“My experience so far at HPIAM”

My experience in HPIAM has been great so far. Yes there are some flaws here and there but overall it’s been great. At first I was very hectic about coming here because I was so used to Huntington Park High School and the campus. I wasn’t all that thrilled being here. Once I got here and saw my teachers I had from HP I felt a bit better. I made new friends and Mr. C is a great principal. My junior year I had so much fun even though we didn’t have a junior ball or anything I still thought it was great. I met new friends and I had so much fun in all of my classes. I had more school spirit than I did in HP. And I was doing well academically. My grades went up, I had higher standards for myself, and I even started joining clubs here at Marquez.  

“Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, it’s ended up not being right.”

Mario Cuomo

If you are doing something that doesn’t feel right most likely it’s because it’s not a right thing you are doing. It is your conscious telling you that you are doing something wrong and instead of ignoring it and pushing it aside you should listen to it and not do what it is you are doing because then if you continue to ignore it, it can lead to trouble. For example let’s say you decide to go to a party and you feel it in your gut that it doesn’t feel right but you choose to ignore it and end up going many things can happen and there would be no one to blame but yourself. 

Reflection

The Cytotechnologists study cells very carefully. Cytotechnologists need patience and also have independent thinking. They cannot miss a thing because if they do it might be very important and can help save people’s lives. Normally people who study it have a passion for it and have the patience they need to have. I think that is very interesting not that many people would like to do that because it takes independent thinking and a lot of time looking at a cell observing every detail it holds. 

Cytotechnologist

(Cytology)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Cytology is the study of human body cells. Cytotechnologists are specially trained clinical technologists who study human body cells. They examine cells to identify changes that may indicate diseases like cancer.

Their duties include preparing microscope slides of cell samples, examining cell samples using microscopes, identifying abnormalities in shape, size, color using other automated lab equipment to preform tests, and analyzing report test results to physicians.

Cytotechnologists usually work in hospitals, clinics, or private laboratories. They also work in universities or for other researchers.

Average Salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Almost all cytotechnologists earn bachelor’s degrees in medical or clinical technology programs that include a year-long clinical internship in the field.

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“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”

Carol Burnett

Anyone can motivate you to change their life; they can also have an impact. However, only I can really change my life. No one can make you do something. It’s true they can give you the push you need, but in the end it’s up to you to change. People who truly care about you usually try to impact you to change your life for the better. I think one person who was a huge impact in my life was my sister. My sister went downhill for a while but she came right back up on her feet. I was on a lonely rode and I felt as if I couldn’t get out of it. Then my sister helped me just by setting her examples and telling me what I should do. I changed for the better for myself. I didn’t enjoy the way I was living before. Now every time I feel like that again I think of her example and I choose to not stray that way anymore. 

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job 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 patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

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

·         Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

·         Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological test.

·         Help 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 requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must past written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job 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 patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

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

·         Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

·         Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological test.

·         Help 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 requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must past written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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Health Information Specialists

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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 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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“A good name will shine brightly”

ANON

A good name will shine brightly means that someone who is known to be trustworthy, honest, and responsible people will always know about them. Let’s say if you are not being trustworthy, honest, or responsible people tend to look down at them and recognize their names but not in a good way more like a dull name. Being all those characteristics will have a good name for you and people would recognize the wonders that person holds. 

Health Information Specialist

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

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

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

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

French Proverb

I guess what this means is that having a clear conscience is better than a soft pillow. Having a clear conscience is a good thing because then you won’t regret what you have done in the past and you don’t reflect back to the situation and think what would have happened if you done things differently. If you do well then you won’t have to reflect back to things you can move on with your life and not worry about the past just keep continuing the path of choosing the right. I think a good example would be lying if you lie to people even those really close to you your conscience isn’t well it starts making you feel guilty and unhappy. Now if you decide to admit to the person you lied to your conscience would be cleared and you would feel better even if it means getting in trouble.  

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 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 performing complete physical exams.
•    Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.
•   Treating common medical conditions, illnesses, 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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“I shall pass through 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.”

Ellen De Generous

Passing through life with good deeds in your hearts you will never regret the things you did in your life. Let’s just say you have done things in your past that you regret and you want to go back to change it. Well you can’t so instead of trying to change your past always make better choices in the future so you can keep going on with life and never look back. 

Clinical Technologist

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Clinical technologist performs more complex laboratory tests and procedures than 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 degree in the field or completion of a specialized 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 accent an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experience as a substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate education or specialized training to advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology.

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“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

There is not a minute of the day where you don’t have a reason to do what is right. Every day you have to do what is right. Your trials would be easier to overcome by doing what is right and the positive conscience will stay with you. By doing what is right all the time people have a more positive attitude around you. And you never know who you might be influencing by doing the right thing. An example could be if you are listening to the teacher while he is lecturing others can take notice of it and do the same. 

Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Duties and responsibilities:

Clinical Laboratory Specialists include both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and 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 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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“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 guess what this is trying to say is that to have the courage to say no is a big deal. Some people don’t have the courage to say no. Facing the truth is a huge courage as well as saying no. People should always be doing what is right just so they can feel good about themselves. Living like this will be a better lifestyle. Many more people will respect and trust people like that. I think that is the key to living life with integrity. 

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 didn’t 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 parents believe that the problems with the 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 group partnerships in clinics or chiropractic hospitals.

Average Salary: $30,000 - $100,000

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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

I really enjoy her three messages that she has to say to the world. The first message “We should never, ever give up,” speaks out to me because I tend to give up things I quite enjoy. Mostly because I feel as if other people are better and I can never be as good as they are. I shouldn’t give up if I continue to do what I enjoy doing I will succeed eventually. The second message “You are never too old to chase you dreams,” I agree my mom hasn’t given up on her dream to become a nurse. She is continuing to study and work hard for her dream. I know I’m never too old to chase my dreams even when I feel I can’t. And the final message “It looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team,” I really enjoy this because you may think it’s a solitary sport but to work with others in training will help you succeed. 

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 disease. 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 challenging 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 certification and/or associate degrees. Some employers will hire electronics technicians and provide on-the-job biomedical technology training.

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