Typical Day of a Radiologic Technologist

Precious · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Indiana

I am applying to take classes at a hopital in my home town. I have to research and find out what a typical day of a radiologic technologist consists of. Could some one give me their opinion of what this? Thanks a lot!

devasta · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1

this is what I like to know as well.

GOALIEMOM · Guest

i WOULD SUGGEST SHADOWING AN XRAY TECH IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL. i DO NOT THINK THAT MANAGEMENT WOULD MIND AT ALL. yOU CAN GET A REAL GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR AREA.

i HAVE WORKED MANY PLACES OVER THE YEARS, IN DIFFERENT MODALITIES, AND IT DIFFERS DEPENDING ON THE JOB ASSIGNED TO YOU THAT DAY OR WEEK. iT COULD BE FLUORO, O.R., OR E.R ROTATION. OR JUST DIAGNOSTIC ON OUTPATIENTS.

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[quote="Precious"]I am applying to take classes at a hopital in my home town. I have to research and find out what a typical day of a radiologic technologist consists of. Could some one give me their opinion of what this? Thanks a lot![/quote]

remember that what you do as a radiographer every day will be different depending on what type of work the radiographer does - Hospital or doctor's office? Day shift/evening shift/night shift? Operating room full time, or CT? Pick any of those - call the local hospital and ask.
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ImLookingThruU · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Oregon

I can tell you right now how my day goes.

X-ray.
X-ray.
X-ray.
Sit and wait a while.
X-ray.
X-ray.
Lunch.
Sit and wait a couple more hours.
X-ray.
X-ray.
Go home.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Some days will be busier than others, last week I did 20 exams one day before lunch. At my clinic, though, after about 1:30, it tends to slow WAAAAY down.
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Anand23 · Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 2

Definitley job shadow. Radiographers can be assigned for general diagnostic exams, fluoroscopic (helping the Radiologist with patient), Surgery (running the C-Arm), IVPs, and other things.

Don't get into this until you have a real good idea of what your getting into.

Rajih · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

I worked in general X ray (OpD)
Sat and Wed were tooooooooo busy
Sun , Tue , Thu I did 4 or 5 cases only
Mon ----> no patient ----> very boring

Radtechredneck · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 5

I work in a hospital with no transporters and no room attached directly to the ER, and it's a busy ER...

I walk a lot. On the bright side, I lost 30 pounds in the year and a half I've worked there Razz

Typically, I do around 20 exams a shift. That's an average. Some days it's a LOT more (52 in one shift is my record), but others, well, you treasure those days, and you don't speak of them lest you jinx them Razz

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JFEEKVP · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 4

"ImLookingThruU " Awesome singnature ! lol
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