Personal Narrative: On-Site Standy Shift

My first APPE rotation was pediatrics in Cleveland Clinic. Before starting the rotation, I was scared but excited to have experience in Cleveland Clinics, since it is one of the biggest hospitals in the country. I was worried because I had no knowledge about pediatrics. Also, the first day of the rotation was a day after the final, so I was in a rush mode.

Doctor Larry Smith was the Pediatrician in Toombs County for as long as I can remember. He was well-known and loved in the community and a member of Lyons First United Methodist Church. Dr. Larry was married and he had two daughters, one stepdaughter and a stepson.

I want you to know just how much I miss you. Life has been very different out here living my life on the front lines. I miss running through the fields and playing baseball with you. I miss going down to the lake and fishing with you. I hope that you know that I would do anything to be with you right now but sadly I can’t. I have now realized war isn’t what it is made out to be. Some movies make soldiers out to be some extraordinary heroes and show that the good guys never die but that's not the case in the real battlefield. As it turns out underneath the uniform is just a normal person like me or you. Also, as it turns out the good guys die too, and a lot of them. Life in the trenches might be worse than it is made out to be. Living conditions

Human nature is destructive. Since the beginning of civilization, people have been driven by their greed. Because of this, we have allotted many tragedies marked in history. Hearing this, your mind may have wandered back to the 20th century, where dictators came from war-torn societies. A popular example would be none other than Adolf Hitler.

It took me a good twenty minutes of washing my face to reach the point where I no longer resembled a bleeding smurf. I stood at the ugly orange sink in the bathhouse scrubbing the red and blue face paint off, the hand soap burning my pores. It was a beautiful August night; my co-counselor was watching our campers back at the cabin as they went to bed. We played a game called “Goldie Rush” earlier that evening. We ran around the campgrounds in search of “gold” and whichever team returned with the most gold would win. For whatever reason it seemed like the game needed a little more, that being having our faces painted by our campers.

As I look up at the burnt orange sky I feel like I could forget where I am and what I am. I love watching the sky, during the day, at night, at sunrise and sunset there isn’t one time the sky disappoints me. As I walk home from college and watch the sunset morph I can’t help but feel blessed, everything still isn’t perfect but it’s going to be.

In my eighteen years of life of this planet—soon to be nineteen—I had only Shifted once on purpose. The first time was when I was ten—three years after I had settled into the body I had now—and my oldest brother, Adrian, had just been shipped off to fight in Arden. It was the same war my father had died in only months before hand, so our family had been a tad bit uneasy about his departure.

I had just gotten home from band practice, my body sweating, my legs sore. I saw my parents sitting in the illuminated kitchen; everything was silent. All I could hear was the faulty faucet, dripping every second. They stared at me and tried to speak, but they could not seem to get the words out. I felt hot, yet cold, as chills ran down my back. The response I received after asking what was going on determined my upcoming fate. I still recollect the day I found out, August 10, 2015, the day I realized everything was going to change.

For the past five years, I’ve been an employee at Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC). I started out as a cashier making $7.25 an hour, however I later gained the position as a Shift Leader. My responsibilities as a Shift Leader are counting inventory, filling out paper work, and being accountable for individuals on the shift. Although the job may seem simple, it requires exemplary multitasking skills, completing rigorous tasks in a timely matter and managing the store.

Maki went and grabbed the remote, and started to change channels. Rabidly changing channels, until hearing the familiar song and lighthearted beat. Maki quickly went back to the previous channel.

I called Mrs. Glasgow and visited Providence Hospital 1:30pm this afternoon in reference to the required documents to start field work next Wednesday. I have both the volunteer application and observation application completed however, I was told I need a PPD/TB test, drug test, and background check from the police department. I would like to know if there is anyway I can use the background check from Sentry instead of paying for another background check. In addition, I tried to schedule a PPD/TB and drug test with the hospital's occupational health services but was told I could not schedule an appointment today and I will be contacted tomorrow. However, I plan to take the initiative to call Occupational health services tomorrow morning

I’ve been wanting to change my life,the way I live and the people around me. I’ve been through so many things, but not as tough as losing the opportunity to be able to talk to those who mean so much to you. As I question myself each and everyday that passes, I, like Roger Ebert said that “we must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what are our problems, our health, our circumstances.” (“Roger Ebert: The Essential Man.”). As I think about it I don’t

He told me he really needs someone as soon as possible. I told him we will need to get someone onsite to resolve the issue. I said we were going to try and get someone out there today but at the latest we would have someone there in the morning. I could tell he was a little frustrated on the phone, but for the most part he was understanding.

In life if you rush anything, it seems like you always get a rushed product or at least not the best product that you had hoped for. Change management shouldn’t be a rushed process; however when management feels the need to push this envelope the results may not be what they wanted. I will describe how a change had taken place in my work environment while working in Germany. I will give a brief description of the environment of my work area Geilenkirchen NATO AB Germany. Then move into the reasons that led to the need for change, and what I felt went wrong. Then last take a look at the attempts to fix some of the issues caused from the changes ending with how I would have done things different.