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By: Kenzie Smith
Ultrasound Technician
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An ultrasound technician performs medical diagnosis
using high frequency sound waves and imaging
techniques to generate images of cross sections of
organs.
Technicians most times work under the direction of a
radiologist.(A medical specialist who uses radioactive
substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease.)
Requirements
Anatomy and physiology
 Must also know how to take medical
histories in order to guide ultrasound
examinations.
 Computer, human science, and anatomy
courses.
 American Registry of Radiologic
Technologists and the American Registry
of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
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Safe Option for Future
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Ultrasound is safe and has no side effects. It allows for
safer procedures.
Ultrasound is fairly inexpensive and available to most all
health care.
Ultrasound is better than X-rays, soft tissue is not seen
very well.
Salary, Security, Benefits
The annual average ultrasound tech salary was
$66,360, or $31.90 per hour in 2012, and this was
based on a 40-hour working week.
 Job Security for ultrasound technicians is well
preserved even during economic downtimes, the
need for ultrasound technicians has increased
year by year. This is because ultrasound is a main
way to observe what is wrong with a patient.
 This means that no matter how bad the economy
gets, or how many jobs are lost, ultrasound
technicians are secure.
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Existential Therapist
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Existential psychotherapy is a method of therapy that
operates on the belief that inner conflict within a
person is due to that individual's experiences. Also
referred to as ultimate concerns, form the body of
existential psychotherapy and compose the framework
in which a therapist puts together a client's problem in
order to develop a method of treatment. These ideas
come from the four dimensions of human existence, the
physical, social, personal and spiritual.
Salary, Security, and Benefits
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Existential therapists typically earn
$53,000 a year. But this is completely
dependent on the patient and the
circumstance. Wage could depend on the
experience of the therapist.
Good verbal and listening skills are
required.
 A Psychotherapist must be skeptical as
well as insightful, to see through the layers
of clients' defenses.
 Persistence is also useful, to overcome
the clients' resistance to meeting those
goals.
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Radiologic Technologist
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A radiologic technologist, also known as medical
radiation technologist, and as radiographer, performs
imaging of the human body for diagnosis. Radiographers
work in hospitals, clinics, and private practice. Better
known as an X-ray technician.
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Radiologic Technologists earn about
$64,000 a year. Radiologic technologists
are entitled to benefit packages, benefits
include health and dental insurance,
short-term and long-term disability, paid
vacations and sick time, and 401k savings
plans.