Health Information Specialist

Part 2

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Educational Requirements:

Student 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 American 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

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

French Proverb

This quote is about how when your conscience is empty and not full of bad thoughts it feels free. A pillow is soft so when you are nice you feel soft like a pillow and you don’t fell negative vibe around you and the people who are around you as well. when you think about others and not yourself well then they think about you in a positive way and they don’t talk negative about you. They tell people positive things about you because your nice and you don’t cause problems.

Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists 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 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 performing complete physical exams
• ·         Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plan
• ·         Treating common medical conditions, 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 prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master’s level training and pass a certification examination.

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Student Success Statement

“I shall pass though this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it; for I shall never pass this way again.

ANON

I think this quote tell us that you only live once, and yes you are going to make mistakes. As long as you learn from them. If one day you went down a wrong road then you will have to work to not choice that path again. Maybe the path that you chose was good one. Then your job will have to be  to not leave that path. You need to make the best of it in life. Take care of people you love and then they will do the same. 

Clinical Technologist

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Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory tests and procedures than 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, and English. An associate’s in-house training program is required to become a clinical laboratory technician. A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experience as a substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to advanced their careers 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

I think this quote is about how with practice you will learn how to do the right thing. You don't even have to think about it. Just do it. You know the feeling that you get once you have done something good is  great. That is why so many people do the right thing.

Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Technologists. These professions are also referred to as Medical Laboratory Technicians or Medical 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 procedure. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians.

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