Health Care Personal Statement

I hope to achieve all the key elements that are needed to successfully be able to run my own urgent care one day. Healthcare has always been a big passion of mine. As a little girl, I dreamed of becoming a doctor. As the years passed, it was unclear what I really wanted to study, but I know in my heart it had to be something to do with healthcare. After finishing high school, I completed my first year of college, but I took a four-year break because I was not sure what I wanted to study. After many different jobs, I started working at a primary doctor’s office as an assistant manager. It was then that I realized what my calling was and I enrolled in Florida National University to study health service administration. From my college experience so far, I have learned so much about the healthcare system. School has taught me about many important topics like HIPAA, which stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and it is a very important part of healthcare. Patient’s personal information needs to be protected and this law helps ensure that healthcare professionals follow certain rules to help keep all this …show more content…
Responsibility and accountability is an important key to being successful in any aspect of your life. Accepting responsibility for one’s actions is the first step in learning how to be better. I am a strong believer that there is no better way of learning than from your own mistakes. College throws you many curve balls that will be similar to the challenges you will experience in your career. The way you surpass these difficulties will not only help you to be successful, but they will also increase your experience and knowledge. Another thing I have learned in college is that punctuality is everything. Whether it is an assignment or a job interview; being punctual says a lot about a