Thanks for putting my message in the Advance magazine. The question was not answered. In Illinois it is not up to the facility to develope a procedure to determine who injects. The state determines who injects. To inject, the person must be on the Radioactive Material License. This can vary from state to state. In Illinois for a person to be ...

I have always asked the pt to fast after midnight.  I give the capsule at 8AM and ask them to wait an additional hour before they eat. This aids in the digestion of the capsules.

I have thought about going for my BS, but it would not help in the job I have now.  If in the future I wanted to go into management or teaching, it would be very necesary. That as a personal goal is wonderful!!!!  Good luck!!!

When I was student for Nuclear Med, the male student worn dress pants and ties.  The female students had to wear uniforms.  When the male student went into the room with the patient they thought he was a Dr. and that I was a nurse. Times have changed. I see many more female Nuc Med techs these days.

I am concerned with X-ray Technogists injecting Sestamibi (miraluma) for the the purpose of breast imaging.  They are using a Breast Specific Gamma camera. I know is takes alot of practice to learn appropiate positioning, but I think this is a Nuclear Med Tech job.  I have been after our radiologist to use Miraluma, but they seem to ...