Consider the job responsibilities of a magnetic resonance technologist and a nuclear medicine technologist. Which of the following do these occupations have in common?

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administer medication
administer medication

ensure radiation safety issues
ensure radiation safety issues

prepare medication
prepare medication

position the patient

Answer 1

Magnetic resonance technologists and nuclear medicine technologists have the following responsibility in common:

• position the patient

Both professionals are involved in positioning patients correctly for the imaging procedures they perform, although the specific techniques and equipment will vary between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear medicine.

While radiation safety is a significant concern for nuclear medicine technologists, magnetic resonance imaging does not involve ionizing radiation, which makes this responsibility less relevant for MRI technologists. Similarly, administering or preparing medication is more specific to nuclear medicine in terms of radiopharmaceuticals rather than MRI.