Obstetrics Personal Statement

The ultimate goal for myself, and the initial reason for studying with the Distance Learning Centre, is to become an Operating Department Practitioner(ODP). The role will involve working within operating theatres inside hospitals to support patients throughout their time during certain operations, or ‘periopertive journey’ (Health Education England, 2014b). I came to the decision to focus on making this my chosen career in November 2012 through word of mouth and a significant amount of research. The profession carries an extensive list of positives and negatives, along with how well it fits my personality and previous experiences; despite never working within the health sector previously.

1) I learned that you are always busy while on the floor. There was always something to do both on the OB floor and in the clinical setting. On the OB floor, I was always in a patient’s room assessing, and helping in some way, or I was in the nurse’s station charting. At the Women’s Health clinic, we were constantly bringing patient’s back into the exam rooms, asking questions about health history, answering questions, and assessing. There was very rarely any down time.

Don’t you ever want to know what it feels like to be rushing around your team yelling and encourage the mother to push her hardest, yelling their vital sounds? Well some people do, some people want to feel that adrenaline when they hear a woman is coming in and she’s about to give birth to her child. How would you feel when the family comes back to say thank you for saving their child after a difficult labor?

I always strive to help and care for people and I have tried to understand their needs. Therefore, career in the health field has always inspired me. I chose to applied for Operation Department Practitioner ,because in that role I see the way to looked after and support people in a moment of their life when they are much vulnerable, feel scared and anxious.

I believe as a Midwifery Student at Australian Catholic University (ACU) that childbirth is a natural life process. Within my philosophy, my aim is to provide a women-centred care based on evidence- based practice. Also the importance of supporting women with cultural variation, social circumstance and understanding other specific needs throughout the woman’s pregnancy. The women-centred care is an essential quality to a midwife as it ensure that the women is educated in healthy lifestyle choices within pregnancy, childbirth and during parenthood. This relationship of “women-centred care” is the key to midwifery practices as Australian College of Midwives (2009) refers to the philosophy of maternity care that promotes a holistic approach by recognising each women’s social, emotional, physical, spiritual and cultural needs. In retrospect, it is important to reflect on your past experiences during your midwifery practice but also your life beyond midwifery.

My placement at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital – Ward 3A has been full of great opportunities for learning.

In my time volunteering at the hospital, I hope to gain many different experiences. However, there are a few main ones: adaptation through enrichment and dependability. First of all, I want to get to know and adapt to the environment of the hospital and learn how different processes work. This is a crucial part of being in the atmosphere of a clinic. Also, the experiences that I will have at the hospital will help me to understand the routines and entailments of the career I would like to pursue. I hope to become a Physician’s Assistant in the future and this will be the best way to know if it is the right position for me. This enrichment of my understanding will help guide my passion for this career path and hopefully strengthen it.

operate as a service provider. From this I will be able to gain a greater understanding of patient care. This collaboration between disciplines and the resulting improvement for the patient was identified by Hill (2006). Since I have started working within the NHS over the last year, I have had more opportunities to work with members of different professions both in the NHS and voluntary sector. This experience has helped me develop a better understanding of how patient care is made up of a multitude of smaller parts.

It 's 2:30 in the morning, and the only thing that surrounds me are the continuous sounds of dry heaves and vomit, spewing into the toilet in front of me. This is my third pregnancy. Hyperemesis Gravidarum - the diagnosis I have now heard three times. But this time, the circumstances were a bit different. Just a few short months ago, my husband and I made the decision to have my tubal ligation reversed. We had previously talked about the possibility of having more children and knew the challenges we were likely to face. But it wasn 't until my diagnosis that it became a reality that it was no longer on my time.

As of 2013, around 353,000 babies were born in one day, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Be Fruitful and Multiply). Delivering babies is very difficult and strenuous, luckily labor and delivery nurses are trained to help care for the mother during the process of welcoming her newborn into the world safely. Labor and delivery nurses play a very crucial role in helping the delivery of babies and bringing safety and peace to the mother. I am choosing to pursue a career as a labor and delivery nurse because they get to provide care to babies, they get paid well, and they get to assist in the delivery process.

My current role is that of unscheduled care practitioner (paediatric specialist) within a health centre, which aims to compliment the services of local GP

One of the major facets in my pursuit of a career in medicine is that I have not followed a traditional pre-med undergraduate curriculum. Though I initially did not have a significant aptitude for physics, I harbored an inherent curiosity of the subject, and have taken it upon myself to spend my undergraduate education focused on it. The journey ahead was trying, but one that has made me a stronger individual.

Every student hates the sound of keys smacking against each other, the walkie-talkie screeching, and the principal’s heels hitting against the floor while she is walking down the hall. This was the sound I heard before getting in trouble. I got suspended for ten days for a verbal altercation. While suspended, I had to find a way to keep my grades up. This was really important to me because I never had horrible grades. With good grades, I knew that I could get in my dream school. While I was suspended I emailed all of my teachers begging them to prepare a work packet for me so my grades would not drop. I had to make a hard decision and let go of the many friends that I had. To obtain a new flock of friends I joined the cheerleading squad and

I like to find crickets and centipedes so I eat them afterwards. Now that I’ve contracted your attention, I’d like to say that although I am very passionate about cheerleading, I want to major in biology, psychology, and chemistry. Personally, I haven’t had the finest experiences with science classes throughout my years at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched studies. Though I did manage to pass my classes, my foundation for science isn’t quite at the level that I want it to be. My dream is to become an obstetrician which also forces me to be a gynecologist, but it’s worth it. I get to learn more about the female reproductive system and at the same time experience miracles happen.

Even as a child, I have always been interested in reproductive health. Before my mom went to nursing school, she worked as a birth and breastfeeding consultant, so I was frequently exposed to books and films about the subject. While my sisters wanted to watch cartoons, I would ask to watch “the babies being born video.” My mom was very open with me about reproductive health, explaining periods to me when I was six years old simply because I asked. I have carried this interest in reproductive health with me into my adult life and hope to one day become a certified doula. I am also interested in social work and public policy and have considered pursuing a master’s degree in these areas. Joining the Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps