The Importance Of ER Admitting

However, I was uncertain of which career path I wished to pursue. I was given the privilege to shadow various healthcare physicians around the area, which could help determine which field of medicine was for me. Of the specialties I had observed, I found that anesthesiology was the most intriguing and I was immediately attracted to it. In order to acquire more information about the speciality, I applied to volunteer at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in the anesthesia department. I began assisting the anesthesia technician with her daily responsibilities. She eventually introduced me to many anesthetists there. After shadowing many anesthetists, I quickly learned that much of the patient interaction was with the anesthesiologist assistant or the certified registered nurse anesthetist rather than the anesthesiologist. I was thrilled to see the anesthetist comfort the patient as well as his family before the surgery. I, then, realized that I did not want to become a physician but rather an anesthesiologist assistant because I wanted to provide that administrative and comforting experience for the patients and their loved

Nearing the end of my shift in the Emergency Department, I was requested to accompany a patient while the nurse readied the discharge papers. Upon entering the bay, I met a very small and fragile patient who was anxious to go home. Conflicted between my primary duties and responsibilities to complete training for two inexperienced volunteers, I decided to put forth my interests in teaching by demonstrating compassionate care to my trainees. Although the patient repeatedly refused my assistance, I gave my best effort to calm her as I cloaked a warm blanket around her. As I listened to her confide in me of all of her hospital anxieties, I was shocked from the lack of quality care she had received which made her feel more sick after the first

I am comfortable being the 1st on call perfusionist and enjoy the challenges this brings. I work extremely well under pressure and remain calm in confrontational and emergency situations.

You are responsible for making sure the operating room is set up the way the surgeon likes and needs it to be. You are also responsible for making sure that all the tools, operating table, and every inch of the room is cleaned and sterilized. Surgical technicians are the ones who keep track of “lap pads” or laparotomy pads used during surgery to soak up excess fluid in the patient. So, everything must be accounted for before, during and after surgery. They are also the people who hand the surgeons the tools they call out. With all responsibility, you have to know how to think for yourself if something were to happen and the surgeon takes a second to think during a tricky or time consuming surgery. For example, if a lap pad were to go missing, the surgical technician will be the one who is asked about it, and needed to recall the location of pad. Or the surgical technician has to make sure enough tools are at hand in the operating room readily available in case the team happens to run out. The job is very simple. Clean and move the room according to surgery and surgeon, keep track of everything, and hand the right tools when called out quickly. Seems simple. Which is why there is more than one surgical technician in the operating room. Natalie explained that she is ready and looking forward to the high stress environment that comes along with the job.

Several years ago, my appendix nearly ruptured and I had to have surgery. At that time, the staff was caring, kind, and aware of my pain, and the environment was never boring. Everyone was in a rush, and there was never a dull moment. The atmosphere is exhilarating; nurses, doctors and emergency medical technicians are always in a rush to help patients. Afterwards, I realized I wanted to help people in the same way the medical personnel helped me. This inspired me to pursue my EMT certification, but my ultimate goal is to attend medical school and become a surgeon. To be able to pursue my dream, I hope to attend (School) because of the strong curriculum and capable instructors.

As an aide you not only take care of the deceased patients, you take care of all kinds of patients, it just depends the area of which you are in. Mostly geriatrics you deal with deceased patients and most likely the ER, but not all places you have to deal with the dying. That is why I want to get into the Maternity ward where you see life happening and not ending. It is a place where I can feel prodigious and much joy. The next few years of my life I will experience a lot about nursing and focus my life around school and work to create the life I want for myself, my husband and our future children. I will have to regale the thought of going to school and having to work full time as well.

