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    Reflection Essay 1

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    The student became interested in nuclear medicine after learning about it in class. Further research led them to nuclear pharmacists, which appealed to them due to growing employment opportunities, strong interests in science and math, and comfort working in a lab setting. While the work involves risks from radioactive materials, the student believes proper safety protocols can mitigate risks. They are researching college programs and maintaining good grades to pursue a degree in this field.

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    The student became interested in nuclear medicine after learning about it in class. Further research led them to nuclear pharmacists, which appealed to them due to growing employment opportunities, strong interests in science and math, and comfort working in a lab setting. While the work involves risks from radioactive materials, the student believes proper safety protocols can mitigate risks. They are researching college programs and maintaining good grades to pursue a degree in this field.

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    The student became interested in nuclear medicine after learning about it in class. Further research led them to nuclear pharmacists, which appealed to them due to growing employment opportunities, strong interests in science and math, and comfort working in a lab setting. While the work involves risks from radioactive materials, the student believes proper safety protocols can mitigate risks. They are researching college programs and maintaining good grades to pursue a degree in this field.

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    Career Essay

    The first time I was in class learning about the many different jobs inside the broad field of

    medicine, we started to get into the different positions inside Nuclear Medicine, as the more we

    went on inside that topic the more it seemed to interest me as it seemed very interesting and also

    there was a benefit to this field in particular, it was growing more and more everyday and it was

    also a new form of medicine. After we got done with our lesson for the day and school was over

    I decided to do my own research and I discovered this job in particular, a nuclear pharmacist. It

    grew much interest to me on how they handled and created everything. It was described as a

    specialty area of pharmacy involved in the preparation of radioactive materials to promote and

    improve patients' health through the safe performance of radioactive drugs and also treat and

    diagnose diseases. At first it seemed dangerous to be handling radioactive things and being

    around such potent material on a day to day basis as a part of your job, but what job does not

    raise potential hazards I thought to myself. It was also said that such a job as a nuclear

    pharmacist one had to be strong in math and science but more particularly physics which is

    actually a subject I am really strong in and so far junior year I have been having a steady A on, I

    actually received a recommendation letter from my physics teacher. Also even better it was said

    that the potential of employment here was great because not many people go into it. A big thing

    that came with this position was being able to handle radiopharmaceuticals and also properly

    store and package them if needed, something that I would have no problem doing as I handle

    things very well and take very good care of my own personal belongings. This job is mostly lab

    based which is a setting I would like to work in, I always thought working in a lab would be

    interesting having many materials and machinery and also people to help you with and work

    with all the time, but you can choose whether you want to be commercial or hospital based,
    hospital based is where the preparations are made on site and in contrast a commercial based lab

    is where the radiopharmaceuticals are prepared and shipped to the hospital. This job also requires

    to be open 24/7 and working on weekends and having emergency calls whenever which I do not

    mind, since it requires testing and preparation of these medicines the lab has to be opened early

    in the mornings and is not very fit for someone who is not an early bird but in my favor, I am

    actually a morning person, whether or not I sleep early or later the past night I always seem to

    wake up at around 8 pretty energized to do my daily things, I like having an early start to my day

    and hate waking up late because I always feel like half of my day has gone to waist and when I

    wake up late, I also find myself being lazier and less productive than usual. So, as I stated all of

    these characters and what a nuclear pharmacist mostly does, needs, and what characteristics are a

    good quality to have as a nuclear pharmacist, the more I wanted to become it because it seemed

    fitting for me to work in this field as it interested me so much and I thought I had what I needed

    to become successful in this field. With this profession growing more and more everyday,

    obviously the more workers this field needs and I would find it really humbling to be apart of a

    growing new field and being able to experience the new technology in medicine and curing

    patients, being a part of something and being there to watch it grow and get bigger and better

    would be interesting. Today in this current moment, I am searching for colleges that offer good

    programs for this field and to study in, also something that does not cost so much, in high school

    I am taking a medical class like I just said before and also I am managing to keep A’s in both my

    math and physics class which is also something a nuclear pharmacist has to be really good at

    since those subjects are things they use every day in their techniques. Anything in the medical

    field and medicine is not easy of coarse, many students go through many days of studying to get

    good grades and pass their classes, medicine is also known for taking a long time to complete
    and get their degree, but even if it takes a long time, students always seem to get through it with

    hard work and determination, something I am willing to accept the challenge in to get the degree

    I want. One thing I have not talked about yet on here is that nuclear pharmacy, just as it says in

    the name nuclear, is a pretty dangerous field, having to work around radiopharmaceuticals 24/7

    can bring risk factors to someone’s health which is something that kind of alarmed and worried

    me since I did not want to be in a field that could raise risk to my own health and well being, but

    the more I did research and learned about what they did to keep this area safe, I learned that this

    field was actually a very highly regulated field, with many different technologies such as

    machines that carry the products for you, and also wearing certain uniforms, it prevents the risk

    of you getting exposed to radiation, which calmed me down and after knew that I could be safe

    here but still there will always be risks everyday, but of course every job brings a risk, even the

    easiest jobs with the easiest tasks can prove to life threatening. Overall this field would be

    something I would love to be included in and be a part in.

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