she also attached the note from Dr. Halle to the assessment…
A few seconds later Gina and Jenny burst through the trees with smiles from ear to ear. “Get in,”said the man “We have to get to the hospital,” I begged as we hurried into the car “I’ll get you there as fast as I can,” The man answered “Thankyou,” I replied. When we got to the hospital Jenny was rushed to the ER and we sat in the waiting room until the doctor came out. “We put antivenom in Jenny and she will be fine, but she needs to stay another night just to make sure,” I doctor presented.…
: The parent/child visit between Bobby Sr., Travon, Mariah, Melissa, and Bobby Jr. took place at the Caritas Family Solutions agency. When the CA and the children arrived, Bobby Sr. had just ridden up on his bike. He had two black plastic grocery bags with him. Melissa and little Bobby ran up and hugged Bobby Sr. Hello.…
It was a cold wintery day in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the home of Helen and John Piela. Helen was very pregnant with her first child, and she couldn’t wait for her baby to come. On December 27th, 1937, Helen had her little baby boy, he was given his name, John David Anthony Piela, after his father. Helen’s first child, she was both excited and scared. John grew up as a happy child in a big house filled with loving parents.…
On March 27, 2015, Facebook and Twitter were inundated with the message “Daundre Barnaby, An Olympic Sprinter from Weaver, Drowns.” When I first read this message, I was heart-broken. I desperately wanted it to be a mistake. As the story continued, Daundre, my dear friend, was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and was swept out to sea by a strong current. Overcome by grief, my emotions were out of control!…
In the essay “The Empathy Exams” the author, Leslie Jamison, plays the role of a Medical Actor to help in the learning process for medical students. As a medical actor, her main job is to pretend that she is a sick patient. She must be a Standardized Patient, meaning she must pretend to have the mentality and all symptoms of the patient she is play-acting to be. The students are supposed to go along with the acting and ask the “sick patient” anything from health related questions to person life questions. Throughout the essay the narrator undertakings the characters Stephanie Phillips, a twenty- three women who has been experiencing seizures for the past two years because of grief of her brother’s death, and Leslie Jamison, a twenty-five year…
Tim Conolan is a passionate 47 year-old Victorian man striving to stand up for and protect the lives of hospitalised children. After attending a cancer support group as a motivational speaker at age 21, Tim was inspired by their stories to create an organisation called TLC for Kids dedicated to the support of children in hospital, regardless of age, religion, culture or illness. Tim has made it his life long ambition to endeavour positive change in the lives of hospitalised children, after noticing the lack of healthcare support services for sick kids. Conolan has demonstrated countless significant contributions to the Australian society, positively influencing the lives of hospitalised kids and their families. Beginning his career as a motivational…
“You’re not going to feel anything,” the nurse with the fake lips exclaimed. “Yeah, right,” I murmured under my breath as I thought about how many people she had said that to today. Since when do nurses wear more makeup than clowns? Her lips were as thick as my broken, swollen thumb; her eyebrows looked like squirrels above her eyes; she looked worse than a clown. I couldn’t understand how frustrating it might be to mess up and have to start her makeup routine all over; it probably takes her at least two hours.…
Why Do you Want to become a Physician Assistant: As we grow up, our experiences, life lessons, and failures are like puzzle pieces which shape us into who we become. These experiences help us find our passion, which is ingrained in our heart. Mrs. X, a 70- year-old sickle-cell anemic patient who weighs 75 pounds, comes into the Faith Family and Health Clinic for her regular check-up. I hold her hands and help her walk into the examination room. I notice that she is too weak to hop into the examination table by herself, and so I pick her up and set her down in a comfortable position.…
My field supervisor was out sick today so I get to experience a new area of the hospital today, the ICU. It was so interesting to see how differently the ICU social worker, Lynne, works in comparison to Jamie. There is a lot less patient interaction since the ICU patients are in much worse conditions and a majority of them were not even conscious. Lynne’s case load seems much more complicated as she works with families and other agencies.…
Now that I am growing into a young adult my mother is able to say to me things that I would not have understood as a child. One day she had told me about the day I was born. I was born six and a half weeks early, and I was held in the neonatal intensive care unit in the hospital. At the hospital my parents had to watch me surrounded by doctors when I was suppose to be in their arms. The doctors told them that I was going to be tested for Down Syndrome.…
“Never take things for granted” Feelings of oppression, fear, and distress were present in her old life. Nobody likes being under the control of a dictator. At the time Castro was in control of Cuba, so nobody was allowed to leave the country. As a young girl, my grandmother had to experience the strain and pressure of fleeing the country and parting with all that she knew. It was late in the afternoon, roughly five o’clock; my great-grandfather came home from work, as a surgeon, with some frightening news.…
The Florence Way In the book The Florence Prescription, the reader is first introduced to eight elements in which main character, Carol Jean, describes as “characteristics common to organizations with a culture of ownership”(Tye, 2014, p. 17). These characteristics include commitment, engagement, passion, initiative, stewardship, belonging, fellowship and pride (Tye, 2014). Of these eight, four characteristics resonate to be ones I plan to integrate into my future nursing practice.…
“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.…
My First Day at VCA In my senior year in high school at Carrollton, I had the opportunity to intern with a local Veterinarian. The second day back to school I started my internship. It was an amazing, wild experience. Although I have know I have wanted to become a Veterinarian since I was five, receiving hand on experience is another story.…