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My Name is Brooke Saliba and I am pursuing a career in neurosonography. Where am I now?. Buford High School The courses and credits I have received and are planning to complete will help me pursue a certification as a neurosonographer. My current GPA is 3.85.
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My Name is Brooke Saliba and I am pursuing a career in neurosonography
Where am I now? • Buford High School • The courses and credits I have received and are planning to complete will help me pursue a certification as a neurosonographer. • My current GPA is 3.85
After Graduating High School I will attended…. • I plan on going to Gwinnett Tech for my four years in college • go to North Georgia for my associates • After I find a job it may be an option to get my bachelor’s if i want to have management over the facility • If I did go for my bachelor’s I would go to North Georgia and major in Anatomy and Physiology
Requirements for a neurosonographer • Credentials needed • Anatomy and Physiology: Organs and Systems • Ultrasound Instrumentation and Physics Principles • Introduction to Ultrasound Scanning • Neuro Scanning • Medical Terminology • Hemodynamic Principles
... • Licensure/ Certification • American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), and the credential awarded is the Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS). As a neurosonography student (Neurosonology) RDMS credentialing examination. • Training • diagnostic neurosonography programs for internship
... • Career Skills needed • Explain procedures to patients • Record patient medical history • Interact with patients by explaining anatomical structures seen on the monitor • Maintain and operate ultrasound equipment • Exact accurate images of the appropriate area of the body • Communicate abnormal findings with physicians
Salary/ employment outlook • $63,010 as a mid-range income and $85,950 as an upper-range income • outlook • Neurosonographers can expect promising careers in the future. diagnostic medical sonographers are expected to increase in demand by at least 18% over the next 8 years. • capable of working in subspecialties of neurosonography, such as trauma, pediatrics, or neonatology
Options on where I want to work • Northside Imaging- Sugar Hill clinic • Gwinnett Medical Hospital