Personal Narrative: My Internship At Windy Hill Hospital

The fall of 2014 was the absolute worst few months of my life. It started in the middle of September. My dad suddenly one day had a sharp pain in his side. He said he was fine, but my mom was not having that and got him to go to the hospital. The pain passed but that week they set up all kinds of scans to find out what was wrong. They figured out the pain was just gallstones. They thought they could just remove it, but that did not happen. In the same scan they found a mass in his chest. The doctors did not know what it was, so they came up with a few possibilities. A few weeks later, in the middle of October, they scheduled a surgical biopsy. Dr. Wallace, the surgeon, told us there were a few different outcomes from the surgery. I do not remember it all exactly, but I know there was one bad outcome and three others that were curable and they could fix right then and there. If it was one of the three things they could do a whole nother operation right there that day and remove it. The fourth was cancer.

I also planed to gain experienced and knowledge form volunteering at the ASANTE Ashland Community Hospital and use that understanding for future reference. By the end of my internship I’m hoping to find the right department of Nursing for me.

My Internship was at Franciscan St. Margaret Health, 5454 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 46320-1999. The program and agency I was involved in was Indiana Volunteer Advocates for Seniors and Incapacitated Adults Program, also called VASIA which was founded by Franciscan St. Margaret Health Hospital of Hammond. They are in partnership with the Lake Superior Court as a best practices volunteer limited guardian model for collaborative problem-solving between the hospital healthcare providers and the courts and this is the purpose of the agency. The Agency Mission Statement is The Volunteer Advocates for Seniors and Incapacitated Adults Program provides quality volunteer limited guardian services to protect the health, well-being and safety of unbefriended, decisionally-incapable adults, who are ill and at-risk in hospitals, long-term are at-risk in hospitals, long-term care and hospice healthcare facilities in Northwest Indiana. And the Agency Mission is to develop a model volunteer advocacy program to serve the needs of incapacitated elderly persons who are alone and in hospital, nursing home or hospice health care facilities in the Northwest Indiana Region.

I started my internship at Cook Children Healthcare System in January 2016. I selected mental health as an area of focus on which I wanted to work. Initially the learning goal was to study Community-wide Children 's Health Assessment & Planning Survey (CCHAPS) data well and look for factors causing mental health problems in six North Texas Counties. Initial task was to study as much literature as possible to get an idea what factors are causing mental health problems in children. After studying literature and CCHAPS survey data I discussed the goals and objectives of my research with supervisor Dr Jackie Meeks. I decided to work on the relation between not breastfeeding during early infancy and the development of mental health problems. I included known covariates like gender, bullying, age of the child, marital status of the parent, alcohol exposure during pregnancy, tobacco exposure during pregnancy and annual household income which are known to cause mental health problems in children. I was introduced to Mackenzie and Sheryl who are data analysts and know CCHAPS survey thoroughly. Entire Cook Children staff was very helpful and friendly. Experience at Cook Children was great in terms of learning and getting real world experience. I could not have asked for a better internship site than Cook Children. It is rated among top job in the DFW because everyone is so positive and helpful. I was hesitant initially to perform data

Today was my first day to volunteer at Hamtramck Medical Center. I spent the first forty minutes with Elia. She introduced me to other nurses, also, she showed me everything in Hamtramck Medical Center including, patients’ rooms, lab, waiting rooms, and doctors’ offices. After that, she read me the instructions, one of the instructions is to treat the patients kindly, and everything happens in Hamtramck Medical Center stay there. Lastly, Elia introduced me to my supervisor.

This summer has by far been the most meaningful due to my internship at the Lloyd Moss Free Clinic. I had a wonderful opportunity to use my summer before college to explore healthcare professions and learn how a free clinic functions. Throughout my experience, I was exposed to many different professions within a clinic. My daily task consists of a wide variety of activities. I would begin by sorting and filing patient document, gathering charts for upcoming appointments, and helping the clinical operations director with projects regarding referrals. Then, I would continue my day at the call center. While assisting at the call center, I was able to learn what exactly each department handles at the clinic and I was exposed to a variety of terms

While a student in the Human Services Department at Wallace State Community College, in Hanceville, AL I was required to perform 450 Clinical hours of Internship for graduation. The place of my tutorship was The Pathfinders Half-Way House located in Huntsville, AL. My first responsibility there was to correctly file away applications for admissions. In doing so I became privy to the unique and dubious methodology of coding each applicant. One code indicates their race, sex, gender, married, single, divorced, with or without children, drug of choice, whether they were HIV positive, intravenous user active within the last 30 days, previous treatment or not, how many times in treatment, dual diagnosis, proclivity towards violence or not,

This week I found myself in the OR. Lakewood Ranch Medical Center specializes in orthopedics. Specifically hips and knee replacements. This day one hip and three knee revisions were on the list for the day that I was able to witness. The surgeries themselves were something to see but the meat of the day was the nurse I was assigned to. He demonstrated and educated me to the duties of the RN in the OR: Stocking the general supplies needed, assisting in bringing the specific tools and supplies needed for that surgery, documenting everything from orders to supplies to medications, prepping the patient physically- cleaning and draping the patient leaving the surgical site exposed, assisting in the cleanup and turnover of the surgical suite.

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

“The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.” This is a great quote that can be used to describe the reflection of life. As I sit back and reflect upon my own life, a wide variety of memories come to mind. Life comes along with high levels of success along with many mistakes and learning experiences. Ups and downs are a major part of life and it is important to have people that help you get through those times. My life story has been one that has incorporated all of these different factors and I am very grateful to that fact. With all of that being said, it is only appropriate to start from the very beginning.

I am contacting you in regards to an internship possibility as a medical coordinator at your program. With my background and experience, I believe that I would be an excellent match to your program.

The auditorium buzzes with a nervous energy. Everyone holds their breath as the emcee announces the sweepstakes winners. “In second place,” this was our defining moment and we would win, “Northside Health Careers High School!” Just like that, our ten year winning streak in overall sweepstakes at the Texas State Junior Classical League convention was over. I felt that I hadn’t contributed enough to the club and that my passion for classics had diminished.

The perception about certain people many times can be a brutal barrier in communication with someone. Working in a hospital I found out that I tend to be very negative about people who are heavy drug users. In this paper, I would like to share my experience of being negative towards those kind of people and how I changed my perspective about them.

Being faced with the challenge of living in an unfamiliar environment empowered my sense of curiosity and strengthened my foundation of perseverance. I have found these qualities to be valuable in school. My interest in science is drawn from my appreciation of the comprehensive knowledge base it offers and my interest in nursing care is dated back in my younger years. I am hoping to build a foundation to undertake the duties of a nurse by using intellectual, diagnostics, and cross-functional collaboration to manage the healthcare of people whose care are entrusted to me. I hope to build on this by attending Georgia State University School of

It was what felt like the hottest day of the year July 31 in New York City. Joan Ormsby was returning some clothes, she had received at her baby shower on this very hot day. She remembered that she had a doctor's appointment at 11am that day she rushed her usual shopping routine. She arrived at the OBGYN office, by herself, at 11am. Joan waited in the waiting room waiting for her name to be called while fanning herself with her right hand whilst she rested her left on her bloated stomach. “Ormsby,” the nurse called whilst holding the door and searching for a standing woman. Joan was guided to the room she waited for Dr. Green to pop into the room smiling like he always did at the other appointments. Joan looked around the room many thoughts