3. LA Fellows Personal Statement Please submit a one to two page personal statement that provides a clear indication of your professional goals and interests. When writing your personal statement, describe relevant work and volunteer experience and outline your career objectives. Tell us about your job search, what’s working, what’s not working, and how can LA Fellows help you. If you are selected for the program, what are your expectations of the LA Fellows experience? Tell us why you would like to be an LA Fellow. Be sure to include any other information you think would be helpful to determine your ability to succeed in the LA Fellows program. ------------- My Professional goals and interests I have a great need to help others, and have always had an …show more content…
Some time ago, I walked with a young woman who had lost her mother to cancer and was living with acquaintances. As we were talking, I asked her a question that I love to ask, which is; “If you could be doing anything right now, what would that be?” She told me that she was a trained nurse and wanted to get a job as a labor and delivery nurse, and to have her own place. Well, my sister just so happens to be a labor and delivery nurse in Orange County. So I made the introduction, and she not only got a job as a delivery nurse, but she found a great place to live and made a new friend in my sister. I love to help like that!!! The feedback from weSpark participants was so positive and encouraging that I started researching the positive effects of exercise on cancer patients and cancer survivors, as well as its effects on osteoporosis, depression, fatigue, and stress. Every week there seem to be more studies supporting this. Out of my research, I developed a 6-week Walking to Wellness Program. As for my goals, here’s where things get tricky. My goal would be to find a fiscal sponsor for my walking program. This comes with many challenges, however,
The ACS also provides certain psychosocial benefits for their patients through support groups, counseling, and exercise programs. The programs are an important component in helping cancer patients and survivors to achieve the optimum quality of life. The ACS has partnered up with the Y in a program called Strive and Thrive: Live strong at the YMCA. This is a health and well-being program for cancer patients and survivors which help to achieve the goal of holistic health. The focus of this exercise program is to “reduce fatigue, improve muscle strength and energy levels, as well as to increase flexibility, endurance, confidence, self-esteem, mood and overall well-being. The program also helps to prevent cancer recurrence while increasing survival rate, “(ACS, 2013).
My goal is to go college for like 4yrs and get a degree for “Business” so I can learn how to be good in business and be able to know who to take care of customer. I wanna be a successful person, that’s the reason why I want to go college, so I could be able to know how to handle money also. But first, I have to first go community college so I can have experince before I go to the university and build some of my skill at school that I’m lacking at.
The first part of my long term goal, completing my associates in nursing, was finally met. I believe God walked with me during this journey because it wasn't easy. I thank God every day for giving me my husband, the courage and the strength to keep working towards my goal. I wanted to start working as a Labor and Delivery Nurse but it was mandatory at Lovelace Regional Hospital in Roswell, New Mexico where I worked to start on the Medical/Surgical Unit first. My three years as a Medical/Surgical Nurse was truly rewarding. It always felt good to help others. It was nice to hear the patients say, “Thank you”; it made me feel like I was making their stay at the hospital easier. I loved learning new things every day. Being a Nurse brings joy to my heart. Regardless of what area of nursing I work in, nursing is what I love to do. Every day in nursing is different with new experiences and new adventures. As I work towards my goal, I want to keep learning new things and applying my knowledge in my daily work. My experience thus far as a nurse has been amazing and I am excited to start the journey to my next nursing experience and finally achieve my childhood dream and deliver
I went into a business development program to better understand our products and services so I could reach out to current and future customers. Starting into my fifth year in the oilfield I took a vacation with my parents to Silverton, Colorado. We were riding out to the trails one morning and we were about to start a trail up the mountain and were informed that there was a bad accident ahead and that we needed to take another route, and at that moment I thought to myself that it would have be nice if I could have rushed ahead of the ambulance and assisted the riders. They didn’t have the equipment to get to the people in a timely manner. I believe that moment made me think about what I was doing in life and made my decision to quit everything that I was doing and go back to school and get my RN. Receiving this scholarship would allow me to complete my goal of becoming a RN, and would allow me to help future patients get through their struggles similar to all the staff that helped
The day I left for college, my great grandmother who helped raise me and my older brother became extremely sick. She was then diagnosed with terminal cancer. My family started to look into their options. She was too old and frail to undergo chemotherapy. We started to look into hospice care. I had no idea what that was. Once learning more I thought hospice care was a beautiful thing. Helping people in their last leg of life get the things they needed or wanted sounded amazing to me. We did not put my great grandmother is hospice care, but instead decided on hiring a nurse, but I knew I had found something that I was interested
There is sufficient evidence supporting the use of physical exercise as a central element of rehabilitation for many chronic diseases.1 The effectiveness of implementing an exercise program with cancer patients is widely researched. Many studies note that any form of exercise performed has a proven effect to improve both physical and psychological effects associated with patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for their cancer diagnosis. However, treatment modalities for cancer produce a number of negative side effects in patients, preventing them from participating in an exercise routine. Some of these side effects include: increased fatigue, tiredness, pain, not enough time due to treatment schedule, decreased strength and energy, shortness of breath on exertion, decreased motivation, and decreased concentration.2 Due to these common side effects, most patients are unable to continue a previous exercise program or begin a new program, even though the benefits have been shown to reduce the severity of most side effects experienced.
