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10 Realities of Being a Radiology Technologist

November 26, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Radiology Technologist or RT is a very demanding profession in health care, physically, mentally and emotionally. Helping patients in getting their proper medical imaging through X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and working closely with Radiologists demands patience, practice and focus. Its a hard job and requires continuous educational credit to retain certification.

Radiology Technologist have a really tough routine as the use of medical diagnostic imaging is ever increasing. Presented below are some of the everyday realities a radiology technologist goes through:

1. As a Radiology Technologist you need to do plenty of typing and computer work for every exam, specially if you are using PACS, you have to complete/charge exams, place notes, chart the exams etc.
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2. Its really great seeing through patients using radiation. Its really interesting how much does it helps identifying the diseases, without the patient going through an invasive hurtful procedure.
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3. RT’s may say comforting words to ease their patients who might be coming in with a broken bone; but inside their head, they are really worried about the pain the patient will be going through.
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4. They have to deal with completely uncooperative individuals to get on the x-ray table and position them.
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5. As a radiology tech you may end up working with someone so frustrating that you may wonder how did they even qualify for the board exam certification.
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6. RT’s kill their boredom by using the imaging equipment to look into things like: plants, watches, eggs, mobile phones etc,.
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7. Most radiology techs really love the sight of a properly executed intravenous contrast fluoroscopy. They might gaze at it for long.
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8. While doing X-rays and MRIs they usually encounter strange things inside their patients.
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9. They have to take mandatory vacations every now and than to let the radiation dissipate
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10. RT’s are almost never screened for drug tests unlike other healthcare employees.
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