ogden2k

Welcome! Not new to allnurses, but I'm a 1st year student at a local college here in Maine majoring in Medical Radiography. So far I only have two classes that go towards my major: Medical Termonology I and Human Relations. I love Medical Termonol...

Soooo, would getting a loan be a good thing or bad? I seriously can't even pay my tuition this year...

Hey there, I am also a student at one of Maine's community colleges. I will be a first year student at Eastern Maine Community College. I am currently enrolled in Liberal Studies to get some core courses done before I go on to Radiology next year.

I am looking at my options in the medical field and I was wondering about being an X-ray technician. What are the job requirements of an X-ray technician and also are you exposed to any radiation? Also, I'm not 100% sure what radiology nursing is, s...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm still not satisfied yet. I went to a hospital near me and asked if I could do a job shadow with an X-Ray tech, but they're not doing any job shadows during the summer. So, that kinda hurts me a little. I'll h...

I'm not sure where this post belongs... Anyways, I am interested in being an X-ray technician. What are the side effects to it? Do you get exposed to a lot of radiation? Also, what type of things do they do beside take X-rays? Thank you for the info...

That's true, I'll check them out. Thanks

How much does an Xray tech get?

I'm new too... I hope I can learn more about the field I am interested in here.

Contgrats!