Throughout my life I have been committed to being a leader and role model in my community. I have been highly committed to the Duke of Edinburgh program completing all three award levels, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Through this program I have gained experience in communicating with people of similar and very different circumstances and life experiences. I have volunteered at a nursing home talking and listening to residents, preparing and serving food at a local soup kitchen and coaching and mentoring rowers at my old high
Physical activity is one of the most effective secondary prevention strategies for many cancers (Schmitz, 2011). This year-long study aimed to investigate strategies to increase PA and measure their effect on CRF. Two study arms were investigated: Physical activity after cancer treatment (PACT) or health-education (HE). Two-hundred-fourteen participants were randomly allocated to a once-weekly hour-long supervised high-intensity session or a brief tri-monthly health education session.
As a young child, my mother always taught me to help those in need. Not in hopes of anything in return but because you never know what people may be going through. I have always given a helping hand wherever I could. Whether it be helping my mother around the house, being the teachers helper for the week, or simply helping a friend in need. In my younger days, I wanted to be a lawyer. My goal was to help as many people I could stay out of trouble. Being that my mother was a nurse, I changed my career goals to follow in her footsteps. This way I could help the sick and ensure that they would be healthy and happy. I attended my first year of college at the College of Charleston and they did not have a nursing program. Still determined to help
I am certain that the optimum place for me to flourish as a professional in the field of psychology is the University of British Columbia. I intend to continue my education past graduate school to pursue my PhD and am convinced your nationally ranked institution is the ideal place to do so. Becoming a clinical psychologist has been my dream ever since I took my first introduction to psychology class at 16-years-old. The abnormal mind fascinates me and even at such a young age I knew I wanted to study it and provide help to those suffering from mental illness. This fascination grew exponentially when I began my program in university and took an abnormal psychology class with Dr. Erica Yuen.
My mother, Gina Needham, is the biggest inspiration in my life. Throughout her life, Gina worked primarily as a loan officer for financial companies; however, she was not content with her career. In 2008, her father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and was hospitalized for an extended period of time. During his stay, Gina was constantly at the hospital spending time with her father and eventually developed an interest in caring for people. After months of rigorous treatment, medical professionals opted to do an operation to remove the tumors. However, due to a mistake during the operation, her father died during surgery. Although she was emotionally distraught, she became determined to pursue a career in the medical field in honor of her
My mind holds tight to the memories of my childhood: translating medical letter for my parents, moving constantly from place to place, and seeing my parents lay forward tremendous efforts as immigrants. Being born to Mexican immigrant parents bestowed me with demanding responsibilities from a young age. Due my parents language barriers, growing up, I acted as an interpreter and translator, translating government letters, teacher conferences, and helping my younger brother with his English homework. I was a student, cousin-sitter, and full time eldest daughter. Although we never lacked shelter, we learned to adapt without the resources which seem essential: washing machines, internet, gas stoves, and warm water to shower. Yet, these were the challenges that shaped my views and prompted to repay my parents through my academic success. Thankfully, I received much support from schools and academics program such as Chula Vista Promise Neighborhood, which really pushed me into community involvement.
I am applying for admission to the architectural sciences program at Ryerson University because I want a career that focuses on the design of expressive and architectural space. I have always been fascinated by the whole process of architectural design; how does the design process work at all and how could it be made to work better? I am very much interested in design thinking and critical investigations of the social and environmental issues of designing a space. My entire life, I was curious to learn more about the relationship between color and form.
I completed my community service hours at Ambassador Health. I have completed all 15 hours that was required. At Ambassador Health, I got to interact with a variety of people. Some of them were babies, others were toddlers, a teenager, and of course nurses. I tried to create a bond with them while I was there. I spent a lot of time with the teenager, and we would read books, play connect four, color, and work on math. We honestly had so much fun together no matter what we were doing. She became a very close friend of mine who I still want to see regularly. I believe that she looked up to me as a sister and we even got so close that she talked to me about her accident. The fact that she could trust me enough to talk about her past with me and inform me about what happened to her made me feel like a lucky girl. She impacted my life tremendously by making me not take a single day for granted, because you never know when it could all change. However, she was not the only one that I got close to.
Sixteen years later, I still recall that moment vividly. I was so grateful that I was able to bring comfort to that young girl, but I desperately wished that I had been able to help her parents too. That moment laid down the foundation for the life that I have today and the future that I am pursuing.