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Juney’s World: First Year on the Job in Radiology

The Power of Sleep
February 25, 2010 11:32 AM by June Ammirati
Unless you've worked an eight-hour night shift and then two back-to-back 16-hour shifts overnight, you can't imagine how exhausting it can be. The lead technologist on Friday night always lets me leave early Saturday morning, knowing how much an extra Read More...
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Loving the Weekdays
December 11, 2009 5:23 PM by June Ammirati
Working all of my hours on the weekends leaves me a good deal of time to have fun and get numerous things done during the week. I especially love this because there are less people to contend with, and most places and stores are much less crowded. Also, Read More...
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Night Shift
December 4, 2009 5:54 PM by June Ammirati
I got a comment on my Facebook page from a guy who I went to X-ray school with; it really made me stop and think. He got a job working Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the OR and on portables. He told me he encountered some nice students Read More...
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Multiple Traumas
November 27, 2009 5:40 PM by June Ammirati
This past weekend, I saw the most traumas since I started back in July. We usually have one or two a shift, but this was out of control. It is the first time that the consequences of this type of tragedy really hit home for me. This was made worse by Read More...
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Advice for Students
November 19, 2009 3:47 PM by June Ammirati
As a student, if you have a chance to choose a final rotation while in school, go out on a limb and try out an area that you are weak in or know little about. This is what prompted me to choose CT. I only had a quick, six-week rotation through CT, and Read More...
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Back to Work
November 6, 2009 7:52 PM by June Ammirati
It was a good weekend away from work. I was able to spend time with family who I don't normally get to see. Some folks even showed up who I haven't seen in over fifteen years. The occasion of putting up my father's headstone and having a memorial for Read More...
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Time Off
October 29, 2009 2:07 PM by June Ammirati
Not only am I enjoying my new career more and more each week but I am so grateful to have all of the benefits that come with a full time position. My benefits recently kicked in and I am saving a good deal of money each month on prescriptions and doctor's Read More...
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Diagnosis Humor
October 22, 2009 8:03 PM by June Ammirati
Growing up the daughter of a college English professor I quickly learned the power, beauty, and often humor of the written word. A well written poem is as brilliant to me as a famous painting. One task I have at work is to read the nurse's and doctor's Read More...
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I Feel Like I Belong
October 15, 2009 7:43 PM by June Ammirati
I am finally starting to feel like part of the "CT family." I am growing closer to many of my co-workers. It is a small group of us who work only weekends and it has taken a little while for this to happen. This past weekend culminated in my birthday Read More...
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Meeting Special Needs
October 8, 2009 1:02 PM by June Ammirati
I recently had the pleasure of taking care of and scanning my first legally blind patient. Having worked with special needs children in previous jobs I had no reservations about treating this patient. Most patients are usually in pain and scared to have Read More...
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Waist Management
September 29, 2009 4:18 PM by June Ammirati
It has been a good week for me. I got my seasonal flu shot and am eagerly awaiting my H1NI flu shot. I have never got a flu shot before but since I got so sick with the flu last December I decided to get one this year. I come into contact with numerous Read More...
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Ethical Dilemmas
September 18, 2009 6:59 PM by June Ammirati
Recently the number of infants and children I’m scanning seems to be increasing. This population presents many challenges for me and my co-workers. How do you get an infant to stop crying and hold still long enough to get a diagnostic study? How do you Read More...
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Making Progress
September 3, 2009 9:29 PM by June Ammirati
There are so many differences being a student and actually working now as an employee in a Level 1 Trauma Center ER. The pace of the work varies greatly from shift to shift. This past Friday it was the busiest shift I've ever worked and I thought this Read More...
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Learning to Get Along
August 12, 2009 4:47 PM by June Ammirati
Working 16 hour shifts overnight poses many challenges like trying to stay focused and alert at 4am but it also poses the difficult task of trying to get along with co-workers during this extended period of time. I have already seen a few heated disagreements Read More...
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Never A Dull Day
June 3, 2009 9:50 AM by June Ammirati
This week, I encountered a first for me while working in trauma CT. Just as I was pushing a patient into the scanner, she said she had to use the bathroom. I asked her if she could wait and she said she'd try. She was about to receive IV contrast, so Read More...
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