Personal Narrative: My Interest In Health Care

At the age of nine, I watched my uncles lowering my father into the ground and what took his life was addiction. All my life I have watched addiction take over the lives of people, I love. My father's side of the family, besides my grandparents, has always faced addiction. Although, addiction runs through my blood, I will not take the same path I have watched people take all my life. I will be the one to end the cycle. Watching the majority of my family waste their life has motivated me to change the direction and better myself from living a life of addiction and misery.

My interest in the HIHIM program comes from my family. My parents, uncles, and aunts are either doctors, pharmacists, engineers, or computer scientists. Throughout my childhood at family gatherings, the dinner conversations of patient care, health care delivery, software, and companies such as Boeing and Microsoft have mesmerized me. I listened intently about their schooling, different types of projects they and their team worked on, and how gratifying their work improved the lives of people and society. Surrounded by family involved in health care and technology, it was during my freshman year in college that I was introduced to the health informatics major. Subsequently, I researched the major and talked with advisors and professionals in the field. The HIHIM program would allow me to follow in my family’s footsteps. Receiving great medical care not only involves seeing prominent practitioners, but also learning about health informatics will provide me with the knowledge of the complex health care system to ensure patients receive the best quality care from start to finish.

By this document I, DANIELLE M. MOORE, of 13317 Wyngate Point, San Diego, California 92130, intend to create an advance health care directive under California Probate Code Section 4600 and following. This advance directive shall not be affected by my subsequent incapacity. All references herein to “my agent” refer to the agent acting at the pertinent time.

When I was in third grade, I told my mom I would became a great teacher just like my amazing third grade teacher. She was a caring, helpful and awesome teacher and everyone loved her. I was positive about my decision until I was in middle school. The teachers I had were amazing, but seeing them had to deal with the students with problems made me changed my mind. I did not know what I was going to be until I was in high school. I have many cousins who are in medical field; one of them is a nurse, one is a scrub nurse, one is a pharmacist, one is a family doctor and another one is a prosthodontist. I got influenced and inspired by many great people in my family, so I decided to be in medical field. But deep down inside, I was still unclear about what path should I take.

Other responsibilities included scheduling, verifying insurance, cash management, collecting copayments, registering patients, and scanning clinic records. New Patient Services Representatives (PSR) were trained, medical records were reorganized, and streamline processes improved patient flow. Work also entailed creating a wait list protocol and working with Rehab therapists to coordinate and handle scheduling issues, that may arise.

Having lived in three different countries in my childhood, it was a challenge for me to I wade through the unspoken rules of each culture. My Chinese heritage, reminded by my mother’s cooking, complements my penchant for Japanese snacks and trinkets. At the same time, I proudly represent Seattle where I grew up. My friends were often confused by my habits or certain beliefs and my family often did not comprehend what I was learning and struggling with at school. These obstacles were not solved overnight; I slowly learned to understand, taking the advice of many helpful teachers and mentors. I had to learn how to ask for help and advocate for myself. In my pursuit of medicine, I recognize healthcare transcends this cultural barrier, but the

Scared, nervous, anxious my emotions were all over the place. I didn’t know the interview was going to be a group interview? “Great!” I said to myself, now I have to deal with making myself stand out more. I thought to myself I need this internship so I can be able to look at different careers in the medical field. I need to calm myself down now the interview is about to start. Each time it came to my turn I felt so nervous that I couldn’t get the right words out of my mouth. Nine questions went by and the interview was finally done. I shake hands with both interviewers as I step out the door I felt intimidated by the other applicants. I don’t even know if I aced the interview or completely bombed it.

My love for medical didnt always start out this way.When i was elementary I started off wanting to pursue the dreams of being a teacher. I was always fascinated by the way teacher cared and teached.at the end of elementary i decided that being a teacher was not for me. As I entered middle school I join a choice program and got accepted to a middle school that had a medical program. Is this medical program at the middle school we learned about the basics of anatomy and physiology. I didn’t get to finish my middle school medical due to the fact that I wanted to skip a grade. I had failed a grade level in elementary and was always a grade level Behind . I refuse to let this make me graduate late so I decided to go to school that would help

Growing up I dreamed of becoming a physician because of my family’s extensive medical history that has always kept us familiar with the hospital setting. Watching television shows such as House and Grey’s Anatomy glamourized the career in that it showed physicians who often made decisions independently of the patient and without patient consent. In the end, they were always right. This idea provided the basis of my thinking of how doctors operate in a hospital. Years later when I joined the healthcare field my experiences would change these initial impressions.

Hello Kristy, it is nice to meet you, and I hope you have a wonderful semester. Once I start my career, I will have had little experience in healthcare as you are now. I have worked in some healthcare environments, but it was not with patient care. I worked as a housekeeping, laundry worker, and dietary aide. You are right that there are different opportunities with working in healthcare. I think that it is good how hard you are working toward completing your education, and it is truly shown in what you wrote. That is good that your boyfriend is your support system. I hope you get everything that you set your mind to.

I feel my style of practice continues to expand from the knowledge I've gained from this, and my other courses as well as from the many hours I have spent at the hospital with my field instructor. In addition, I am definitely more self-confident and informed in my approach when interacting with the patients and staff at the hospital. One downside, is that there is not enough time in the day, because, I have once again fallen behind on some school work, so I'm trying to employ some new time management techniques that will allow me to go to work, spend time at my practicum site and complete my assignments with fidelity. With all that said I thought this course was a very eye-opening experience and I am excited as well as looking forward to actually

This project was very fun for me. I learned many new things from each of the different developmental stages. My group had a fun time filming about the preschoolers and we all had a few funny moments while filming. This project also made me branch out to fellow students I wouldn’t normally interact with and the time we spent together was priceless, during this time some good friendships were made. This project benefitted me not just as student or a nurse but as a person. This project made me come out of my comfort zone and brainstorm with people who might not have liked the ideas I was coming up with. As a student being able to come up with new ways to educate people will help me in my nursing career. We did face quite a few challenges in making this video. At first we did not have very good conducive schedules and it seemed like all four of

As you grow older you realize that you will never learn nothing that should taken for granted. Is all valuable.

When I was a junior in high school I went through a major injury playing baseball, I tore my rotator cuff playing baseball and had to have surgery to repair it. Going through the process of getting it repaired I met a lot of individuals throughout the recovery process and one man stood out among there others. He made it a lot easier getting through the pain. Kevin Kennard a physical therapy assistant not only helped me out during my appointments but he would make the time throughout his day outside of work to help me get to my goals. That is when I knew that I wanted to go into the medical field, but I wasn’t for sure on what I wanted to do. Talking with my parents I have a lot of family members that went into nursing and they informed me about the careers my family had, and I decided that I wanted to be a nurse. When I graduated in 2007 I began my collegiate adventure at Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, Oklahoma I was ready

My overall health is fair. I am very athletic because I play many sports. The sports that I play are soccer, swimming, golfing, horseback riding, wakeboarding and water skiing. I also love veggies and fruits. My favorite fruit is pineapple and my favorite vegetable is carrots. Though I participate in many activities and love fruits and veggies there are things that I can work on.