Yup pay is Great in the DMV area and very high demand to the point if you go on a shadow day in that department they will ask you “Are you looking for a job!?” Even though you haven’t even started the program! Can’t wait to graduate January 2025. Until then, the department will allow me to get hired as a Clinical Aid in that department and have that looonnggg 2 year interview lol
I'd say that it's definitely worth it to go into the medical field. It's almost like a blessing. As someone who has worked at a public school, bank, private companies and hospitals, I can tell you that the public sector is a heaven! I've met enough people in education and healthcare constantly complaining about their lives and feeling unfulfilled, it's because they have never experienced anything worse in the private sector. The greatest thing about working in the healthcare sector is job security! Nothing is more important than that once you have your own family!
What I like best about this video is that A) it is from an actual technologist working in the field and B) he's being real that radiography might not be the career for him. He shares that he is not only looking into other careers (like barbering) but he is actively going to school for it to make it happen. You do you. Find your passion and make it happen. Keep up the vids Juan!
Hey Juan, currently in X-ray school in FL. Just wanted to say thank you for all your videos- there isn't too much radiology content on youtube. So I appreciate all the information you provide!
Charlene Welcome 🙏🏽 Hope you consider subscribing & what school are you going to in FL if you don’t mind me asking? Either way you’ll do GREAT & it’s a perfect time to be Radiology ‼️🙂
Oh ok cool I went to Cambridge institutes location but it was named different in west Palm Beach. It used to be called IAMP INSTITUTE. Back back in the day …Lol Either way that’s awesome congrats and you’ll be a great tech!
Another informative video Juan! I didn't know this about MRI. I see a lot of Rad Techs wanting or actually becoming MRI Techs. Great video. No class today so I have a little time to catch up on my videos!
Thanks for watching as always I appreciate the support 🙏🏽 Also it’s good that you get a day off to relax the brain and mind. Your absorbing tons of information in class so I know a break is good to have 🙂
Another great video! I just started last week as an MRI Tech Assistant and everything you mentioned in this video is 100% FACTS! Now I can see why mri techs need an assistant because it's just a whole bunch of demands and procedures with little wiggle room for just one person. Anyways, thank you for sharing! I'm looking forward to more videos!
OMG CONGRATS 🎊 Yes MRI is always busy and patients are never easy to do. They absolutely need help but honestly some places don’t have MRI assistant and it’s all on them to get everything done 👀
@@juanmotiva8s959 Ayeee thank you so much! And I heard about that and it's so tragic smh! It's just too much for one person and I really do believe those wanting to do MRI should think about the workload they will have to take on:/ But thank you👏🏾😎🙏🏾
Once you get good at it, the work is cake. I love being an MRI/CT tech. I cover in both and it’s an amazing career. I love the money, the work/life balance, the flexibility, the respect I get, and the job itself is so fun and I love helping my patients out. Don’t get me wrong, it’s hard, you have to be very focused in school and about half my class dropped out or failed out, but once you make it through and have worked for about a year on your own, as your own technologist picking protocols, understanding your reformats, knowing how to address certain patient conditions/habitus/magnet limitations, then it’s smooth sailing. Best of luck to you girl!
Ain’t no way being a mri tech is harder than working in the fields pitching water melons or picking produce or moving furniture or unloading semis at UPS. I’ll be in air conditioned facility, getting paid $30 plus an hour. Easy choice for me! I’ll be getting my bachelors after I finish the program as well. Just in case I don’t wanna work in the medical field anymore
That’s a smart thing to do. Start with Radiology Technologist a 2 year program. That’s your foundation & then if you want go into CT or MRI. There’s options after that but also remember that with new modalities come registries. So for instance when you for for Radiology Technologist you have to pass ARRT registry & then if you decide to go for CT that’s another registry & MRI is another one so anytime you decide to move up in Radiology it comes with a registry exam.
Yo Welcome Hope you consider subscribing i appreciate you 🙏🏽 Ok so this sounds like a California hourly rate. I live in FL & they definitely don’t pay that at a general hospital unless your a traveling MRI tech. Let us know what state you live in I’m sure anyone watching this video would appreciate that & thank you 🙏🏽
Wait.... you are not an MRI tech? So I don't understand how you can qualify yourself to say if it's worth it. Maybe interview an MRI tech? The Zone3pod cast channel is all MRI and although most of it is pretty technical they do have at least one good interview of a tech that talks about being an MRI tech and traveling.
A few tips towards a registry: Make sure you have a registered tech in the building. Make sure you have the opportunity to work with that tech, on their schedule, for a minimum of 6 months to a year. Don’t get stuck working alone. These are the mistakes I made, and I’ve wasted a decade in the field in this situation. I had people in my class get their registries and I farted around and did not take it serious. Take it serious. Any student getting into this field, find a place that will let you cross-train, even if you have to come in on your days off, DO IT! You won’t regret it.
