| Confidence can only come from knowing your job | | | | should aim to do their very best. A technician needs |
| well. An effective X-Ray technician has to know how | | | | to be confident in his ability and understanding when |
| to manipulate equipment to get an accurate x-ray | | | | speaking with the different doctors who need them. |
| reading. Without the appropriate knowledge and | | | | A doctor will not take anyone seriously who cannot |
| know how they put others in danger. There is no | | | | identify the major problems shown on an x-ray or |
| room for second-guessing in this position especially | | | | who cannot operate the equipment effectively. |
| when a patient's diagnosis counts on the knowledge | | | | It takes lots of hard work and practice to build |
| of the technician. A job well done means the patient | | | | enough confidence to do the job effectively. Learning |
| can receive the best treatment available. Most | | | | the machine inside and out including the different |
| doctors request the services of an x-ray technician | | | | functions and capabilities it can perform will ease |
| when they suspect something major or life | | | | doubt. Questioning the things that they do not know |
| threatening so the job requires complete confidence | | | | is what makes an x-ray technician smarter in their |
| in ones ability. Studying hard and staying current on | | | | field. Never settle for "good enough" knowledge if |
| the latest technology related to the X-ray field will | | | | you want to succeed in this career. Technology is |
| build confidence and added assurance. | | | | always evolving and changing, which requires a |
| An x-ray technician's job requires an advanced | | | | technician who will change with it. The more you |
| knowledge of the human body and serious problems | | | | know about the field the better you feel about doing |
| that may be detected using a special x-ray machine. | | | | your job and doing it well. Others will see how much |
| Doctor's rely on the skill of the technician so they can | | | | effort is put into understanding the position and |
| perform their job well. Each medical professional has | | | | patient's and their families will appreciate what was |
| an ethical responsibility to the people they serve and | | | | done to give them an accurate diagnosis. |