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we had a major test on Monday that was over 100 questions long. Needless to day everyone's brain was fried after taking it. well today, we went over the test and there was one question that 24 people got wrong. however, 8 of us (me included) got i...

I didn't take a leave of absence, but I did have to take a year off from school and start all over again. All the things I had learned in my first semesters came right back to me, I am relieved to say! I was a little rusty at my skills at first, bu...

we had a tech like this at the children's hospital that I work at. She was loud, mouthy and just really unpleasant to put it nicely. one night she got into with an ED nurse who reported her behavior to his sup. A bunch of us were also required to ...

i am in a radiology tech program, not nursing, so that may make a difference in having oral exams. I haven't heard of other rad tech programs having orals though. It's just very stressful, because instead of stressing concepts, which I have a prett...

This week, I have oral examinations going on. I have a list of 125 questions, some of them very in depth, that I have to write about and also talk about! Basically, what we are told to do is get a copy of notes from someone who has graduated and st...

IMO, that is too dressy. I wore khaki pants, a red polo type shirt and sandals. Most of the other people were wearing jeans or shorts. No one at my orientation was dressed up. A

in my program, all of our major tests had to be passed with a 75% for the first year. In the second year, we have to pass the tests with an 85%, If we don't pass, then we are allowed to remediate the exams which involves a lot of extra work. The ...

okay I was inspired to start a blog as well. I am a radiologic technology student. I am starting my second year on Monday and will be going on to nuclear medicine school after that, I hope. I will try to update my blog as much as possible. I woul...

one that I have picked up working as a student x-ray tech is asking women of childbearing age if they are pregnant. The phrase is "embarazada?" and I ask it in a questioning tone with my hand over my lower abdomen. There is a list of questions and ...

LOL Most of the guys in my program wear white boxers. They are long enough that they kind of blend in. Don't be like one guy though and wear red and white striped ones! He got sent home real quick! :chuckle A

I ended up buying Cherokee Workwear pants for my uniform. They had to be white, but I liked that they were boot cut. The pockets showed through these pants so what I did was sew the pocket opening closed with my sewing machine and then I just cut t...

MOnurse, I totally agree. Nurses in the country do not get paid enough for all that they have to deal with. Right up there with teachers. (my sis teaches 4th grade and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff her students have come up with!) Also, c...

If this isn't a generalization, I don't know what is! The post that I replied to seemed to imply that nursing is very difficult (which I know is true) while radiography was a piece of cake, which is not the case. My feelings were not hurt, not sur...

is this really necessary? I am about to finish my first year of rad tech school and it is tough. We have the same pre-reqs as the nursing students do, with the exception of micro, but in its place we have to take 2 semesters of physics. Right no...

if you want to go into diagnostic imaging, you should know that there is shortage in most of the modalities and many hospitals overwork and underpay their imaging techs. If you think that ultrasound would appeal to you, then more than likely you wil...

I took the residual ACT for my school and it was the exact same test booklet as the standard ACT. The only difference was that they graded the forms right there and I walked away with my scores instead of waiting weeks for it. If you are nervous, g...

if you go to the fin aid office, you can file for a change of circumstances. Typically, they use last year's info, but they do allow for events like divorce, loss of employment, etc. Your school's fin aid office should be able to help you. A

we have had a problem with theft when students rotate through surgery. There is a designated locker in the dressing room that is for student use and a couple of times, students' wallets, watches and other valuables have been taken. Since then, we a...

okay I have my first class tomorrow morning bright and early at 7am. I am so nervous that I had to take a Nytol a few minutes ago so I can get some sleep tonight! I've got my back-pack packed, my shows tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight! (a...

well I am able to take some of my homework with me to work to do on break and I have the evenings free, but I have started a really bad habit of taking naps in the early evening and then I lay awake late at night... I am really blessed that my husban...

I am doing good as well. I just finished my rotation in children's hospital and I think I have found my niche. I just like working with kiddos better than grumpy old adults. It is disturbing to have to do x-rays on child abuse victims though (had...

school is going pretty good (well?) right now, but I am exhausted! We had spring break last week and hubby and I made our annual trip to Vegas, but honestly, I would have been happy to just stay home and rest! We are in class and clinic 35 hours a ...

the cath lab is really cool though! At least, I enjoyed my rotation through it in rad tech school. Seeing the images on fluoro, watching a clogged artery get opened up, watching the docs embolize (sp?) a brain aneurysm and clot off a brain tumor. ...

I took the HOBET which is exactly like the NET, the exact same test, just a different acronym. In fact, my school will not let students take both the NET and HOBET, they just use one or the other. Anyway, I scored in the 99 percentile on the HOBET,...

for rad therapy, try the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Their website is http://www.asrt.org You might also try the American College of Radiology http://www.acr.org and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists http://www.arr...