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October 21, 2009, 10:25 am
Sonographer is a high demanding and well paid profession. One of the specializations in sonography is cardiovascular technologists. They are the one who are experts in performing exercise diagnostic tests, x-ray and other laboratory tests dealing with the cardiovascular system. Besides, abdominal sonographer handles ultrasound machine to scan the inner organs such as liver spleen, pancreas, kidneys, and gallbladder. Neurosonographers on the other hand are focusing on the nervous system, mostly in newborns. They look mostly at the vessels and brain for disorders or strokes particularly in preterm babies. In common the sonographer is the one who works closely and directly with the patient explaining the procedure and collecting pertinent patient history. In short, sonographer must have sound working knowledge of the equipments in order to provide summary of the diagnostic data for the physicians.
August 1, 2009, 2:00 am
The LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) is a role that is invaluable in today’s modern health care system. Without the LPN job the result would be that huge additional demands would be placed upon Registered Nurses (RN). The LPN undertakes many of the more straightforward medical tasks that would otherwise consume large chunks of RN time and result in an overall lowering of the quality of care provided.
The LPN job description
that are produced for those on an LPN job search, rarely concentrate on this aspect of the role. This may be because the LPN has an established place within almost all modern healthcare teams, but the reality of the situation should not be overlooked. Today’s health care system depends to a great degree on the LPN. It should be of some considerable concern therefore that although demand for LPN’s is expected to increase steadily over the next decade, the supply of LPN’s is less clear cut.
