My Passion At The Young Age Of Fourteen

Every single person on this earth has a passion. No, I am not talking about fruit. I am talking about is something that can put a person on top of the world or put a 40 ton wrench right in the center of a person’s gut. Passion. Comparable to a lot of guys in this world my passion is sports. Michigan State University athletics. Consequently, when a sports beat writer imposed that my team... my team 's defense was not “good” enough to compete at the highest collegiate level at the college football playoffs. Well, I just had to tell him why he was wrong.

I first became exposed to a hospital setting during my early ages of childhood due to my constant issues with my immune system. To my parents, I was commonly referred to as the sick child in the family since I would constantly catch even the simplest of illnesses such as fevers, colds, flus, running nose, severe coughs and much more. The time period, in which I would visit the doctor’s office, lead me to become more accustomed overtime to the environment and eventually grow a passion for what is being done.

Overall, my experience at Shriner’s Hospital for Children was a great opportunity and it has helped me understand other aspects of nursing care. This experience has given me the opportunity to see the individualized and customized care provided for each patient that could change a child’s life for the

Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre provided me with life lessons I will never forget—kindness and humbleness. Spending my free time in this facility has given me bliss. The patients became my family; I knew their families, their kids, and even their grand-kids. I spent hours getting to know these patients—their stories, their likes, their dislikes. It was refreshing to do their errands, to help them, to feed them, to care for them. At this hospital I learned more than what the doctors and nurses do. I learned more than the mechanics of a hospital. I learned about the patients. I learned what I want to do in life. I learned that eventually I would like to become a medical doctor—to combine my love of biology and assisting

At thirteen I began volunteering at Rex Hospital, which afforded me the opportunity to give back to my community and gain exposure to the medical profession. As a teen volunteer, I worked in the hospital’s gift shop and managed the mobile gift store. Hospitals can be daunting places: the hum of medical machines, the sterile hallways, and the anxiety that lingers in waiting rooms; however, the gift shop is often a respite. It plays a large role in the healing ethos of the hospital,

“Passion” is having an emotional attachment of joy and/or happiness in your life for something you’re great at doing or have strong feelings about accomplishing. Me personally, having a passion for newborn babies and caring for children till they reach the age of being a young adult, has been a calling for me for the past three years or so. Being able to identify what is causing harm or discomfort to a child can make a difference in the eyes of the patient and/or parents that have to bear with the emotional aspect of the situation. Having the desire to become a Pediatric nurse practitioner to help young adults and kids that are in that age bracket just like me get over illnesses, cancer/tumors, bone impairments or whatever the case may be has

Hospitals for me as a young child were quite terrifying. I attribute this fear to witnessing young and old alike being on life supporting machines, while their loved ones’ countenance showed fear and trepidation. Regardless of this fear, I spent majority of my childhood in and out of the doctor’s office and emergency rooms because of routine visits and unforeseen injuries due to an active life. My pediatric physician, Dr. James Mitchell, became a permanent fixture in my life. Dr. Mitchell genuinely cared about me and what was going on with the numerous conditions and injuries that I frequented his office with; such as: asthma and chronic bronchitis, the influenza virus and streptococcal pharyngitis – which I contracted within days of each other, cases of gastroenteritis, a busted tongue and knee, dislocated joints, fractured bones, and a torn cartilage.

Volunteering at Mattel Children’s Hospital was my first clinical experience, and the meaningful impact I made there will always stay close to my heart. Many of the children I spent time with were extremely sick, and it opened my eyes to the suffering accompanied with ill health. Even though I had never been in their situation, I could understand their frustration,

Passion one might say is to have enthusiasm, love, and maybe even be obsessed. Although, I say it is the key to become successful. Growing up, everyone is finding something that they love to do. This something I have found, it the game of golf. I have created a passion for this game and spend many hours on a golf course.

At a young age I grew to understand how important hospitals were. From my younger brother constantly receiving aid to alleviate his lung condition to my younger cousin hospitalized due to pancreatitis; I understood how hospitals could heavily affect people’s lives. This drew my attention towards how I wanted to pursue in the medical field. Seeing how hospitals and individuals in the health care industry had not only affected my family’s lives but others as well caused me to strive to have the desire to help others. I can perceive that being in the medical field when I’m an adult can achieve this goal that I have initiated onto myself. Hopefully by volunteering in this program, it will enrich my knowledge on how hospitals function. I feel that the hands on experience in this stimulating program would motivate my interest in medical field furthermore. Not only to expand this knowledge but to strengthen my

Secondly, the second main point to maintain your passion alive is to be curious and explore new ways to make you passion more interesting. A good example for this is in “The Ecstasy of Curiosity”, it states, “What humans care about is ecstatic understanding. Children experience this insatiable drive to understand and be curious”(Silva). What this piece of text evidence is saying is that people have a drive to understand things that are new and that they don’t know, which makes people want to understand something even

At the Children’s Hospital,I assisted nurses and physicians to consolidate patients throughout their preoperative and postoperative care. Reflecting upon this experience as a future nurse, I learned how to interact with patients while they were under stressful conditions. Each patient handled their experience at the hospital differently, which made it vital for me to learn how to adapt to these conditions to provide the best care. Similar to my duties at Helen Devos Children’s Hospital , I also held a position at McLaren Hospital in Lansing as an assistant with the Medical/Surgical Nursing Unit.

As the only child of two full-time physicians, I often found myself tagging along to hospital rounds on the weekends and clinic hours during the summer months. My passion for hospital rounds was initially rooted in the fresh bagels and biscuits in the doctor 's lounge. However, as hospital budgets dwindled and fresh bagels became stale crackers and dried carrots, I increasingly found myself sitting in the far corner of patient rooms during the consultation. Sometimes we 'd be in the intensive care unit, telemetry, oncology, or even the psychiatric ward. I encountered a truly fascinating array of patients and families. I 'd always sit silently pretending to putt around on my Mom 's PalmPilot or whatever latest gadget that was on the market. But I attentively listened to every word of interaction between the patient and the doctor. I 'd often even get anxious thinking of follow-up questions for the patient that were never asked. The medical terminology was often beyond my years. And the hospital rooms were tropically moist and exhibited foul odors. But none of these details deterred me because I was so intrigued with the patients ' lives. Everything from apathetic gang members in the Western suburbs of Chicago to weirdly spunky senior citizens. This exposure to people from all walks of life each with their own unique and individual story provided me with an astonishing perspective. I was exposed to an entirely new reality of the world that many children are never subjected to.

This hospital came to be because a few people believed that a hospital for only children was possible through the support of the community and leadership. The Mission statement of this hospital is “ We create Hope and build healthier futures,” and they value compassion, transformation, achieving their best together, and serving with great care. Children are being discharged from this hospital with a few days, a few months, or even a few years behind them, but their whole lifetime ahead of

My first job was as a registrar in the Emergency Room of Miami Children's Hospital. The environment of Miami Children's Hospital