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Juan, great content dude, and i really appreciate you talking out of experience, which leads me to ask you... I'm 24, earnt an associate degree in liberal arts (not knowing what i wanted to do), then went to film school (my childhood passion) and got certified. Then decided to go back to school now, because i have so many credits that they transferred, i literally only need to pass a few classes, then jump straight into the clinicals. it's not going to take me a while to become a "Radiologist". My current plan is to get my degree in radiology, work part time as a tech and (meanwhile) study some more to become an MRI tech. I feel like having both on me (rad and mri) would shift my life. Hoping i would find a place where i can use both, and make a good living out of. What's your thought on that?
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Im in the same boat as you but under slightly different circumstances. I just got certified in sound healing and the job i have now just isnt sustainable to help fund it. And tbvh I dont think I even want to go down that road anymore :/. But I do know that I want to create music even if I never become famous. And even with that new passion, its for sure gonna take time to do and I really need something stable to make a living and fumd my passions 😵💫.
You say the medical field is not for everyone. Yet, I know a bunch of folks doing it for the money only. Are they miserable? Maybe, but they hang on for the money. Per their own words. So, if you're willing to be a bit miserable, I think its for you. Thanks for the video though man, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Watched it all the way.
Yo! Thanks for watching Please remember to SUBSCRIBE, WATCH & LIKE 👍🏽 my videos it helps reach more people who need this content/ information 🙏🏽 Yeah I think what happens really is that once a tech or any person in a career that have reached the end to liking it tend to stay because of the comfortableness of there work schedule & yes salary. People aren’t willing to be uncomfortable for a short term to get into something different. For example, there’s X-ray jobs that you can work Sat & Sunday only two 16 hour shifts & have Mon - Friday off which then gives them the opportunity to go back to school or start a business ect… but most people are not built like that so they stay & become miserable bro. Not me though I’m always leaning and making moves 😉
Man…you can definitely tell where some people live based strictly off of how much they make. $33 is what the lab/phlebotomist make out here in Cali (at a hospital)…rad tech making about 50 to 60…and the MRI techs are making from 70 to 100 depending how certs/years in/and if they’re a lead or manager, etc.
Yo! Sup man thanks for stopping by & watching/supporting Please consider subscribing if you haven’t already it’s helps the algorithm which then helps reach more people in need of this content. Yes Cali pays way more than most states but the cost of living in Cali is way more so it evens itself out. Unless you live with mom & dad stack up your money 💰
How physically demanding is it? I really want to be an x ray tech, but I’m super nervous about how physically demanding it will be. Do you have to be really fit or strong. I’d appreciate it if you can share how physical it is at your job!
Hi Hafsa 👋 Welcome and thank you for watching:supporting my channel. Hope you consider subscribing 🙏🏽🙂 Also, no the Radiology field isn’t that physically demanding & when you do have a heavy patient you usually have help. You will be fine 🙂☢️🙂
MRI is not necessarily all that physical. It depends. I worked at an outpatient facility for many years and the only physical demands were walking and lifting the coils. And they are not really that heavy. In a hospital no matter what position you will be moving patients. But with best practices you are not really 'lifting', more like dragging.
Going to chime in here, working in Radiology can be one of the most physically demanding in any healthcare setting. There’s a lot of moving and positioning patients and not always a lot of help.
What about ultrasound/ sonography? What modality do you think is better and more in demand cardiac vs abdomen vs vascular? And what do you think of sonography vs RN
I don’t see a video of why he prefers xray or RN. Did he ever make one? Right now, I’m debating LVN or xray tech.. I work in phleb and feel overwhelmed by patient interaction, but I wanna make more money…
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Hello! didn't do college and I'm thinking of doing the MRI Tech school program from CBD college. The AAS MRI Program is accredited institutionally by ABHES and recognized by ARRT (Primary Pathway). This way I bypass the RT portion. What are your recommendations ? MRI Techs make really good money here in san diego.
Gerald thank you for taking time out of your day to watch and comment. Hopefully you consider subscribing if you haven’t already 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Ok so this is my take on that When you go straight into MRI (which is good to know because I didn’t know that) you miss the opportunity to see what Radiology is really about which in the long run can come back and haunt you. How you ask 🤔 ok so if you went the RT route it’s 2 years and then MRI is like 3-6 months after to obtain now if you go into MRI first and then say you know what I want ti try general RT because it’s less stress well guess what you would have to do 2 years of RT school. So in my opinion I would do RT first & then MRI or CT so that way you will always have something to call back on. Great point I will make a video about this soon 🙏🏽
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If a hospital offers you an MRI position that has 6 floors, 1 scanner and 1 tech.......RUN! Also, my MR job is nowhere near as physical and stressful as my CT position was. It all depends upon where you work.
