Nuclear Medicine Technologist 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Nuclear Medicine Technologists get substances ready to administer as well as actually administering, these substances treat diseases. They begin to position machinery over patients so the machines can take pictures. These pictures allow physicians to identify abnormal areas. These pictures often help diagnosis.

Nuclear medicine technologists explain these procedures to those that have to go through them, then they administer the radioactive doses, either through mouth or injection.  They also test tissues in laboratories for further study.  They have to follow very strict safety regulations because of how dangerous radioactivity can be to their bodies

Salary:

$28,000 - $42,000

Education:

Students who want to become a nuclear medicine technologist should take the highest levels of Math, Science and English.

Nuclear medicine technology training can be very different, ranging from one year to four years.  One year courses are often offered at hospitals and grant certification.  Associate and bachelor degrees are offered in colleges and universities.  Classes that should be taken are about safety around radioactivity and how to use the technology you will have to do. Almost all states require licensing, and all technologists must meet federal standards for administering and using of radioactive materials.

I would like to become a nuclear medicine technologist. I think I can work well with people and I also like dealing with radioactive materials