It was my first day of training. UCSD Medical Center (or whatever the name is). First stop: Emergency Room. As I walked inside I saw doctors and nurses bustling about. To my left a resident was stitching up a bicyclist who had been in an accident.…
This summer I did my internship at Miller Children’s Hospital. I had a great experience where I was able to apply my knowledge and skills. This fall I am back at Miller and I am ready to learn more and get the hands on practice I need to be successful in my career. Some of my fears are approaching new people and even though it seems very repetitive of meeting new people I think it’s difficult sometimes building rapport. Sometime I am just scared of not being able to build the connection with my clients.…
Want to know how to bring a U.S. Marine to tears? Give him a Rocephin shot. As one Marine quipped, “it brings half the men to their knees, and the other half to tears.” Doing a Google search on the term “Rocephin” (aka the peanut butter shot), you’ll find the #1 concern of military recruits is receiving this required penicillin shot during boot camp. “It feels like acid going in” is a common description.…
Scraping your knee on the sidewalk, getting hit hard with the basketball, falling off the monkey bars, these are just a few examples of ways you can get hurt at school. The worst case scenario is you would end up going to the school nurse as a result of an accident. Before first grade, suffering an injury was way out of the norm for me. The only time I got hurt in first grade, I bypassed the school nurse and went straight to the hospital. It was a scalding August afternoon, and I just finished another tiring day of first grade.…
“Choose a career that will always be needed,” my economics teacher said. It was 3:50 p.m and I was here, sitting in the lobby of a clinic thinking about everything and nothing at the same time. There were at least thirty-five kids here waiting their turn anxiously. My niece’s name was called and we walked into a hallway filled with medical equipment.…
For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of being a Nurse, specifically a Pediatric Nurse. It began when I was 8 years old, I was always sick. I had stomach problems and stayed in a Pediatric hospital for days, sometimes even weeks. During my times in the hospital, I became close with many of the doctors and nurses. I recall feeling upset at times, not scared.…
I have worked in clinics as well as emergency rooms and have observed doctors and patients in both settings. I have seen how the help of a caring doctor can ease a patient’s fears, and how a patient-doctor relationship can become a strong bond that lasts for many years. The doctors that I have worked with have motivated me in my career goals and I look forward to the day when I can practice like…
The question “what will you be able to contribute to the career path you choose”, is quite simple to answer. The career I choose to pursue is that of a pediatric orthopedist. What that is, is a child specialist that deals with specifically the skeletal system. This field of work is something i’ve been passionate about my entire life, the things I could contribute to this career is endless. For instance, I would love to invent new techniques to use and even new tools to better benefit the patient.…
In the emergency department, IV insertion is a routine procedure, pediatric pain management of this procedure is based on current evidence based practice. Different methods for pain management include physiological interventions, behavioral interventions and psychological interventions. This paper will examine research from three separate sources on current evidence based practice and interventions for managing pediatric pain during needle related procedures. Evidence Based Practice Related to Needle Related Procedural Pain Management in Pediatric Patients Introduction There have been many studies conducted on the management of pain in pediatric patients, these studies however, fail in comparison to the research…
Almost every month when I was little, I would have a different dream job. One month, I wanted to be a professional cheerleader and the next I wished to be a veterinarian. Once I started getting a little older, my dream jobs started to become more clear to me and I realized what I actually do want to be doing for the rest of my life, and that is helping to make a difference in other’s lives. Being a Pediatric Oncology Nurse has been my dream since I was in seventh grade, when my family and I were watching my grandfather suffer from lung cancer and I was wishing that there was something that I could do to help people just like him. I knew that the first step to accomplishing this goal was to get my CNA license, which I completed this past summer…
My patient teaching experience was done at Good Samaritan Hospital located at Lucas and 6th street, which is near downtown Los Angeles. My patient was a 41-year-old Asian female, who was there for her scheduled second C-Section. I was with the patient from her perioperative for C-section to her being transferred to Post-Partum unit. As I was establishing rapport with my patient, she did mention about cord care and how she needs more information on how to care for the umbilicus.…
W1 Assignment 2 Discussion Question #1: What are the sources of pediatric primary care in the United States? Are these sources sufficient for providing health-care services to the pediatric population? Why or why not? Pediatric sources of primary care can be in the provided in many different practice settings. From the conventional pediatrician’s office or primary care doctor’s offices to rural health clinics, community clinics, health departments, schools, and in some cases emergency departments or urgent care centers.…
One particular patient stands out in my mind. A young girl who was missing both legs needed to be transported to her car. We laughed and joked together during our ten minute wheelchair journey to the parking lot. Along the way, she dropped her stuffed bear, and I retrieved it for her.…
“They believe in magic, they play pretend, there is fairy dust in their IV bags” (Grey’s Anatomy-Arizona Robbins). Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. It isn’t about doing your job and leaving. You also have to care and have patience. You have to be able to do your job and make the children feel safe and secure.…
INTRODUCTION Hospital admission is a stressful experience that can happen to anyone at any point in one’s life. The stress is amplified when hospitalizations occur to pediatric patients who will undergo a new environment at that point, and will be experiencing painful procedures. The cause of distress during hospitalization differs among individuals, more so for pediatric patients. The discomfort felt by these pediatric patients can be traced to the pain they experience and of which they do not have a full understanding of.…