Radtechtx

ok first id like to say she seems like a smug butt. but the truth is rad techs have a lot more technical education than most nurses do and you should'nt be going to nursing school for 4 years it should be closer to 2. the simple truth is that nurses are an indespencible member to any hospital, but there education is limited to the range and scope of there field rad techs start iv's push drugs and can tell you how ionizing radiation effects ever type of cell in your body. including 6 books on physics alone. we are taught how electricity works on a atomized level and can even build you a generator from an armature and 4 magnets. where as you dont even have to have college algebra to go to nursing school. Rn's in my area make around 22 to 30 $ an hour depending on there experience and how long they been in the field where as a rad tech hired prn gets 30$ an hour. i have a friend who travels from city to city in a semi and does mri and ct had all his hotels paid for including food. then banked 118K last year. ( granted he worked his butt compeltely off and never slept). but i would never say choosing to be a nurse would bring economic hard ship on you its still a very well paid job nurses just really undrestimate what kind of technical education being a rad tech truely involves i promise you its a whole lot more than pushing a button.