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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 deal with the scared parent(s)? Also, is a CT scan really the best option for a child due to the ...

One recurring theme for me over these past two years in school is the importance of knowing what is expected of me at each clinical setting. It sounds like a simple concept, but it's easy to forget until I specifically ask what is expected. Each semester, I felt more and more comfortable with my duties and had gained a good deal of knowledge, ...

I've taken college classes since 1990, and overall I have been relatively successful in each of them. This week, I thought I'd share a few a few test-taking and study strategies that I use on a regular basis. I hope you find them helpful! Plan to study when you are mentally alert. If you are a morning person, get up and crack the books first ...