I am interested in going to school for X-ray Tech. i am currently a 28 year old male. It seems difficult but for a guy who avidlyreads history and poltiics..i think i can handle it..lol
Anyway..Whats the difference between x-ray tech and mri tech. i was under the impression previously u should be a x-ray tech first then expand yor education and get into nuclear medicine..
Anyway whatsthe difference in schooling,studies, and salary and work shifts..and demand..
i believe x-ray techs make what 20 somethin an hour starting..so how much would MRi techs make?..thanks..again sorry about my poor grammar..in a hurry and bad typer..lol
2007-02-26 05:55:55 · 4 answers · asked by masterofelements 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I am an x-ray tech and you make under 20 to start 15+ out of school.
The work is hard, MRI tech do on the job training and get paid a little more.
Yes, you need to become an x-ray tech and then the hospitals normally train you from within and promote from within.
I have worked in IL, MO, and now FL as an x-ray tech.
Email me and I can tell more.
Ash
2007-02-26 06:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would probably go to school to be a radiologic technologist first so you would be able to become a MRI tech. As far as pay goes radiology technologists do make anywhere from $19-25 dollars an hour starting off. This depends on where you work and what shift you work. There are all sorts of shifts in hospitals you can work or you can try to get a job in a out pt. center and have more normal hours. By the way MRI and Nuclear Medicine are not the same thing; MRI is magnetic and Nuc Med. is radioactive. It can be a difficult program especially if you don't know your human anatomy. Good luck young fellow. Keep reading about dead people.
2007-02-26 06:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by brandi from texas 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
constrained xray techs payrate is often round $10-$15 and it frequently coincides with a job observed as medical assistants, like quite a few different individual said, you is in simple terms no longer in a position to get a job in a wellbeing facility or improve you position jointly with CT, MRI, Nuclear drugs, Mammography, etc. and also you'll be paid starting up a lot less then those individuals that are interior the field, in CA, i imagine the universities tell their new scholars that you'll get a job as a very license radiology tech with a starting up pay fee of $22 for new grads, also those constrained classes very last in effortless words round 6 months and yo uhave to pay a lot to graduate from them .... in case you get your finished license from a community college that grants completely license techs than it is going to absolutely cost a lot less (i went to college and paid $5500 for 3 years of faculty at my community college and that protected this technique for xray and a acquaintances degree)
2016-12-04 23:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find salary information, as well as other general information, at ARRT.org and ASRT.org.
2007-02-27 12:01:13 · answer #4 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