Student Success Statement

'' Righteous community unity starts with ONE upright soul, whether it is a community of family members, students, neighbors, teammates, or business associates. Unity conquers worthy pursuits more quickly and with less effort than individual effort alone."

Mr. Haymore

Reflection: This quote explains how one person can accomplish a lot by working in a team and how people give the effort to gather together and work as a team. It doesn't matter were they're from as long as you put the effort into your accomplishment and you try as a team.

Home Health Aide

Duties and responsibilities:

Home health aides usually work for companies that provide in-home assistance to ill, injured, elderly, or disabled customers.  Their duties include taking the blood pressure, temperature, and pulse of patients.  They help patients get in and out of bed, take baths, and dress.  They also prepare and serve meals as well as perform housekeeping chores like making beds and cleaning rooms.

 

Salary: $8,000-$18,000

Education: Most employers prefer that nursing assistants and aides have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Some vocational schools and community colleges offer training programs. 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be a home health aide? Why? Why not?

I wouldn’t mind being an home health aide because I would just have to help another elder with anything they need.

Student Success Statement

Together Everyone Achieves More 

Reflection: When you work in a team it makes  it easier for you to achieve your goal. Its better to work with someone than working alone.

ANON

• teamwork
• climbing
• people helping each other
• mountain
• sky
• 4 people
• fearless
• strong
• backpacks
• courage

Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities:
Healthcare administrators direct and manage hospitals and other healthcare facilities.  They are responsible for long-range planning, financial administration, personnel administration, materials management, purchasing, public affairs and patient administration. 

Average Salary:  $35,000 - $100,000 

Education: Students should take challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English. 

Most healthcare administrators hold master's degrees in healthcare administration or business administration. 

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to be a Healthcare Administrator? Why? Why not?

No I wouldn’t  like to be a healthcare administrator because I wouldn’t want to deal with other peoples problems.

Student Success Statement 

"Work as a team to achieve your dream"

Sarah Real 

Reflection: Its easier to work in a team to accomplish your dreams because it will help you a lot. Working in teams also lets you learn about the other ways your partners think ,because not everyone thinks the same.

Student Success Statement 

"You will become as great as your dominant aspiration (goal)"

James Allen

Reflection: This quote explains how we are going to be better than what our goal is. When we accomplish our goal we will be better than that. Also never give up on yourself as long as you believe that you can accomplish it and you think positive then you can make that goal come true.

Health Scientist Librarian

Health Science Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Health Sciences Librarians and Library Technicians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration. 

Salary: $20,000 - $30,000 (Library Technicians)  
$35,000 - $55,000 (Librarians) 

Education: Students should be taking challenging high school courses in information management science, math, and English.

Answer: Do you think you would like to be a health Science Librarian? Why? Why not?

No ,because I don’t enjoy science.

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Student Success Statement

"A define worthy goal,combined with a positive mental attitude (PMA), is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement."

Napoleon Hill

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Reflection: To achieve something you have to believe that you can do it yourself and you need to think positive about everything. That's the starting point of a worthwhile achievement. You become what you're thinking about."

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data.  They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. 

Average Salary: $20,000 - $25,000 Educational Requirements: Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.  Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges.  To become certified, specialists must pass an examination. CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Answer: Do you think you would like to be a health Information Specialist? Why? Why not?

I wouldn’t mind being a health information specialist because it wouldn’t seem like a bad job to work as.

Student Success Statement 

"We become what we think about."

Earl Nightingale

Reflection: If we want to accomplish something we can as long as we think about what we want to accomplish. It will lead us the right way to our accomplishments if we think about it. Whatever you think about that's what you'll become. 

Health Educator

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training setting. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools, or government agencies. Health Educators often:

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•       Perform Health training needs assessments.
•       Design and develop health education programs.
•       Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.
•      Develop health education curriculum.
•      Teach health in public and private schools.
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Average Salary: $20,000 – $35,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.

Health educators have, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degrees. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master’s degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

I wouldn’t mind being a Health Educator because it doesn’t seem that hard.

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Student Success Statement

"Good thoughts bear good fruit. Bad thoughts bear bad fruit"

James Allen

Reflection: This quote explains how we should always think positive because that's the only way good things will happen from you. If you're always negative then bad things happen because you don't think about the bright side and your not positive.

Genetic Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:
Genetic Counselors work with patients and families who have genetic, or inherited, disorders and birth defects.  They also counsel people who are at risk for these problems.  Genetic counselors often:
• Educate patients and families about their conditions and how they might best manage their problems.
• Examine family histories to determine the likelihood of genetic problems.
• Assist patients and families in reaching decisions about genetic disorders that do not conflict with their religious or ethical values.
• Conduct research about genetic disorders.
• Educate medical professionals and the general public about genetic disorders.

Salary: $25,000 - $55,000

Education:
Students interested in becoming genetic counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum that emphasizes science and mathematics.
A master's degree is required, and most graduate programs require a strong undergraduate background in biology, chemistry, and behavioral science.  Many states require genetic counselors to be certified.

Answer: Do you think you would like to be a Genetic Counselor? Why? Why not?
I wouldn’t want to be a genetic counselor because it would mean that I would have to deal with other responsibilities happening in other peoples lives.

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Student Success Statement

"I wasn't trying to leave a legacy. I was trying to do what was right."

Dean Smith

Reflection: This quote shows how Dean Smith was a good person. He didn't only care about himself he also cared about others. He didn't care about people noticing him he was trying to do the right thing for him and his team.

Epidemiologist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Epidemiologist  study the frequency and distribution of diseases within human populations and environments. Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to different characteristics of populations and environments. Epidemiologist perform research, education, and public health practice in universities, government agencies, international organizations, and private corporations. Epidemiologists often:

•        Work on developing or refining methods of measuring an d evaluating disease occurences.
•       Develop and recommend public health policy.
•        Study or research chronic diseases, infectious diseases, disease outbreaks, injuries, occupations, and environments.
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Average Salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, and English.

Epidemiologists have, as a minimum, master’s degrees in public health.

Undergraduate requirements for admissions into public health graduate programs vary by schools but usually include strong backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and or statistics.

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