Nuclear Medicine Technologist

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Duties and Responsibilities:    Nuclear Medicine Technologists prepare and administer radioactive substances to detect and treat disease.  They then position equipment over patients to make images.  These pictures allow physicians to identify abnormal areas.  This helps in diagnosing illness.

Nuclear medicine technologists explain these tests to the patients and administer radioactive doses by mouth or injection.  They also perform laboratory tests on tissue sample

Salary:  $28,000-42,000

Education: You need an 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

Reflection: I would not like to be this because it doesn’t really seem interested and radioactive things can be bad for you.