Registered Dietitian

 Duties and responsibilities
 

Registered Dietitian provides advice and education about nutrition and its effect on health. They work in schools, educational administration, research, hospitals, clinics, industry, food service management, and private practice. Registered dietitians:

·        Organize and supervise food service operation and meal preparation

·        Make dietary recommendations

·        Counsel patients and clinics about diets

·        Supervising food purchasing

·        Study the notational value of food and how it is used and by the body

Average salary: $30,000- $40,000

Educational requirements

Students should take a challenging high school curriculum that includes math and science courses. High school business courses may also prove useful

A bachelor’s degree in dietetics or a related field approved by the American dietetic association is required. Registered dietitians must also pass a professional exam and complete a supervised practicum.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student success statement

“I think it is better to do right,

Even if we suffer in so doing,

 Than to incur the reproach of

Our consciences.”

Robert E. Lee 

Dietetic technician

Duties and responsibilities:

Dietetic technician assist dietitians in evaluating, organizing, and conducting nutation service and programs for school, hospitals and industry.

They:

v Gather and evaluate diet histories

v Assistant in planning patients meals

v Provide nutritional counseling

v Conduct food preparations

v Over food preparation and service

v Maintain records

Average salary: $16,000-$30,000

Educational Requirements:

Students wanting to because dietetic technicians should graduate from high school with a well-rounded program.  High school business course may provide helpful.

Dietetic technician must complete a two-year Associate’s Degree program that is accepted by the Americans Dietetic association. They must then pass a Commission on dietetic Registration examination

CHOOSE THE RIGHT 

Student success Statement

“tell me what is right

and I will fight for it”.

Woodrow Wilson 

Dialysis Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Dialysis Technicians operate machines that remove waste and excess fluids from the blood of patents whose kidneys can no longer carry out those functions. Dialysis technicians are also referred to as rental dialysis technicians, hemodialysis technicians, or nephrology technicians. They work under the supervision of physicians, primary in hospitals and clinics.

 Dialysis technicians must fully under sand the operations of the kidney dialysis machines. They are responsible for operation, cleaning, and sterilization. They must also fully under sand their patients’ needs. Dialysis technicians carefully monitor and record weight and vital signs before, during and after the blood cleaning procedures. In additionally, they instruct patients about in-home treatment. Because dialysis technicians work with blood, they must exercise strict safety precaution agents infectious diseases such as hepatitis and ADIS.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student success statement

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is a true test of moral character”.

Margret Chase smith

Reflection: One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without thinking. I am not advocating in the slightest that we become mutes with our voices stilled because of fear of criticism of what we might say. 

Dental laboratory technician

Dental laboratory technician

Duties and responsibilities:

Dental laboratory technicians specialize in different areas of dental and orthodontic work. Their jobs usually making and repairing dentures, crowns and braces. They work in dental schools, commercial dental laboratories, hospitals, dental clinics, and for manufactures of dental prostheses dental laboratory technicians:

·       Repair denture linings

·       Choose and mount replacement teeth

·       Construct denture frames

·       Identify needed prostheses repairs

·       Makes and fix braces cast plaster dental molds polish prostheses

Average salary: $22, 00-33,000

Educational requirements:

Dental laboratory technicians must have a high school diploma or GED certification before starting dental laboratory training.

Dental laboratory technicians must attend a community college, vocational school, or dental school to learn their skills. Programs are usually two years in length.

Choose the right!!!