The opportunity to have most of my PA clinical rotations at WakeMed is very appealing to me. For the past 15 years I have lived and worked in Raleigh and have interacted with WakeMed staff members countless times. As a Paramedic for Wake County EMS I would often transported patients to one of the WakeMed facilities, most often WakeMed Main. I was always comfortable recommending WakeMed to patients because I knew WakeMed had all the services they would need. Not only is WakeMed a great destination for patients, WakeMed is also an excellent resource for those who want to learn to care for patients. I have always found the staff at WakeMed to be open, engaging, and, ready to answer any question. The one overarching theme for me about having most of my rotations at WakeMed verses many different locations is the built-in factor of convenience that promotes an enhanced learning experience. …show more content…
By learning the basics of the day-to-day tasks there will be more time to focus on the more difficult aspects of a rotation. The convenience of the Clinical Campus might seem simple, yet eliminating the effort required to relearn simple tasks can be very impactful. Learning such simple things such as, what services are available, where things are, how to use the EMR, where to park, where to eat, where the bathroom is, all require time and effort, time and effort that could be used to accomplish other tasks. To me the benefits and the reasons the Clinical Campus is the right choice for me is that I would gain some institutional knowledge that would enhance my learning experience. Instead of relearning everything about everything, every time I start a new rotation, I will be able to focus on learning the important things about that rotation because I already have some basic institutional
My orientation to Landmark was a positive and an exciting experience. All the staff at Landmark were extremely welcoming and I cannot wait to start caring for my resident. My goal and hope of this experience is to give my resident the best possible care. I know this experience is going to challenge me and assist me to be the best nurse I can be.
Wise Master Yoda once said, “Fear is the path of the Dark Side, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering” (Star Wars The Phantom Menace). My brother Justin and I have always bonded through Star Wars and this quote has a deeper meaning to us then most other people. We both believe that we should conquer our fears by staring them in the eye and daring them to blink. Justin has made a profound impact on my life and is still helping to shape me into the grown man that I am becoming. Justin is the kind of person that takes life by the horns, and faces his fears head on. He has traveled the world extensively in the eight years that he has been out of college. Living in Oregon, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and Antwerp all working for the jean company Levi’s. Through all of his traveling and time away from home he still makes an effort to make it back home for the holidays and it is at these family reunions that Justin has a significant impact on my life. One example of this would be when Justin helped my through a tough time at Valley Fair when I was nine years old.
I’m a highly academically driven student and have several, quite lofty, goals for my time here at Texas A&M. I want to maintain a 4.0 GPA, or at least a minimum of a 3.5 in order to maintain my Cornerstone Honors status. My dream, and biggest goal, is to intern for a congressperson in Washington, D.C., and I also want to study abroad, hopefully in England.
I have learned many aphorisms, or lessons, throughout my life so far. My family, friends, teachers, and pretty much everyone has taught me something in one way or another. These lessons usually come through in a change in my life. One change important to me was getting a job. This job has given me a positive learning experience (for the most part) and an education of working with others. Well, here’s what I know about going to work.
Growing up in Rock Hill, South Carolina, attending Westminster Catawba Christian School as an adolescent, living in a suburban area with my older sister Reaghan and parents, a portrait of the best life any child could ask has been painted. My sister and I were spoiled rotten and got pretty much anything we ever asked for. My life consisted of going to school, participating in fun family nights, viewing movies, and attending church on Sunday. I’ll never forget the delicious soul food Sunday dinners that followed.
My father is a proud vintner of the United States Army who dictated twenty five years of his life severing our country. Growing up as a child, and not understand that life was so subjected to changes. I remember asking my father why we have to move from place to place; having to deal with going to new school making new friends all over again, and leaving old ones behind was not a pleasant feeling to me. My father informed me that travel broadens the mind. As me now developing into young adult who enjoys traveling whenever fined to time
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (New International Version, Matt. 6.33-34). If I was told these verses when I was younger, they would contain no special meaning behind them, but after retiring from the military and the trials my family went through to get to where we are today, these verses stand out to me every time I read them. Until we go through our own personal trials we tend to be unaware of how strong our faith and trust needs to be in God. There were moments, when I was younger, where I relied on the Lord, but nothing that could have prepared me for the trust required to give to God during a time where my life completely changed. My family and I were a military family stationed in Hawaii where I lived for most of my life; Hawaii was all I knew. So when my father was ready to retire from his job in the Navy, it meant leaving my “safe zone” that I called home. Living in Hawaii was not an option after retirement for a large family of eight, for it was too expensive to afford. With that said, we went to stay with my grandfather in New York while my father searched for a new job.
In our everyday lives, we tend to categorize people because of their race, culture, their socioeconomic status, and judge people by their looks, age, ability, and gender. When I was working at a daycare past summer of grade 9, I met one Chinese girl who was around 4-5 years old. One time I witness her classmates making fun of her because she has a asian accent when she talks in English, her eyes are small, her mom works at a restaurant with low pay. Even during break, I would always see her sitting in a corner all alone, while others were having fun. Therefore, I took the courage to talk to her. Throughout the conversation, I realized that she was mad at herself because she has a different race from others, language barrier between her and her classmates and she was ashamed of her mother working at a restaurant because other parents work at a higher pay occupation.
