Now that we are back in Florida, I am eagerly looking for a job. Thanks to a wonderful former colleague, I am now in the hiring process for a CT position at the VA Hospital. If any of you have ever applied for a government job you know it can be a lengthy process. They have told me it can take up to three months. I am trying to be patient as my ...

Prior to applying to x-ray school I made an appointment to discuss the program and job outlook with the program manager. As she gave me the run down of the courses and clinicals I thought it sounded great. She told me that finding a job would be easy and that our clinical sites would offer us positions if we did a good job. This was back in ...

Does reality ever measure up with expectations? We see something and want to buy it hoping it will make us happy. We think if I only had that car or that job then I will have truly arrived. The truth is the happiness and growth comes during the pursuit of what we seek, not in attaining it.  When I was in X-ray school, I wanted a job in CT ...

Last weekend the veteran technologist I usually work with was away at a conference. I had no idea who I’d be working with and this left me feeling a little uneasy. It turned out that Saturday I worked with a woman I am very familiar with and truly enjoy and Sunday with a woman I rarely encounter. I was very proud of how I handled myself throughout ...

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to work alone on two overnight shifts because one of my co-workers was out sick and the other had scheduled time off. This initially made me uneasy, but as some time passed, I quickly rose to the occasion, and it felt great. I had to keep reminding myself that I could only do one patient at a time and to relax. ...

This week I finally had the opportunity to do a brain perfusion CT. One of our senior technologists was available to show me what to do. She is an excellent teacher, so the whole experience wasn’t as bad as I had initially anticipated. The post-processing isn’t too tough; just very tedious and unlike any other post-processing I do. The perfusion ...

Each shift, I work with a senior technologist who is in charge of all that takes place. I appreciate the leadership. but often from shift to shift I am told to do things differently. This has made the learning process difficult and slower for me because you can't exactly tell your superior “No, I want to do it this way.” As I'm becoming ...

Each week, one of the most common injuries I see in the ER results from patient falls. People of all ages sustain the aptly named GLF, or ground level fall. I'm truly amazed at the frequency and severity of this type of injury. Working as a personal trainer in the past, I made sure to incorporate balance training into every client’s workout. The ...

My boyfriend and I just got home from our wonderful vacation yesterday, and it feels good to be home. We were gone for almost two weeks and traveled from Florida to North Carolina and the two states in between. This was our first out of state trip together, and it proved to be unforgettable. We started out visiting Savannah, Ga., and stayed ...

As I spend more time in the workforce, I find myself missing the life I had as a student. Despite the studying, tests and deadlines, I have always thrived in an academic setting. I have been taking college courses on and off since 1991 and just truly enjoy school. If someone would pay me a reasonable wage, I would matriculate permanently. However, ...