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Sup Gabe It will definitely be an adjustment during school but after your done and your a certified tech you can work anywhere so for introverts I would say YES but you would probably do better on a weekend shift or at an urgent care facility but definitely Yes 🙏🏽
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I'm also curious about an MRI question since I've had one. For the image, is it the coil that determines what shows up on the MRI. And then the tech chooses what is shown based on imaging planes?
The coils are placed around the body part that is to be imaged. Then the MRI has several components that generates 'waves' much like radio waves that go into the body. These waves interact with the protons in your body that generate energy (eventually) that 'waves' back out to the coil and goes to the K processor and generates a picture of a small part of that anatomy. This is repeated thousands of times in the 20 to 30 minutes of your exam to create about 150 to 200 pictures.
@@anniesshenanigans3815 so each picture is called a slice? When I open an MRI and scrolling through it and it looks like it is revealing different parts of the body part. I tried looking through my shoulder MRI since I was curious. It looks like it doesn't get all of it to the end of the scapula but Idk how to really read an MRI at all. Everything I'm reading seems to focus on shoulder joint so I was curious if whatever fits in the coil is what determines what is seen or the tech chooses what to cover based on imaging planes.
Hey brother I been wanting to get into MRI, but I’m not exactly sure how to begin, do I need to get my associates in radiology and than get the mri tech or is it mri associates and then arrt cert ? If there is anyway you could give me a step by step on what u did to become a MRI tech? Please and thanks for all the videos !👍🏽
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The traditional way is to go to Rad Tech school which is two years, then on to MRI. Either on the job training or school. Most are around 6 months or less. There are schools for MRI without the Rad Tech creds, but the ARRT is very strict on it and you would have to contact them for the details.
Yo I used to work at fedex lifting heavy boxes in a hot truck, when you say physically demanding I’m having trouble gauging how physical it is, if it’s just walking a lot your talking about or if more is required is my question
Sup So it’s both a lot of walking and pushing Portable X-rays. The patients are NOT all walkie-talkie so they are not mobile so even to do a chest X-ray you have to pull them forward to place the cassette on their back. That’s not easy and nurse 99% of the time are to busy to help you with the X-ray. After doing 50-80 per day Yeah it’s tiring
@@juanmotiva8s959 damn I have really bad shoulder issues. I was interested in this but I don't think I can move and assist patients into machines all day. Is it really an expectation of the job?
Hi Juan!! I’m trying to decide what to do…mri, cardiovascular, ultrasound techs….. also with the accreditation…there are so many different ones! Is there a way I can find out if the accreditation is legit?
Exactly I'm in the same boat, overwhelmed with all the different schools and accreditations, I need unbiased information on what's actually legit and will get me qualified to work.
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I'm studying a 5 year bachellor in Cuba with all the formation for the diagnostics (Xray, CT, MRI, Nuclear Med +) and treatment proceadures (radiotherapy, +). I plan on working in the US after I finish the program, can you guide me on where to look to be able to work and revalidate my degreee and such things?
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Can I become an MRI tech if I have a paralyzed left arm ? I’ve never been able to get a straight forward answer. Lost full function in my left arm when I was 18 from an accident and I’ve always had a passion for a job in the medical field, if anyone can help with an answer to my question I’d greatly appreciate it.
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would it be a good idea to get this certificate in early college? I'm gonna go in for early college next year currently a sophomore in hs, I get 2 years In early college and the certificate takes a year to obtain. Would it be wise to do this fresh out of high school to save up and then go to an actual university?
Well I’m order to become an MRI TECH You will need to first become an RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST which takes 2 years but YES if you really want to be in this field the sooner you start the better ‼️☢️💯
Hi 👋 Welcome Hope your subscribed 🙏🏽 Ok so I have never heard of ARMRIT so I would not go to it. Stick to ARRT because that’s the National Leader in Radiology Certification & that’s what most places look for when hiring is a ARRT certified technologist. Hope this helped & I wish you the best 🙏🏽
Sup Kenny Welcome and I hope you consider subscribing 🙏🏽 So that my friend is the degree for general Radiology Technologist (RT) which is needed before going into MRI. So first you would go “RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST, A.A.S” then after you passed your ARRT REGISTRY then you either cross-train at work into MRI or go back to school for MRI which takes another 3-6 months. That’s the only way I know ok how to become an MRI technologist.
The DC. Maryland, Virginia AKA DMV area make good money as an x-ray tech! Even Baltimore make 28-30 bux an hour as a new x ray tech and the city pay cheap as hell and that’s good pay! So DMV May start new grads with $35-$40 per hour
As long as the MRI MAGNET doesn’t pass a 1.5 Tesla you should be ok. The best place to find that out is from your physician or company that the implant was made from.
