Emergency Physician And Naval Officer: A Personal Statement

Whilst I am very interested in current affairs, I also feel a deeper understanding of the past helps me to understand and appreciate present day issues. For that reason I decided to study

November 10, 1775, is revered as being the Marine Corps birthday, and its birthplace being at Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern, to establish two battalions of Continental Marines, under the command of Cpt. Samuel Nicholas, as an amphibious fighting force who would later in March of 1776, participate in their first foreign raid, in the Bahamas (www.globalsecurity.org ). After the Treaty of Paris

I have been passionate about history since a young age. I remember being a small child riding the school bus and questioning what my town looked like in the past, who were the people that lived there prior to my friends and family. I cannot pinpoint when my curiosity of the past began but I can thank my parents for nurturing that curiosity and supporting it has grown. My passion of history has guide me to pursing a doctoral program and a career in academia where I can continue allow my curiosity to grow.

S (situation): Hi, my name Kelsey and I am a nurse in the emergency department. I am calling about Shannon O’Reilly’s most recent laboratory results.

I have known since eighth grade that I aim to serve my country as a Naval Officer. I grew up in military and patriotic surroundings, listening to my Grandfather, a World War II PT boat veteran, tell stories of his Navy days. What inspired me most about him was that he never stopped giving back to our country. He remained a significant part of the Disabled American Veterans fighting for rights of veterans until the day he died. My Grandfather was the one that introduced me to the Naval Academy.

World History is learning and understanding about the origins of how culture around the world evolved. Having a more known perspective on the world from going into depth about the way people lived in the past interests me the most. The most important thing I want to know is why those people did what they did. What I don’t have interest in is the political history and trying to remember all the important dates with its right event.

History intrigues me because, unlike other branches of education, it tells a story. The problem with telling a story is that over time, certain events are altered or omitted by those in power to suit their needs. I was once told that History is written by the victors. This includes not just the winners in war, but the political victors, champions of power, and the wealthy patronage of scoundrels seeking to whitewash their history of shame and corruption. History books, therefore rarely tell the whole story. An example could be when a noble, who just survived a political

I aspire to attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where I intend to graduate with a double major in History and International Relations with the goal of working for a humanitarian aid organization.

Throughout the majority of my life, I had dreams of becoming an attorney and did not consider medicine as a profession until much later in my academic career. I had previously pictured myself pursuing a career in intellectual property rights and hoped to become a patent attorney, given my interest in the scientific field. My interest in patent law led me to take science courses that piqued my curiosity. I soon found myself involved in undergraduate laboratory research, focused on discovering new drugs to treat chronic pain syndromes while preventing drug tolerance and limiting the side effects of conventionally used narcotic pain medications. During my last year of college, I was accepted into law school, however I ultimately did not feel that I was truly pursuing my passion and decided to withdraw my acceptance. I then found myself with a college degree and an unclear direction in life, unsure of what new career I wanted to pursue. Shortly after graduating, I discovered a medical scribe vacancy in my hometown's Emergency Department (ED). Working as a scribe in the ED was a profound experience that undoubtedly shaped my career path and inspired me to become a physician and apply to medical school.

I am incredibly interested in ethnic studies or history in general. I am continually fascinated and left in awe on how a minor or other wise insignificant incident could change the face of the earth. For example, how the rhetoric of George W. Bush about Iraq and their supposed weapons of mass destruction would start the longest war in American history. Similarly, I am genuinely interested on how two college students would start on the biggest grassroots political organizations of its time, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale went from petty criminals to national heroes, who at their peak had over 10,000 members alongside

I have always been attracted to sports that need a particular dedication and mentality to succeed, such as mixed martial arts (MMA) and wrestling. These sports are physically and mentally exhausting. In order to triumph, one must have an unwavering commitment, a dedicated mindset that trumps all self-doubt and fears in the face of difficulty. This attitude and sense of adhering to goals in challenging environments will surely benefit my efforts towards becoming and being a military physician. Moreover, these personality traits will enable me to better relate to the like-minded patients, service men and women, I will be treating as a military physician. This distinction is important. Possessing the ability to relate and understand the patients

The medical field offers many different occupations and opportunities. All have an equal level of importance and are necessary for each other to perform at a good capacity. It has been my dream to go into the medical field since I was eleven, but there are still some question that I have about it. The most important of which is how am I going to afford all those years of school.

In the first semester we discovered the evolution of historiography and the many different methodologies historians incorporated to further their specific field of study. Although my current field of study is American history, what speaks most to me is military history. Military historians have always studied the great generals, their tactics and philosophies that they used to win battles and wars. Over the past 100 years a transformation within the study has occurred. Instead of the traditional “top-to-bottom” approach, historians conducted a “bottom-up” approach. Historians incorporated more social and cultural elements into their study, going from the great men and great events, to the study of the ordinary people and incorporating

I am currently working as a full-time medical scribe at Mercy and Unity hospitals in Minnesota. My purpose as a scribe is to perform clerical duties for physicians during patient encounters. By so doing, I allow the physicians to spend more time in direct patient care which in turn increases their efficiency and the quality of care they give to their patients. As an emergency department (ED) scribe, I document each patient’s history, physical exam and diagnostic findings, treatment course and any other pertinent information necessary to produce an accurate chart. In addition, I directly see patients with physicians and anticipate what questions they will ask based on the patient’s chief complaint.

My enrollment in the History course this semester was due to requirements for my bachelor’s degree in nursing. Rather than feeling that the course took valuable time away from the core curriculum, what I learned has made a lasting impact on how I feel about the world around me and who I am in that world. Those changes are going to impact the way in which I interact with my future patients and conduct myself as a healthcare professional. The format of the course facilitated a deeper understanding of social and cultural concepts and how those concepts can affect and even define a group of people or region to the rest of the world. Through the education I have received in this course, I now watch international news reports and more clearly