It has a lot of career advancement and the recognition will soon be coming. This year we're going to be seeking to pass legislation to give us licenses. Currently, the invasive cardiovascular technologist can administer medications and inter-coronary injections, but we don't have a state license. You said there's room for growth in this field. There's always going to be a need.
Doctors recognize that no other profession can cover it.
When you're a nurse or radiology tech, you don't go to school specifically for cardiac catheterization as we do. Therefore, when we graduate from an institution, we are immediately able to go into any cath lab and function fully. People without proper credentials. There are institutions and physicians who feel they can hire just anybody. This is true because there's no license.