Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

Environmental Health Specialists are concerned with the environmental quality of a community and the health and safety of the workers in that community. They are responsible for enforcing local, state, and federal regulations that pertain to the sanitation of food and water, handling of hazardous and infectious wastes, and cleanliness and safety of housing and institutional environments. They may also be in charge of collecting and analyzing samples to determine if a hazard to public health exists. Environmental health specialists need to be comfortable with computers and other high tech devices because they may be called upon to prepare and calibrate the equipment used to collect and analyze the samples.

Salary:

Environmental health specialists make an average of $41,880. There are about 100 different salaries; every salary is different in every state.

Career requirements:

·         Bachelor’s degree

·         Degree field / occupational health, safety or a comparable scientific discipline

·         Certification/ voluntary certification is available through professional organizations

·         Experience/ Work experience is important, through internships or otherwise

·         Key skills/ good communication skills, attention to detail, problem solving personality, knowledge of the complex equipment needed to measure the environment, physical stamina and willingness to work on call in emergency cases

Demand for this profession:

The job outlook for this career has gone up  11%

Reflection;

This career interests me. It interests me because i think i have many of the key skills needed to succeed in this career. I like the fact that people in this career help many people, i want to do the same.  

"Goal setting is goal getting. Set and get."

-Mark victor Hansen

If you set goals, you're more likely to accomplish them. Once you set a goal, you feel like you have to get there. Nothing is ever too much. Set big goals or small goals, anything you desire. Be specific about your goal. For example if you want to lose weight, the best thing to do is set a deadline: weigh 130 pounds by January 3rd. If you want to straight As, work on every subject little by little until you get there. Set big goals and take baby steps to get there. Baby steps are okay. We all start by crawling, then we take small steps until we know and understand what is needed to do in order to get there. You can accomplish anything, anything is possible, You just have to put you mind, heart and soul into it. If you really want it you'll do anything possible to get it.

Columbus Day

Christopher Columbus was an explorer and navigator. The holiday honoring Christopher Columbus’s sighting of America on October 12, 1492, is observed in the states of the United States and also in parts of Canada, in Puerto Rico, and in some cities in Italy and Spain. Although Columbus was not the first explorer to set foot in the western hemisphere, his landing at san Salvador island in what  now is Bahamas was very important. It opened the settlement of America by Europeans. It is probable that the first celebration honoring the event was held in 1792. Columbus day became a legal holiday in the united states in 1892. This holiday honors many different people.

Reflection

I’m not sure what to think about this holiday. I was reading many articles and most of them disagreed with this holiday and having it named after Columbus. I’m going to continue reading these articles and choose a side, but for now I have nothing to say about this.

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"When obedience becomes our goal, it is no longer an irritation; instead of a stumbling block, it becomes a building block." 

-James E. Faust 

When you start following the rules, everything will go your way. Being obedient will not be hard at all if you start now. Obedience is the key to your future. It'll help you succeed. If you strike for obedience, you're choosing the right. If you don't care about being obedient, you're choosing the wrong. It'll affect you later in life. Once you aim for the right, you'll start to get blocks that'll slowly build you're future. Those blocks guarantee you a special spot in life that many wont ever get. Choose the right, it'll actually get you somewhere. 

Registered Nurse

Duties and responsibilities:

A registered nurse is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body in order to obtain a nursing license.  Rns care for patients and educate them on health issues to prevent future illnesses. Along with technical skills necessary for the medical profession.  Nurses have many responsibilities. Some of the things they do are performing physical exams and health histories, they provide health promotion, counseling and education, and they administer medications, wound care and ect.

Salary

$65,470- $70,000

Education

·         Bachelor’s degree

·         Associate's degree

·         Nursing diploma

·         Licensure for a registered nurse

Demand for this profession

Employment for registered nurses has increased 16%

There are 2,711,500 jobs available

Reflection:

I'm interested in this career because my aunt is a Registered Nurse and it really interests me. I'm interested in doing what she does, i look up to her. I like the idea of being to help save people's lives and i hope to one day be able to do that everyday.

"We learn to do by doing."

-Spencer W. Kimball 

You learn to do something by trying it out. If you don't try to do something, you'll never know how to do it. if you want to play an instrument you have to get it, practice and have patience. You're not going to learn just by staring at it. If you want to be good at a certain subject, you have to study and go to tutoring. You are not going to wake up the next morning and all of sudden be super good on that certain subject. In order to have patience to achieve something you want, you have to be determined. You have to be confident in yourself, youll eventually get to where ever you want to get to, you just have to keep trying everyday. Im in marching band. in order for me to be a very good marcher and player, i have to practice, i practice my marching and different songs we play. ill eventually get there, i just have to be patient. 

Emergency medical technician

Duties and responsibilities

Emergency medical technicians or EMTs and paramedics care for sick or injured people in emergency medical settings. People’s lives often depend on the quick reaction and competent care provided by these workers. Emts and paramedics respond to emergency calls, performing medical service and transporting patients to medical facilities. Most emts and paramedics work full time. Their work can be stressful, sometimes involving life or death situations.  Emts also assess a patient’s condition and determine a course of treatment, provide first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured patients, document medical care given to patients and ect.

Salary; about $31,980 per year and $15.38 per hour

Education

You need to have your high school diploma, certification and state license. The national registry of emergency medical technicians is the certifying agency for emts and paramedics. Once you complete emt certification training you’ll be required to pass written and practical exams.

Demand for this profession;

The number of jobs for this profession increased by 24% in the last year, it went up faster than average.

                           

Reflection;

This career interests me, I would like to be a emt. I want to be able to help people by saving their lives.