I Have Your Sunday Night Shift

If you would have told me ten years ago that I would be writing this essay and planning yet for another years into the future, part of me would have been surprised. Years ago I would have never envisioned myself going into the health field. Growing up I always heard stories from my parents and grandparents of how lucky I am to be alive and how thankful they were to the doctors and nurses. After hearing these stories for so many years it then made me realize that all I wanted to do was help people.

Not only to prescribe medicine, and help with a cure, but to uplift them with love and compassion. I would like to walk into work everyday with an infectious smile, and brighten their day. I whole-heartedly believe that helping others makes the world a better place. And becoming a physician assistant would allow me to little by little help people and actually make a difference. Attending __________ would give me the necessary tools of knowledge to embark on my journey of life. This summer I had the privilege of volunteering at a physical therapy office and I can honestly say that it has made me want to enter the health care field. I made real relationships with patients; one older lady who attended physical therapy was named Maria. Maria opened up to me about her sister with ALS while doing her exercises for therapy. She told me that she doesn’t talk about her sister much and that she’s grateful she has me to talk to. With tears in her eyes and her hands in mine she told me her life story, how her sister struggled through life, she told me the ups the downs and everything in between. After the physical therapy was over she gave me a huge hug and walked out the

While interning in the Children's Clinic, I had the incredible opportunity to go and visit the NICU. This program had also introduced me how to write a medical research paper. Mini med school gave me a lot of informative information everyday by health professions which they discussed about the ongoing medical issues and other problems like drug use and criminal issues our community is facing. I have also taken classes in High School such as Ap Biology, Ap chemistry, and AP Psychology that exposes me to everyday medical terminology that health professionals use. Information offered by these classes made it easier to communicate and understand doctors.I have taken every opportunity to better prepare myself to the challenges of the medical field. During the internship, I mainly focused on the nursing branch, I shadowed nurse practitioners and registered nurses in action and how they handled medical issues and was also given the opportunity to learn and ask about their challenges in nursing school and how they had overcome it. I was able to learn about the responsibilities and special skills required to be a nurse and received advices from the nurses on how to be successful in nursing school. I have also been self studying Human Physiology and Anatomy. Its the medical field that best describes me. I love to give back to my

“I want to slow down and enjoy the little things in life that she never appreciated.” she told me. She wants to worry less about what she can’t control and just enjoy what life has to offer. This is a good lesson for everyone. Somethings can be overlooked because they are small but it doesn't mean they are less important. It has also changed her a person. While she was in and out of the hospital she got see how hard working and caring the people working the medical industry were. “Everybody in the hospital were so great and would go out of there way to help me. It was really amazing.” If possible, she wants to get involved in the medical industry because of how great they were to her.

Since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a nurse. I am taking the very steps to be a nurse and, due to educational requirements, I had to read a memoir written by an actual nurse called The Shift by Theresa Brown. In this book, Theresa talks about her experience over a twelve-hour shift. She illustrates how a nurse works in a hospital environment with positive and negative aspects. There are so many beneficial outcomes of being a nurse such as the relationships formed between patients and nurses, and saving lives every day. But there are also disadvantages behind this profession like the long shifts nurses must work, the hierarchies of hospital jobs, the stress of life and death situations, and picky patients.

7. What special life experiences and/or characteristics would you bring to KU School of Medicine?

Imagine working over 110 hours a week and desperately trying to keep your eyes open on your drive home. The article, “Medical Residents Need to Get Tougher” written by Melissa Johnson recognizes that residents are working inhumane hours in attempt to prove their self-worth. Johnson argues that there has been a long lasting tradition of working the residents under pressure to “weed out the weak ones” (Johnson, 2012, para. 2). In remarks to that, the cost of paying residents for long hours is cheaper than for more qualified doctors (para. 3). Johnson also conveys that, “Residents today are just lazy and spoiled” (2012, para.4). It appears that many generations have overcome this grueling tradition, however Johnson fails to consider the value (purpose, sense, impact) of a resident in response to change in tradition, patient safety, and student work ethic.

Today I yearn to become a medical doctor primarily to dedicate a life of service to the most vulnerable members of our society.

Becoming a doctor would not only allow me to educate others, but would allow me to endlessly improve my medicinal knowledge and education. There are many moments in my life which have motivated me to pursue a medical career and help others, but the memory I consider most influential is when I volunteered with Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen in Raleigh. My goal was to make as many people smile as I could. However, there was one man in line that made me smile instead. He was crippled and defeated by poverty; he was laid off from his job, which, consequently, prohibited him from attending college. He shut down and let poverty win. He said it was the biggest mistake of his life. Choked up with emotion and pain from the past, he then gave me advice, "If you can see your dream now, grab it. Whatever you do, don't let it go." Serving others, like the man in the soup kitchen, has bestowed upon me the motivation to lead and inspire others, just as he inspired

I'd love to ůbecome a medical assistant because I love to help out those in need and I would want to make a difference in people’s lives.growing up I was very unsure of what I wanted to be cause people I was around that didn’t put a great view in perspective for me. i also didn’t think much how important it was supposed to be, and I wanted to live the fast life.start life early. The thing I did do was keep my grades up and pay attention I wasn’t slacking it in my classes kept my grades up no lower than a C as I remember . then I ended up getiing pregnant and I couldn’t finish school the father of my baby was around in the beginning but doesn’t help out anymore

I was induced to the medical field due to my early exposure to health implications due to one of my family members. My first-born nephew was improperly diagnosed and was discharged from the hospital the day he was born. It was not until eighteen days later that I noticed his abnormal breathing. As soon as I became aware of his condition, my nephew was quickly rushed to the hospital. However, it was too late. The physician in charge notified us that he was in coma and needed to undergo heart surgery. The only problem we were now encountering with was not having access to a bed that my nephew needed to prepare him for surgery. UCLA was the only nearest hospital who had the bed he needed, but all beds were full at the time. As soon as we had the

My talents and experiences have prepared me to support the Metropolitan State University School of Nursing mission and prepared me for graduate education. I currently work in healthcare as a certified pharmacy technician and work with diverse and underserved population daily. Unfortunately, I can see how communication barriers, access to health care, physical barriers, and monetary barriers can prevent individuals from living up to their full health potential. I have had patients call our pharmacy to tell us they are unable to pick up their medications due to a lack of transportation access and an inability to pay for their medications. I have also had patients who are unable to take their medications regularly also due finances and an inability to read or understand the directions of their medications.

I hope to one day alter the lives of people around the world by pursuing an MD/MPH. However, that path was not always clear. My first exposure started in high school where I was a part of the Littleton Health Science Program which would equip me with

Although, I’ve been in healthcare for over 20 years, working as a medical assistant, I believe my journey truly began with nursing school. It is one thing to do a job that you have been shown to do, but it becomes different as I now understand why these processes are done as well as the physiological implications. The journey to get to this point had felt like a lifelong one with many disappointments and struggles along the way. However because of the knowledge I now have, I wouldn’t change a thing as I consider it extremely valuable.

To begin with, nurses must work long hours at a time. Nurses, RN’s, must work long hours. They would have to work long shifts, weekends, nights, and holidays, if possible. The RN 's can only get around the long hours by working for a private company. One of my friends is a nurse, she works at St. Lucie Medical Center on the night shift. However, because she works nights she feels like she is not a real person, like her life is consumed with sleeping. So, she has decided to switch her hours to the day shift instead of the night shift. If one nurse feels like she was not a real person, then many other people must feel that way too. Another story about my friend, she just finished working a thirteen-hour night shift. She did not get much