Hi Juan! I went to a radiology workshop Zoom meeting for a CC, and they said the gender ratio is more male dominated. Can you confirm if this is true based on ur experience? (not saying gender matters in this field, just curious lol)
How long is vacations in the medical field? I nurse said they work 2 weeks a month (12 hours shift). 1 week work and 1 week off, is that how all the medical profession is ?
@@juanmotiva8s959 I know but that’s not my question sorry , I am a RT certified, I am thinking about going to that school in Miami but most of the jobs for MRI tech are asking for at least one year experience plus the license. So I don’t think will be easier to get a job only with a license and not experience, I work as a radiologic technologist for 20 years, but no experience in MRI.
Oh ok I see But it’s smart to get the license because you want to be prepared for that opportunity. Most companies won’t hire you without a license so if you have your MRI license what that does is say ok he’s licensed let’s get him and train him. Trust me someone will give you an opportunity if you get your license. Hope this helped my friend 🙏🏽
Yo! Thanks for watching Please remember to Subscribe, Watch & Like 👍🏽 my videos if you haven’t already it helps the channel reach more people who need this information 🙏🏽 It’s not bad money and if you work at a hospital it’s only 3 days per week. If you get really good at MRI you can become a travel MRI tech & some companies are paying $6-8K per week 👀
Yo! Welcome 🙏🏽 Thank for watching Please remember to Subscribe, Watch & Like 👍🏽 my videos it helps reach more people 🙏🏽 Ok so no LMRT are not fully accredited RT’s so they are not able to learn different modalities such as MRI, CT ect… LMRT can only do plain X-Rays & nothing else. Here in FL they don’t hire LMRT at hospitals or at most Imaging Centers. Hope this helped 🙏🏽
All I know is that every MRI department has a personal aid to go get inpatients and bring them down. Over than that I’m not sure what they actually do.
Yup pay is Great in the DMV area and very high demand to the point if you go on a shadow day in that department they will ask you “Are you looking for a job!?” Even though you haven’t even started the program! Can’t wait to graduate January 2025. Until then, the department will allow me to get hired as a Clinical Aid in that department and have that looonnggg 2 year interview lol
Your doing amazing!
This is very inspirational!
Thanks for sharing and we ALL wish you the best ‼️💪🏽💯
How long is the program you are in? From the programs I have seen they are under a year.
Sorry which program are you referring to?
@@juanmotiva8s959 do you ever wish to become a RN?
@@juanmotiva8s959 idk if I should do Nursing or MRI . Yea money is good for nursing but they also work your butt off
I'd say that it's definitely worth it to go into the medical field. It's almost like a blessing. As someone who has worked at a public school, bank, private companies and hospitals, I can tell you that the public sector is a heaven! I've met enough people in education and healthcare constantly complaining about their lives and feeling unfulfilled, it's because they have never experienced anything worse in the private sector. The greatest thing about working in the healthcare sector is job security! Nothing is more important than that once you have your own family!
Very awesome insight!
You are correct 🙏🏽🙂
@@juanmotiva8s959I’m watching all your videos, do Radiology technologist do IV?
What I like best about this video is that A) it is from an actual technologist working in the field and B) he's being real that radiography might not be the career for him. He shares that he is not only looking into other careers (like barbering) but he is actively going to school for it to make it happen. You do you. Find your passion and make it happen. Keep up the vids Juan!
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Hey Juan, currently in X-ray school in FL. Just wanted to say thank you for all your videos- there isn't too much radiology content on youtube. So I appreciate all the information you provide!
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Hope you consider subscribing & what school are you going to in FL if you don’t mind me asking?
Either way you’ll do GREAT & it’s a perfect time to be Radiology ‼️🙂
Oh wow
In West Palm Beach?
Linton Blvd ?
Oh ok cool
I went to Cambridge institutes location but it was named different in west Palm Beach.
It used to be called IAMP INSTITUTE.
Back back in the day …Lol
Either way that’s awesome congrats and you’ll be a great tech!
@@juanmotiva8s959 haha look at that! oh wow I did not know that it was a different institution prior- Thank you so much, really means a lot !!
Another informative video Juan! I didn't know this about MRI. I see a lot of Rad Techs wanting or actually becoming MRI Techs. Great video. No class today so I have a little time to catch up on my videos!
Thanks for watching as always I appreciate the support 🙏🏽
Also it’s good that you get a day off to relax the brain and mind.
Your absorbing tons of information in class so I know a break is good to have 🙂
@@juanmotiva8s959 Yes exactly. A day we’ll needed. Back to it.
Thanks for the transparency! I’m finishing up my prerequisites to apply for the radiology program.
It’s my pleasure 🙂
I love making videos that will actually help people.