For the longest time, the medical field has grown as a part of me. I have been inspired to become a physician since my dad has been a long time patient of type II diabetes and kidney failure. This affected me because as a little girl, I would watch after his health by monitoring what he eats, giving him his insulin shots, and making sure he stays actively up on his feet. My father was the first to detect my natural interest in medicine and taking care of others, so he always kept me involved. What started off as projects in science fairs, turned into knowledge seeking state-wide competitions. My hobby of taking care of other people became a two hour volunteering shift at my high school nurses office. I started attending summer camps that were competitive to get into, and now my major in college is what I will use to get me where I need to be. Although I want to be an Emergency Room Physician, the general ‘doctor guideline’ includes but isn’t limited to common courses in the Bachelor of Sciences (i.e; Chemistry, Biological sciences, Physics, Human genetics). 4-year undergraduate degree program, an addition four years in medical school and a variation of 2-7 years in residency and fellowship (usually split 4:3 years or less)— this varies depending on specialization. Before the admissions of medical school, the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) must be taken and a high score must be achieved.

My job duties and tasks have served to develop and enhance my technical skills as well as my personal skills. I had a chance to work with planners who were in charge of different departments within the hospital. Working with them, I learnt about the different approaches they take towards planning their department and all the different factions they need to collaborate with to achieve the projects design goals. This for me was the most interesting part of my job, collaboration within the firm and with other companies. I got to sit in on team meetings and group conference calls with the contractors and suppliers, listen to the problems they were facing, and watch as the senior architect discussed it with the planners to reach a derisible solution. For example, when the equipment list was changed for the third time and sizes were changed, there

The ER is a place of constant, emotional unplanned change. As a team, we approach each situation with strength and determination. Negative attitudes does not exist within our group. We accustom our treatment to fit the needs of each individual patient. Emotional challenges are endured on a daily basis. We pull together as

A JOURNEY TO PROVIDE CARE When in the emergency room, many will groan because a "real doctor" is not taking care of them. However, the physician’s assistant’s (PA) job in the emergency room is to assist in taking a load off of the doctor so that the doctors can focus on the extremely critical patients. There are a number of fields that one can work in as a PA. Because of the variety of job choices, studies have shown that a physician’s assistant is the second most wanted job in the United States of America. (cite) To become a physician's assistant one must be willing to endure schooling and trials, though the job is full of benefits.

Whether it’s a personal problem or helping someone with work from school I just love to assist people in any way that I can. In the category that I would like to choose which is specialized in the urgent care unit I can help people with things that are very common in an everyday lifestyle such as when people get sprains in their ankle or in their wrists or maybe even a minor infection (nothing to serious) but these are things that I would be able to handle myself if the head doctor is not around to handle the situation. I am the type of person that in a frantic situation I will be able to calm you down so if someone comes in very terrified of what is going to happen to them or even if its something minor and they are nervous then I have the ability to calm them and let them know that everything is going to be okay and that they are in very good

deliver patients medical records, and run errands for all of the Nursing Units, Radiology, Admitting, and the general offices. From this experience I exhibited characteristics such as responsibility, caring, and, trustworthiness. Most importantly from this experience I learned you can change a person’s entire day by simply sending a smile their way or offering assistance. The small things in life matter, and I was reminded to live everyday to its fullest, because you never

As my career, I chose to become an Anesthesiologist. An Anesthesiologist monitors the patients before and after anesthesia, records type and amount of anesthesia, examines patient, and obtains medical history. They also order laboratory test, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

The primary responsibility of a scribe is to complete each patient’s note from the time they enter the ER to the time they leave. I essentially followed my assigned physician for the entirety of the shift documenting charts. I watched the initial patient interviews and physical exams. I took advantage of the opportunity I had to ask the doctors why they ordered certain tests following each patient encounter. I tagged along as they read x-rays and reviewed CTs. I watched a variety of procedures from laceration repairs and joint reductions to lumbar punctures, intubations, even a gastric lavage. If one of the other doctors was doing a procedure that was rarely done in the ER, I made an effort to try to watch. Doing this I was able to see things

"A RN's day is never typical or predictable. 12 hour shifts, 3 days a work week, and sometimes they would go through the night. Always have to be critically thinking to be prepared for any and all new situations to arise. Never always one on one with someone for the whole shift but a good portion was in direct patient care for about 90% of the time and the rest was paperwork."