| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Respiratory Therapist |
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
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- Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
- Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), stress testing, and lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.
- Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.
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| Speech-Language Pathologist |
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Programming: Writing computer programs for various purposes.
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- Participate in and write reports for meetings regarding patients' progress, such as individualized educational planning (IEP) meetings, in-service meetings, or intervention assistance team meetings.
- Design, develop, and employ alternative diagnostic or communication devices and strategies.
- Develop and implement treatment plans for problems such as stuttering, delayed language, swallowing disorders, and inappropriate pitch or harsh voice problems, based on own assessments and recommendations of physicians, psychologists, or social workers.
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| Radiation Therapist |
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Programming: Writing computer programs for various purposes.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
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- Calculate actual treatment dosages delivered during each session.
- Administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards.
- Educate, prepare and reassure patients and their families by answering questions, providing physical assistance, and reinforcing physicians' advice regarding treatment reactions and post-treatment care.
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