Your going into a great field ☢️ ☠️
@@juanmotiva8s959 good video. Do you mind saying the medical field you prefer with less street more pay
I would say Physical Therapy Assistant.
Look into that great pay, great hours great work/life balance 🙏🏽
@@juanmotiva8s959 Thanks for the response. i wish you the best
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Another great video! I just started last week as an MRI Tech Assistant and everything you mentioned in this video is 100% FACTS! Now I can see why mri techs need an assistant because it's just a whole bunch of demands and procedures with little wiggle room for just one person. Anyways, thank you for sharing! I'm looking forward to more videos!
OMG CONGRATS 🎊
Yes MRI is always busy and patients are never easy to do.
They absolutely need help but honestly some places don’t have MRI assistant and it’s all on them to get everything done 👀
@@juanmotiva8s959 Ayeee thank you so much! And I heard about that and it's so tragic smh! It's just too much for one person and I really do believe those wanting to do MRI should think about the workload they will have to take on:/ But thank you👏🏾😎🙏🏾
@@vernicesteward4425 Your absolutely correct & No Thank YOU 🙏🏽 🙂
I didn't know that had assistants too but makes sense
Once you get good at it, the work is cake. I love being an MRI/CT tech. I cover in both and it’s an amazing career. I love the money, the work/life balance, the flexibility, the respect I get, and the job itself is so fun and I love helping my patients out. Don’t get me wrong, it’s hard, you have to be very focused in school and about half my class dropped out or failed out, but once you make it through and have worked for about a year on your own, as your own technologist picking protocols, understanding your reformats, knowing how to address certain patient conditions/habitus/magnet limitations, then it’s smooth sailing. Best of luck to you girl!
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Ain’t no way being a mri tech is harder than working in the fields pitching water melons or picking produce or moving furniture or unloading semis at UPS.
I’ll be in air conditioned facility, getting paid $30 plus an hour.
Easy choice for me! I’ll be getting my bachelors after I finish the program as well.
Just in case I don’t wanna work in the medical field anymore
You’ll find out my friend & I wish you the best 🙏🏽💯
Thinking of this career so I’ve been watching videos!! Awesome video!!
Thank you for watching and supporting 🙏🏽
I'm looking forward to the X-RAY school but I'm sure along the pathway I'll decide whether or not I'll head towards the M.R.I. route..
That’s a smart thing to do.
Start with Radiology Technologist a 2 year program.
That’s your foundation & then if you want go into CT or MRI.
There’s options after that but also remember that with new modalities come registries.
So for instance when you for for Radiology Technologist you have to pass ARRT registry & then if you decide to go for CT that’s another registry & MRI is another one so anytime you decide to move up in Radiology it comes with a registry exam.
I am a MRI extern right now. They are offering new grads 55-75 an hour
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Ok so this sounds like a California hourly rate. I live in FL & they definitely don’t pay that at a general hospital unless your a traveling MRI tech.
Let us know what state you live in I’m sure anyone watching this video would appreciate that & thank you 🙏🏽
@@juanmotiva8s959 Yes I am in California currently. In Texas they are offering about 45-60 as well. So it seems wages are up in certain states.
That’s awesome news for Current & up coming MRI techs ☢️
@@juanmotiva8s959 have you started to try MRI yet? You guys arent allowed to be cross trained without school right?
@@juanmotiva8s959 same as MRI cant be cross trained into xray, i assume its the same the other way around?
Wait.... you are not an MRI tech? So I don't understand how you can qualify yourself to say if it's worth it. Maybe interview an MRI tech? The Zone3pod cast channel is all MRI and although most of it is pretty technical they do have at least one good interview of a tech that talks about being an MRI tech and traveling.
Perfect go to there channel but thanks for stopping by 👍🏽
That’s good good cause I need to get out this desk job and start walking
Definitely will get your steps in 🦶 👀
A few tips towards a registry:
Make sure you have a registered tech in the building.
Make sure you have the opportunity to work with that tech, on their schedule, for a minimum of 6 months to a year. Don’t get stuck working alone. These are the mistakes I made, and I’ve wasted a decade in the field in this situation. I had people in my class get their registries and I farted around and did not take it serious. Take it serious. Any student getting into this field, find a place that will let you cross-train, even if you have to come in on your days off, DO IT! You won’t regret it.
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Aweosme points & very true!
Thank you for watching & giving the viewers an inside perspective 🙏🏽
That is crazy I’m starting barbering soon and I’m currently a transporter and shit it is physical and I’ve been looking into a mri tech program!
