On Thursday, April 21, 2016, I had the opportunity to job shadow Ms. Tincia, a Nurse Assistant, in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC). TAMC is the largest Military medical treatment facility in the Pacific Basin. It is also a federal tertiary care facility catering towards local active duty and retired military personnel, their families, and veteran beneficiaries. The ICU is a place designated for seriously ill patients who require close observation and monitoring. There are nurses and doctors specializing in a particular field who all work in this unit, so if the time comes, they may partake in treatment for patients requiring their specialty.
Likewise, Ms. Tincia strikes me as a compassionate and hardworking individual. Her stepmother wanted her to become a flight attendant after high school graduation, however, she pursued her education in Virginia and New York to later work in a Hospice as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) where she acquired most of her skills and characteristics as a health care worker. Then, she had the opportunity to work in the Navy for three years but got a divorce, which later led her to volunteer at TAMC and getting a good job there. From there, she decided to pursue higher education by studying to become a Physician Assistant (PA). Ms. Tincia …show more content…
Tencia has really changed my perspective on health care and really shifted my focus on the career I want to pursue. She has shown me what it means to be a compassionate health care worker who is there to help people and not just there for the money, really opening my eyes to the type of health care worker I want to be and emulate. Being in the ICU is an exhilarating experience, and I can see myself working here because it can be fast paced and even slow paced, however, all the necessary health care workers are all packed into one unit so there is no need to go to other units to carry out a
Likewise, Ms. Tincia strikes me as a compassionate and hardworking individual. Her stepmother wanted her to become a flight attendant after high school graduation, however, she pursued her education in Virginia and New York to later work in a Hospice as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) where she acquired most of her skills and characteristics as a health care worker. Then, she had the opportunity to work in the Navy for three years but got a divorce, which later led her to volunteer at TAMC and getting a good job there. From there, she decided to pursue higher education by studying to become a Physician Assistant (PA). Ms. Tincia …show more content…
Tencia has really changed my perspective on health care and really shifted my focus on the career I want to pursue. She has shown me what it means to be a compassionate health care worker who is there to help people and not just there for the money, really opening my eyes to the type of health care worker I want to be and emulate. Being in the ICU is an exhilarating experience, and I can see myself working here because it can be fast paced and even slow paced, however, all the necessary health care workers are all packed into one unit so there is no need to go to other units to carry out a