Personal Narrative: A Career As A Graduate Assistant

This has allowed me to experience what each person’s role in a hospital setting truly is. Both physician assistants and nurse practitioners share a lot of the same responsibilities as a physician, although nurse practitioners are given the flexibility of choosing which specialty they are interested in pursuing. This autonomy is what drew me into this position, which includes a lot of independence within the practice. Over the years that I have worked in healthcare, I have realized that patients need a health care provider who will be an advocate for them, and they also need someone who will truly listen to them in order to help improve their quality of health. The roles and job responsibilities of a nurse practitioner have caught my attention and therefore have made me want to pursue this career

The career I became interested in is a Physician’s Assistant, or a few people call them PAs. I became interested in this job in my sophomore year of high school. It all started when I attended the STEM fair after school one day. STEM fair is only offered to students who are in either the biomedical Stem academy or the engineer academy. At this fair, students tour around to different classrooms to acquire information on different careers. I attended the Physician’s Assistant one, where there was an actual PA to give information on what PAs achieve. For example, PAs examine patients for diseases, injuries and illnesses.

Choosing my career was not an easy choice but becoming a Medical Assistant would be my “foot in the door” to becoming a nurse. I started Alaska Career College in fall 2014 to become a Phlebotomist. I thought that with my experience as a medical receptionist, I can further my career as a medical assistant rather than a phlebotomist. I love to draw blood but because of my personality, I thought that maybe it would be more beneficial to become a medical assistant instead. As a young Hmong child, I loved helping people especially the older folks who did not speak English well. It is my goal to help others who are in need of help and because of that, I chose to become a Medical Assistant. I do hope that one day

Every shift, I am constantly learning more and more, finding a desire for more education to learn how to better care for my patients. I find myself consistently sitting with doctors and nurse practitioners to discuss their plan of care and differential diagnoses, striving to obtain more knowledge in my personal practice while practicing as a team, working together to provide the best care for every patient that walks in the door. Because of this, I began my journey as a Nurse Practitioner student at the Catholic University of America, enrolling in the dual Acute and Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

In this article a young, certified nursing assistant failed to follow the guidelines in properly transporting the resident into her bed. Sadly, the resident ended up falling and receiving bruises, and black eyes due to the negligence of the nursing assistant. Rather than getting the resident help right away she asked a coworker to lie for her and say she had helped her, in order to keep her out of trouble. The co-worker didn’t follow through with the lie and the nursing assistant ended up losing her job and is facing charges of a class e felony, and a misdemeanor, also losing her certification. Griffith, G. (2015, June 3rd) Nursing home aide arrested, arraigned for allegedly neglecting elderly resident.

Today was tedious. I was assigned two patients to do a chart review of. I did not write down some key diagnosis because I thought it was not important. The most difficult part of this task for me was figuring out which information is important for the evaluation. We went to see our patients for the day. The highlight of my day was seeing a patient who already knew what occupational therapist does. She was the first patient who knew what occupational therapist does, and she gave a short and straight to the point definition. I was truly impressed. I wrote four evaluations today and I forgot some information that I could not remember or put into words. Goal writing is easier in this setting as oppose to in class. All of the goals were occupation

This semester I am a junior at the University of South Florida and am working to complete a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences. I am seeking a job within a medical related setting, and while searching for opportunities on campus, I found the Teaching Assistant position opening in the Pediatric Department of the Morsani College of Medicine. After reading about this position and its expected qualifications, I feel as though my skills, experiences, and educational background would be fitting to this vacancy.

“Letto diciassette!” I froze at the sound of “bed seventeen,” and watched with horror as the Italian nurse ran into my grandmother’s hospital room. The monitors were beeping out of control, yet my heart seemed to be beating even faster and louder. I stood at the end of the dimly lit hall, shaking and unable to move. A health care provider spotted me standing there, desperate, alone, and vulnerable, and made her way over to comfort me. The feelings I experienced next are what I remember most when I look back on that dark and gloomy day in Italy. The feelings of hope, reassurance and genuine kindness. The feeling that a missing piece of my heart had been put back where it belonged. That is what I remember most and that is the role I want to fill as a physician assistant.

I'd like to share an example from my personal experience that illustrates nursing as an art. While working as a nursing assistant there was a patient who had just been newly admitted into the nursing home. This was his first time being a resident in a rehabilitation facility so he was very hesitant and scared. During his first day, he refused to let me take his vital signs. However, I noticed the uneasy look on his face and decided to talk to him further and discuss his fears. He explained to me that he'd gotten his blood drawn several times that day and didn't want to be stuck anymore. After getting an understanding of how he felt I was able to address his concerns and explain that there no needles involved in obtaining his vital signs.

During my six months as a Clerical Assistant II, I have upheld the professional standards, confidence and faith that our citizenry has placed in this unit to uncover any and all records relating to their issues and questions to full exhaustion of department resources.

For seven years, while I was going to school to obtain my Master’s Degree in Psychology, I was a personal assistant for friends, family, mentors, and their referrals. I have always enjoyed helping people in any aspect, whether it was organizing their home or office or listening to people’s wants or problems. I have found that compassion, empathy, mixed with the appropriate humor is one of the best forms of psychological remedies (Davies, 2013). While working as a personal assistant, I was referred to help organize a well-known psychologist firm in the area. Since I completed the paper filing assignment ahead of the end date, they found additional duties, such as maintaining their data and filing system on their computer system and moved one

When I was a child my grandfather and I would cuddle up on his recliner and watch old black and white movies. Some movies would have a beautiful woman working the desk in an office. To me, they were definition of femininity; beautifully made up, pencil skirts, high heels, maybe a hat with some lace. They answered phones, transferred calls, and typed up a letter or two. It was a job that could be done by most anyone. The administrative assistant of today is an essential member of any corporate team. Administrative assistants have expanded their functions to stay up to date with advancements in technology and economical changes. Before you can understand the functions of today’s administrative assistant it is essential that you know the

Nigeria, 2001, I awakened startled with people screaming indiscriminately. My dad's head was bleeding profusely, and my cousin, sitting in the passenger seat was bleeding from his neck. There were shards of shattered windshield everywhere. I was in the backseat uninjured but scared. This commotion was the aftermath of a car accident involving my dad, my cousin and me, while he was driving us to school. Next, we were rushed to the hospital, however, upon arrival, we were refused treatment until we paid an admissions fee. This practice was common in my country. Although the incident was disturbing, it drove me towards a career in healthcare, mainly working with patients who have a difficulty affording their medical care.

A friend of mine mention to me that AAP offered free GRE courses for the summer. Although I had little to no understanding of graduate school, I was sure that the GRE was a part of it, therefore I made an appointment with an AAP graduate mentor. I must admit I felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned to me that that wasn’t one of the resources they offered, it hit me that I was so unprepared and although I was about to be a senior, I had never thought about what to do after UCLA. It was then that I began my research. As a member of Lambda Theta Alpha, I have created graduate brainstorming workshops in which my sisters and I have been able to search for programs that interest us and help one another narrow our interest. I have also had the

Working in a two person office for many years, I have been forced to look at things from different angles. I am dedicated to my work and I have had to finds ways to process aid in an efficient manner. I was continually looking for ways to complete the tasks presented as quickly and correctly possible. This forced me to look at things from all angles, therefore, looking outside the box or problem solving. I discuss many things with my boss to get another perspective. Most of all, I need to be part of something bigger…the financial aid team. I cannot let my ego or my opinions get in the way if my suggestions are not implemented. I know I will not have all the answers, I have a team to help sort out what answers might apply to the questions.