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Juan, great content dude, and i really appreciate you talking out of experience, which leads me to ask you... I'm 24, earnt an associate degree in liberal arts (not knowing what i wanted to do), then went to film school (my childhood passion) and got certified. Then decided to go back to school now, because i have so many credits that they transferred, i literally only need to pass a few classes, then jump straight into the clinicals. it's not going to take me a while to become a "Radiologist". My current plan is to get my degree in radiology, work part time as a tech and (meanwhile) study some more to become an MRI tech. I feel like having both on me (rad and mri) would shift my life. Hoping i would find a place where i can use both, and make a good living out of. What's your thought on that?
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That’s definitely the way to go
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Im in the same boat as you but under slightly different circumstances. I just got certified in sound healing and the job i have now just isnt sustainable to help fund it. And tbvh I dont think I even want to go down that road anymore :/. But I do know that I want to create music even if I never become famous. And even with that new passion, its for sure gonna take time to do and I really need something stable to make a living and fumd my passions 😵💫.
I’m studying the bachelor of medical science. I am thinking of studying MRI as a postgraduate degree. Anyone else studying medical science?
You say the medical field is not for everyone. Yet, I know a bunch of folks doing it for the money only. Are they miserable? Maybe, but they hang on for the money. Per their own words. So, if you're willing to be a bit miserable, I think its for you. Thanks for the video though man, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Watched it all the way.
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Yeah I think what happens really is that once a tech or any person in a career that have reached the end to liking it tend to stay because of the comfortableness of there work schedule & yes salary.
People aren’t willing to be uncomfortable for a short term to get into something different.
For example, there’s X-ray jobs that you can work Sat & Sunday only two 16 hour shifts & have Mon - Friday off which then gives them the opportunity to go back to school or start a business ect… but most people are not built like that so they stay & become miserable bro.
Not me though I’m always leaning and making moves 😉
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Man…you can definitely tell where some people live based strictly off of how much they make. $33 is what the lab/phlebotomist make out here in Cali (at a hospital)…rad tech making about 50 to 60…and the MRI techs are making from 70 to 100 depending how certs/years in/and if they’re a lead or manager, etc.
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Yes Cali pays way more than most states but the cost of living in Cali is way more so it evens itself out.
Unless you live with mom & dad stack up your money 💰
Great video thank you for the information very interesting topic.
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Hey guys I’m in New Hampshire, I’m having trouble finding the right school. I can’t hear back from any of them.
Great video my friend
Thank you 🙏🏽 🙂
How physically demanding is it? I really want to be an x ray tech, but I’m super nervous about how physically demanding it will be. Do you have to be really fit or strong. I’d appreciate it if you can share how physical it is at your job!
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Also, no the Radiology field isn’t that physically demanding & when you do have a heavy patient you usually have help.
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MRI is not necessarily all that physical. It depends. I worked at an outpatient facility for many years and the only physical demands were walking and lifting the coils. And they are not really that heavy. In a hospital no matter what position you will be moving patients. But with best practices you are not really 'lifting', more like dragging.
Going to chime in here, working in Radiology can be one of the most physically demanding in any healthcare setting. There’s a lot of moving and positioning patients and not always a lot of help.
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Definitely worth it bro
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What about ultrasound/ sonography? What modality do you think is better and more in demand cardiac vs abdomen vs vascular? And what do you think of sonography vs RN
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I don’t see a video of why he prefers xray or RN. Did he ever make one? Right now, I’m debating LVN or xray tech.. I work in phleb and feel overwhelmed by patient interaction, but I wanna make more money…
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Physically demanding as in having to lift the patients too?
Hello! didn't do college and I'm thinking of doing the MRI Tech school program from CBD college. The AAS MRI Program is accredited institutionally by ABHES and recognized by ARRT (Primary Pathway). This way I bypass the RT portion. What are your recommendations ? MRI Techs make really good money here in san diego.
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Ok so this is my take on that
When you go straight into MRI (which is good to know because I didn’t know that) you miss the opportunity to see what Radiology is really about which in the long run can come back and haunt you.
How you ask 🤔 ok so if you went the RT route it’s 2 years and then MRI is like 3-6 months after to obtain now if you go into MRI first and then say you know what I want ti try general RT because it’s less stress well guess what you would have to do 2 years of RT school.
So in my opinion I would do RT first & then MRI or CT so that way you will always have something to call back on.
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I just start going to school to become a X-ray tech I’m super nervous
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If a hospital offers you an MRI position that has 6 floors, 1 scanner and 1 tech.......RUN! Also, my MR job is nowhere near as physical and stressful as my CT position was. It all depends upon where you work.
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You’re absolutely correct!
Thank you for this comment not hopefully more people will listen to me about MRI & hospital work!
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Yoo Juan. Do you think big introverts will like the rad tech career?
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It will definitely be an adjustment during school but after your done and your a certified tech you can work anywhere so for introverts I would say YES but you would probably do better on a weekend shift or at an urgent care facility but definitely Yes 🙏🏽
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Are X RAY techs as toxic as nurses on the job heard a lot of cut throat stories from nursing
As sad as it sounds yes but it depends what shift you work.
