician, one should take math, science, and computer technology courses in high school. 

Upon graduation from high school they may enroll in training programs at vocational schools, community colleges, or hospitals.  Program length varies from three months to two years. 

                                              

Student Success Statement

                               "The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves"
                                                                                                            -Anonymous

Reflection: One must set goals and achieve them at their own pace. You shouldn't aim to be better than others, you should aim to be better than yourself, to achieve, to help, to learn, to love more. The victories that stick, the ones that build lasting confidence, are the ones where you impress yourself instead of others. It’s easy to win. It’s tougher to win when it requires you to be at the top of your game and constantly improving. But it’s so much more meaningful. In the same way, lasting motivation comes from the bars we set high for ourselves. Humans have a way of working hard to live up to our own standards. For the best measuring stick, look to your past and to your potential. More often than not, when you commit to being your best, the victories will come anyway. 

                                           

Health Science Librarians

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Science Librarians and Library Technicians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration. Librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material.  They also establish electronic and digital database information systems.  They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patrons.  

Salary: $35,000 - $55,000

Education:

Students should take challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health sciences library technician training varies by employer.  Some provide on the job training, but all prefer that students complete library technician programs at a community college or technical school.  Associate's degrees can be earned in many of these programs.