Over the course of this semester, there have been a number of on-campus programs that I have worked to facilitate including orientation, the Involvement Fair, “Before the Course”, Commuter Student Appreciation Week, Diwali, “Mini Commuter Student Appreciation Week”, the Graduate Student Study Break Session, and Cram Jam, in addition to several off-campus trips that I have supervised. I have found that a vast majority of programs have broadened my perspectives since I got to learn and understand many of the scheduling difficulties that make it difficult for graduate students and commuter students to attend events. However, one of the most eye-opening programs for me was the Diwali event since I got to learn more about the international student population at Merrimack, as well as how different cultures observe this special occasion. I have also attempted to attend some of the events of the clubs and organizations I have worked closely with, but given my busy schedule I have only been able to attend events hosted by the CSA and Italian Club. Nonetheless, I have found my attendance to be extremely valuable as I aim to show my support for all the hard work they continue to do. Additionally, I have also worked to get involved in the campus community through other contexts outside of my fellowship including the student conduct board and graduate student senate.
On December 12th, 2014, we were in church listening to the pastor preach about helping others. After church, we talked to the pastor about taking up for the homeless people in Anderson County. Instead of having a church that night the whole church came with us to give them the stuff. I like that I help the homeless people. One of the people that we help was crying like a baby because she was so happy to see us.The little thing we did make them happy. They look like they were going to cry. The homeless were delighted to see the stuff we gave them. I could hear the sound of happiness in the room because they were laughing. The room was as happy as a child with its mother.
After years of suffering abuse at the hands of my mother, I decided to take back my life and freedom. On July 4th 2014, I boarded a train from Chicago to California to leave the comfort of all I’ve ever known and ventured into uncharted territory. For three days, I sat on that train, just my books and my thoughts for company. By leaving, there was a stronger chance of a promising future for myself. What I didn’t know at that time was that I was headed towards heart-shattering changes that made me who I am today: a resilient, independent woman.
There once was a time where I had no expectations on what was to come. Whenever I attempted to picture my future, I couldn’t. I did not know my career goals or any of my hobbies. Fortunately, the summer of 2014 changed everything for me. It was the summer I first volunteered to help with vacation bible school at my church. From that moment on, I had a fresh mindset and new goals. I permanently found an activity I enjoyed doing. Following that summer, I volunteered with VBS the three summers after. I enjoyed engaging with the children so much that I ventured into teaching second and third graders on Wednesday nights. Throughout this journey, I have been greatly inspired. Volunteering with children through my church has transformed me into a better and different person, through strength, career goals, and my faith.
My mother does genology for my family so I know that I am mostly a mix of African, Native American and not enough European to really think about. I look like a normal African-American girl and most people I come in contact with assume the same thing. To define myself without race I would say I am invested in the betterment of other peoples lives and performing in front of an audience. As a black woman I am affected mostly in my major, theatre, because being black is a factor in whether or not I am cast in certain roles. Personally it has been a rollercoaster going to predominately white-schools and still finding a way to love and appreiciate my blackness. I’m reminded of my race daily when I have to mix my foundations to find a shade that isn’t offered or when my theatre professors suggest I do a monologue from “A Raisin in the Sun’ and as of recently when I look at the news I am affected by the fact that the injustice in the world based on race could happen to me or a loved one in a heartbeat.
Growing up in today’s America is heartbreaking for most people, it feels hopeless, draining and tragic. It’s hard to feel like anything was will ever bring joy to your life again, especially if you’re one of the people who feel persecuted by the actions of many people. The recent distraught over my own ethnicity and race has caused me to reflect on my life and what has events impacted my own growth. Over the years I have learned how to love everything about myself that I once hated, yet that took 18 years of painful doubt. When I first wrote this list, I was 17 years old, Obama was still president and the world held a light of how. Whenever I feel insecure about my role in the future, I read this to help me realize that the world still
A friend, who I had once argued with beforehand, said to me, “Whatever happens, will happen, in the case, that is just the way life goes.” Even though I felt as if I should thrive by his saying, I could not, not now, and not anymore. It was rainy today, skies were gray, and the atmosphere was foggy. Although I never notice the weather, I did, especially today, as I drive alone to school in the comfort of my warm car. The road was empty, and so, my mind distracted itself towards my dashboard. There lay my license, which I had received a month after my friend’s passing. Under that smile was the grief and nonacceptance of the past occurrence which had taken his life over the year before. Today was the day, today had been the year anniversary since his tragic death. Looking back on the road, I could not help let a tear fall from my eye, which then led to an overflow of tears. After all this time, I thought I was okay, that I finally gained that acceptance, I guess I had not.