Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Adversity causes some to break- others to break records.”

                                                                -William A. Ward

This quote applies to a lot of people because sometimes when there are a lot of bad things going on in your life and you just can’t take it anymore you tend to give up everything that you have worked for from that moment on. We don’t think about the consequences that we have when we want to give everything up we just want to be done with things and just not suffer anymore, but sometimes suffering is a good thing and not a bad thing because the more you suffer in life the closer you are to your dreams. Push yourself when you feel like giving up push yourself to greatness and even more than that to success. It only takes one person to change your life and that person is you, no one else can change your life the way you would like or the way you want your life to be changed. Don’t break when things get hard for you on the contrary push yourself to do better things and to not give up. It’s like everyone says when the going gets tough push yourself to do what you have to do. Be who you want to be and fight through all those walls and all those battles to make your dreams come true. 

                                              

      

Health Information Specialists

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

They obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They make sure that the information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. There are a lot of job specialties with this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.  Health Information Specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

$20,000-$25,000 (Coding Specialists)

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

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

Educational Requirements:

As students we should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English, Must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Sometimes training is conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified specialists you must pass an exam.

Reflection:

I do not think that I would like to become a health information specialists because it does not really catch my attention to study this. 

                                             

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves.”                               _Anonymous

This quote is saying a lot to us because what most of us as students most of the time what we want to do is to be better than the person sitting next to us or out worst enemy to prove that we are better than them but most of the time that is not the answer. We are so focused on being better than everyone else but we don’t worry about being better than the one person that counts the most and that is ourselves and biggest challenge and our biggest rival. We need to be better and push ourselves to the limit and out do you own self not anybody else. It is better to be better than yourself than to be bragging to other people making them feel bad about themselves. Beat and win your biggest rival YOU! 

                                 

Health Science Librarian

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

They collect and organize medical information, and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration. They select and organize 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. They coordinate and control the money and supervise the library technicians.

   Average Salary:

$20,000-$30,000(Library Technicians)

$35,000-$55,000 (Librarians)

Educational Requirement’s:

Take challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. It 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. An associate’s degree can be earned in many of these programs. They should earn an undergraduate degree in one of the life sciences and must earn a master’s degree in library science from a program that is accredited by the American Library Association. Some library science graduate programs offer specialized courses in health science librarianship.

Reflection:

I do not think that I would like to become one of these because I want to be able to work one on one with the patients and not in the library.   

                                       

Christmas Break

My Christmas Break was great I had a lot of fun and i spent a lot of time with my family. We went out together as a family to eat we spent Christmas at my aunts house and had family come visit from Guatemala we took them out to see in La. For New years we danced all night and had fun eating a lot of food it might have gotten me a little fat because of all the food that we ate and it was really good traditional Guatemalan Foods which were tamales and ponche. My family loves to have fun and laugh. I also learned how to drive I spend some time with my cousin learning how to drive. We also planned my cousins quicneanera in less than a week and it turned out great she had a lot of fun and it was an amazing night. i read a book called Grapes of Wrath during my Christmas Break it was a really great book and i did a lot of my hw during the Christmas break also.  I really wanted the break not to end because I was having so much fun with friends and family but oh well!



                              

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness”

-Seneca

This is a very true quote because to succeed in greatness there are a lot of obstacles you have to face in order to achieve what you want. They say that not everything in life is easy and that is true because the more goals you have for yourself the more obstacles you are going to have to face and overcome each one of those obstacles in order to achieve your goals. You will have a lot of obstacles that you are going to face but what you have to do is become strong and not bring yourself down when those obstacles hit. Always strive to become the best no matter what. Try never to take the easy way out because if you do take the easy way out then things will not look to be what they really are. Nothing in life is easy nothing you always have to work hard in order to get what you want.

                      

Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities:

A clinical laboratory specialist is also called many other names such as Clinical Laboratory Technicians, Clinical Technologists and Medical Laboratory Technicians or Medical Technologists. All of these do almost the same thing such as performing laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat disease. They use microscopes, laboratory equipment, chemicals and computers to perform laboratory procedures.  They also collect blood samples and prepare culture media.  They issue tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians. Clinical technologists perform harder tests than a technician. Most of the Clinical Technologists work in hospitals, but some of them also work in private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Salary: 

$20,000 - $28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians) 
$25,000 - $40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Education:

Take the most challenging course in science, math, and English. Have an associate’s degree specialized in house training program is required to become a Clinical Laboratory Technician. Bachelor Degree is usually required to become a clinical technologist.

Reflection:

I do not think that I would like to become a clinical laboratory specialist because I want to pursue a career in medicine but I actually want to be able to work one on one with patients.