Personal Narrative: My Experience At Norton Women's And Children´s Hospital

By the way of introduction, I am Aleem Punja's cousin and he suggested I reach out to you to explore possible opportunities at the Children's Aid Society of Toronto.

Most parent’s greatest fear is the death of a child. The experience each parent or caregiver will be based on the meanings they create through their interactions within their individual experience. Whether it is a something expected or unexpected, each parent or caregiver be offered services through the health care settings or social environments/resources in the community and whether or not these interactions or services meet their needs could affect the bereavement process for the parents or caregivers.

I was walking down the halls of The Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania after an appointment. Every hall had a different theme, the point being to attract the little kids, but one, in particular, had caught my eye. The waves and fish on the walls lead me to a window that glassed a room full of kids. I saw doctors with them, but they looked as if they were just playing with the kids, doing everyday things. A passing doctor caught my stare and approached me, and being at least 12 at the time, I blurted, “what is this?” The doctor went on to tell me that I was watching Occupational Therapy. He explained that not everyone can do the things I do every day, and it was the therapist’s job to help them. Being 12 at the time, I was naive to the fact

My role as a Youth Ambassador for Child Bereavement UK has taught me that I am not limited by the adversity of my own bereavement, instead reforming my grief into a positive experience and empowering myself to exercise resilience. My role in the charity includes speaking with benefactors to raise money and advising different sectors of the public on how best to help bereaved children. Over the past year I have been involved in a BBC documentary discussing bereavement and a national campaign to encourage unfiltered discussions regarding grief. Alongside this, I have worked closely with the media to raise awareness of the charity; as such this role has helped me to develop important public speaking skills. This role has taught me responsibility

According to research, photographs of deceased babies have been traced back to the 1850s (Michelson et al., 2013). In present times, parents of deceased children can use photographs to help them adjust to life after loss because they serve as memories of the children and their lives. These photographs also serve the purpose of facilitating topics of conversation with other loved ones and even introducing the deceased to individuals who had not known them. The researchers state that since photographs provide a sort of emotional, spiritual and physical history for parents, they serve as outstanding resources in the healing process. The abstract also states that while there is published research and information of in-hospital bereavement, it concentrates on stillborn and neonatal babies (Michelson et al., 2013). For this reason, the researchers wanted to implement a bereavement photography program aiming attention to those beyond the perinatal period. In the abstract, the researchers report the challenges of presenting a pediatric bereavement photography program including the belief that photography is meant for joyous occasions or that taking pictures of the dead or dying is eerie and grim. An additional challenge presented in the abstract is that health care professionals could be hindered from carrying out their responsibilities with their patients and their families

I had just turned seven, pay parents had freshly moved into Maryland and were getting familiar to this new state. One day my parents went to go visit an old friend of theres. When we went over i played outside with my dads friends daughter's and my siblings. We were playing a game of soccer in there back yard, when suddenly I got an attack that had no warning i stopped breathing and I started to see flickering lights around my eyes. My new friends and siblings went to alert my parents of what has just occured. My parents left the humble family home and rushed me outside without asking where the nearest hospital was. They believed the nearest hospital was the Children's Hospital in Washington DC. My parents were in Laurel which is a 40min drive

That was another day went by at the Brockville General Hospital. I believe that I am learning something new every time I come for placement, which us great because that is exactly what I am looking for. In other words, I am gaining more knowledge and experience. However, as usual, I started my shift by going to my assigned patient’s room right after morning report. I had to perform a complete physical assessment of my patients. After that, I gave morning medicine to one of my patients including suppository. I also got the chance to remove indwelling catheter from my patient. It was good practice and experience. Furthermore, I gave my patient bed bath and I was helping them with all their needs and made sure they were comfortable. In the meanwhile,

We all have a moment in our lives where we experience something that changes the course of our lives. Sometimes it is a great thing, like winning the lottery or receiving a promotion. But sometimes it is the terrible things in life that have such profound impacts on our futures. For me, it all happened in the time between seconds.

I am a volunteer at the Inpatient Pediatric Child Life Center, located in MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. My job is to keep the children, who are staying in the hospital, company. I read books to them, play games with them, or watch television with them. In addition, I have to help keep the play room clean. I make sure to keep all the books and toys organized, as well as making sure to sanitize the toys used.

My goal for clinical experiences is to apply what I have learned throughout my semesters to a clinical setting. I want to become more competent in my skills. I want to be able to look at a patient and identify clues that help me create a focus assessment. I also want to be able to use the patient medication to identify some adverse effects to create a preventative plan of care. My goals are to become more structured with my care plans. I want to make them more patient centered and more focused on initial issues that the patient might have then move it towards preventive methods instead of having my preventative methods first . I also want to become more confident in preparing and starting IV. I know that perfecting starting an IV will come

I have been having a challenging time making arrangements to interview the school nurse void of the student population. Besides working at the school she has two other positions plus family that consume her time. Amanda Nelson, a registered nurse who works in a Pediatrics Office, is the High School’s Coach for the Girls Cross Country and Track and Field Team. Also she is the wife to the Youth Pastor.

Typically, early morning phone calls on your birthday bring well wishes and kind words from friends and family, but that has not always been the case for my wife. Just before seven o’clock A.M. on her twenty-fourth birthday our telephone rang. It was not an old friend singing happy birthday, or our friends that we had plans with later that evening. The voice on the other end of the line was her father delivering news that would change Lisa’s life forever. Her mother was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. She had collapsed in the kitchen while cooking their breakfast. Judy remained unresponsive for one week and the decision was made to remove life support. She passed within hours of this decision, but the impact those few days had

The most gratifying experience for me was my interaction with patients. Along the course of their hospital stay, I established a kind of relationship that allowed me to not only see them as patients, but to see them as real people. Each patient had a unique story; a story that defined them a individuals and that had led them to this point in their lives. The patient presenting with a Lupus flare was a 42-year-old female that had to give up her job and career because of the chronic disabilities the disease brought over the years. She had developed chronic kidney disease and was on dialysis waiting to match for a donor kidney. Over the years she had given up hope, and this attitude had an impact on her marriage. Her husband wanted to donate

I worked as an observer for 4 weeks in the departments of Internal Medicine and Cardiology. This was the first time that I worked in US healthcare setting. It was an exhilarating experience as I got a sense of what I was striving for. Fresh out of medical school, interviewing patients, following up on their labs and coming up with a differential diagnosis was very exciting as I was experiencing the practical aspect of medicine for the first time. I also attended outpatient clinic, observed Angioplasty, Pacemaker Insertion, Echocardiography, Nuclear and Exercise Stress Testing. This observership strengthened my resolve of aiming for US Residency Training.

This was my second day with the patient. At this point I felt we had a good rapport with one another. I sensed that she had trusted in me and felt comfortable. The expressed to me that they had 10/10 pain in her abdomen and that the morphine PCA worked for their pain until the staples were removed from their incision site.