7am-3pm - More Drama
3pm-11pm - Way Less Drama
11pm-7am - No Drama
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Stuck between respiratory therapy and mri
I would say Respiratory because they are NEVER ON-CALL
MRI AWAYS ON-CALL
That’s a big deal on-call is tough I wouldn’t recommend it!
Which website should i go to apply MRI tech online? Which college are you going?
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I'm also curious about an MRI question since I've had one. For the image, is it the coil that determines what shows up on the MRI. And then the tech chooses what is shown based on imaging planes?
I’m not an MRI TECH but MRI is based off of Magnetic 🧲 Capabilities which then helps make an image by magnifying the Atomic Nuclei.
The coils are placed around the body part that is to be imaged. Then the MRI has several components that generates 'waves' much like radio waves that go into the body. These waves interact with the protons in your body that generate energy (eventually) that 'waves' back out to the coil and goes to the K processor and generates a picture of a small part of that anatomy. This is repeated thousands of times in the 20 to 30 minutes of your exam to create about 150 to 200 pictures.
@@anniesshenanigans3815 so each picture is called a slice? When I open an MRI and scrolling through it and it looks like it is revealing different parts of the body part.
I tried looking through my shoulder MRI since I was curious. It looks like it doesn't get all of it to the end of the scapula but Idk how to really read an MRI at all. Everything I'm reading seems to focus on shoulder joint so I was curious if whatever fits in the coil is what determines what is seen or the tech chooses what to cover based on imaging planes.
Hey brother I been wanting to get into MRI, but I’m not exactly sure how to begin, do I need to get my associates in radiology and than get the mri tech or is it mri associates and then arrt cert ?
If there is anyway you could give me a step by step on what u did to become a MRI tech? Please and thanks for all the videos !👍🏽
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The traditional way is to go to Rad Tech school which is two years, then on to MRI. Either on the job training or school. Most are around 6 months or less. There are schools for MRI without the Rad Tech creds, but the ARRT is very strict on it and you would have to contact them for the details.
Yo I used to work at fedex lifting heavy boxes in a hot truck, when you say physically demanding I’m having trouble gauging how physical it is, if it’s just walking a lot your talking about or if more is required is my question
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So it’s both a lot of walking and pushing Portable X-rays.
The patients are NOT all walkie-talkie so they are not mobile so even to do a chest X-ray you have to pull them forward to place the cassette on their back.
That’s not easy and nurse 99% of the time are to busy to help you with the X-ray.
After doing 50-80 per day
Yeah it’s tiring
@@juanmotiva8s959 damn I have really bad shoulder issues. I was interested in this but I don't think I can move and assist patients into machines all day. Is it really an expectation of the job?
Unfortunately yes
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Hi Juan!! I’m trying to decide what to do…mri, cardiovascular, ultrasound techs….. also with the accreditation…there are so many different ones! Is there a way I can find out if the accreditation is legit?
For
Radiology Technologist & MRI - ARRT
For
Cardiovascular & Ultrasound - ARDMS
Exactly I'm in the same boat, overwhelmed with all the different schools and accreditations, I need unbiased information on what's actually legit and will get me qualified to work.
@@juanmotiva8s959 THANKS! I was wondering the same thing.
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I'm studying a 5 year bachellor in Cuba with all the formation for the diagnostics (Xray, CT, MRI, Nuclear Med +) and treatment proceadures (radiotherapy, +). I plan on working in the US after I finish the program, can you guide me on where to look to be able to work and revalidate my degreee and such things?
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To be honest I think you have to complete everything in the 🇺🇸 nothing from Cuba will transfer …. Sorry 😞
@@juanmotiva8s959it could be transfer
Hey man just wanted to know which state you work in ? Thanks !
FL bro
hi. how can i get a visa sponsorship job. i am from south Africa with over 20 years experience.
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New subbie here! Very informative video thanks for sharing :)
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Can I become an MRI tech if I have a paralyzed left arm ? I’ve never been able to get a straight forward answer. Lost full function in my left arm when I was 18 from an accident and I’ve always had a passion for a job in the medical field, if anyone can help with an answer to my question I’d greatly appreciate it.
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Ok so I will be honest with you that will be hard because we Push & pull patients all the time & most of the time we work alone so the school might allow you to apply to the program but some hospitals might be hesitant to hire but again I could be wrong 🙏🏽
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would it be a good idea to get this certificate in early college? I'm gonna go in for early college next year currently a sophomore in hs, I get 2 years In early college and the certificate takes a year to obtain. Would it be wise to do this fresh out of high school to save up and then go to an actual university?
