Though I have volunteered at two different hospitals over 2 years, only recently have I realized something I
didn’t know about healthcare. To me, it seems that though doctors are undoubtedly a centerpiece when it
comes to healthcare, it doesn’t look like they are actually part of the “patient care team”. Earlier in my life I
had an angelic view of doctors, and I figured that they were the people who would spend the most amount
of time bonding with patients. However, in the Riverside hospital I currently work at, what occurs is quite
the opposite. Nurses and assistants are really the people that are with and care for the patients at all
times, and doctors are rarely present. I want to work in the free clinic because I want to know if this is true …show more content…
I want to learn more in depth
about both a doctor’s and a nurse’s role when it really comes down to it, and I feel that working in the free
clinic will help me experience things that I would not normally come across in a normal hospital setting. I
want to help those in need, but I feel that my passion is uncultivated because of my lack of experience with
the underserved, and I want to work in the clinic in order to fill that gap. In terms of what I can contribute,
time management is not a skill that I am lacking in, and I will definitely work hard as a volunteer. Over my
two years of experience volunteering, nobody has had anything close to a problem with my performance,
and I’m sure that I will be able to perform up to par in the clinic as
didn’t know about healthcare. To me, it seems that though doctors are undoubtedly a centerpiece when it
comes to healthcare, it doesn’t look like they are actually part of the “patient care team”. Earlier in my life I
had an angelic view of doctors, and I figured that they were the people who would spend the most amount
of time bonding with patients. However, in the Riverside hospital I currently work at, what occurs is quite
the opposite. Nurses and assistants are really the people that are with and care for the patients at all
times, and doctors are rarely present. I want to work in the free clinic because I want to know if this is true …show more content…
I want to learn more in depth
about both a doctor’s and a nurse’s role when it really comes down to it, and I feel that working in the free
clinic will help me experience things that I would not normally come across in a normal hospital setting. I
want to help those in need, but I feel that my passion is uncultivated because of my lack of experience with
the underserved, and I want to work in the clinic in order to fill that gap. In terms of what I can contribute,
time management is not a skill that I am lacking in, and I will definitely work hard as a volunteer. Over my
two years of experience volunteering, nobody has had anything close to a problem with my performance,
and I’m sure that I will be able to perform up to par in the clinic as