Well I’m order to become an MRI TECH
You will need to first become an RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST which takes 2 years but YES if you really want to be in this field the sooner you start the better ‼️☢️💯
Florida has a hybrid MRI program
I went to a school in Miami for CT & you could choose CT or MRI but both were only 3 months long.
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Can MRI techs still find jobs if they are ARMRIT certified vs ARRT? The program closest to me only offers ARMRIT and I’m worried
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Ok so I have never heard of ARMRIT so I would not go to it. Stick to ARRT because that’s the National Leader in Radiology Certification & that’s what most places look for when hiring is a ARRT certified technologist.
Hope this helped & I wish you the best 🙏🏽
Just give in a muscle relaxer 😂
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Should you go Xray first or can I go straight MRI
You can go straight to MRI but I recommend going to general xray first.
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Hi Juan I also want to know do I need to become a rad tech first before going into mri or I can just become mri tech?
You have to become an RT first and then you can go into MRI.
Is this the degree program i need to do to become MRI?
Radiography Technologist, A.A.S.
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So that my friend is the degree for general Radiology Technologist (RT) which is needed before going into MRI.
So first you would go “RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST, A.A.S” then after you passed your ARRT REGISTRY then you either cross-train at work into MRI or go back to school for MRI which takes another 3-6 months.
That’s the only way I know ok how to become an MRI technologist.
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What state do you live? Good pay for xray is that in California?
The DC. Maryland, Virginia AKA DMV area make good money as an x-ray tech! Even Baltimore make 28-30 bux an hour as a new x ray tech and the city pay cheap as hell and that’s good pay! So DMV May start new grads with $35-$40 per hour
I live in FL bro
But it’s crazy shortage of RAD TECHS EVERYWHERE so that’s why they are paying us more 💰
That’s awesome information bro I didn’t know this about other states ‼️💯☢️💰💰
Can someone help me out to find out if I have a baha implant, can prevent me to be a MRI tech.?
As long as the MRI MAGNET doesn’t pass a 1.5 Tesla you should be ok.
The best place to find that out is from your physician or company that the implant was made from.
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1 MR Tech in a hospital? Run, just run. On the pay, As an MR Tech i make a little over $130k a year. 😉
That’s great
Mind me asking
Which state do you work at ?
How many hours do you work per week?
Do you see your family?
Hi Juan!
I went to a radiology workshop Zoom meeting for a CC, and they said the gender ratio is more male dominated. Can you confirm if this is true based on ur experience? (not saying gender matters in this field, just curious lol)
Hi Linh! 👋
Absolutely NOT I work with more females than males so this is not a correct statement.
I would say 50/50 🙂
Do mri techs work alot of overtime?
Depends on where you work.
In a hospital you’ll get overtime but if you work at an outpatient imaging center maybe not as much OT.
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Can Radiology Technologist go into Dosimetry?
Yes you can
You would need to take Additional classes and then sit for your ARRT dosimetry Boards.
@@juanmotiva8s959 Thanks bro
How long is vacations in the medical field? I nurse said they work 2 weeks a month (12 hours shift). 1 week work and 1 week off, is that how all the medical profession is ?
Not necessarily every hospital is different
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Juan how I can get a job as MRI tech without experience only with the license?
As long as your X-RAY certified (ARRT).
You can go straight to school & do MRI & CT.
@@juanmotiva8s959 I know but that’s not my question sorry , I am a RT certified, I am thinking about going to that school in Miami but most of the jobs for MRI tech are asking for at least one year experience plus the license. So I don’t think will be easier to get a job only with a license and not experience, I work as a radiologic technologist for 20 years, but no experience in MRI.
Oh ok I see
But it’s smart to get the license because you want to be prepared for that opportunity. Most companies won’t hire you without a license so if you have your MRI license what that does is say ok he’s licensed let’s get him and train him.
Trust me someone will give you an opportunity if you get your license.
Hope this helped my friend 🙏🏽
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Bro i thought you were gonna say way more per hour
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It’s not bad money and if you work at a hospital it’s only 3 days per week.
If you get really good at MRI you can become a travel MRI tech & some companies are paying $6-8K per week 👀
How are the shifts working as a MRI tech ?
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Honestly it all depends on the hospital but MRI usually NEVER work overnights like X-Ray but they are on-call.
can LMRT go to MRI ?
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Ok so no LMRT are not fully accredited RT’s so they are not able to learn different modalities such as MRI, CT ect…
LMRT can only do plain X-Rays & nothing else.
Here in FL they don’t hire LMRT at hospitals or at most Imaging Centers.
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How old are you Bro?
I will be 40 in November.
@@juanmotiva8s959 how long have you been in the field of radiology
About 12 years
@@juanmotiva8s959 do you know anything about a mri tech aide positions
All I know is that every MRI department has a personal aid to go get inpatients and bring them down.
Over than that I’m not sure what they actually do.