My journey as a nurse began in the fall of 2001, when I was 16 years old. It was the beginning of my junior year of high school, and I had been accepted into the licensed practical nursing (LPN) program that runs concurrently while you’re in high school. In the twelve years that I have been a nurse, it has taken on three phases: learning to be a nurse, chasing the excitement of being a nurse, and finally, why I am applying to the Family Nurse Practitioner program, utilize my abilities as a nurse to prevent the public from becoming a patient in the hospital while managing, and preventing illness. In the state of New Mexico once you become an LPN, you will probably go to work in a nursing home. This is the perfect place to learn how to manage
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The first was working in the medical ICU while working on this unit; I was offered the opportunity to be apart of the medical evaluation team (MET). In this role critical care nurses evaluate patients in the rest of the hospital when the primary nurse feels that something is wrong. MET nurses are also responsible for responding to codes throughout the hospital. I absolutely loved the days that I did MET. In this position I was able to investigate if the patient was developing SEPSIS, starting to have an MI, developing worsening respiratory failure, having a stroke, or simply deteriorating from baseline and needed intervention. In this role, I was able to do a lot of teaching to other nurses, patients, and their families; something I thoroughly enjoy. The second experience was going on a medical mission trip to Uganda earlier this year. For two weeks we participated in clinics that served any number of problems that occurred. We triaged for hypertension, diabetes, and HIV. We gave deworming medications to children, and pregnancy prevention medication to woman. In this role we did a lot of teaching about diseases, prevention, and treatment. This is where my heart is. As a nurse practitioner I plan to work locally in a capacity that keeps individuals out of the hospital, and internationally multiple times a year to practice rural, and possibly tropical
The first was working in the medical ICU while working on this unit; I was offered the opportunity to be apart of the medical evaluation team (MET). In this role critical care nurses evaluate patients in the rest of the hospital when the primary nurse feels that something is wrong. MET nurses are also responsible for responding to codes throughout the hospital. I absolutely loved the days that I did MET. In this position I was able to investigate if the patient was developing SEPSIS, starting to have an MI, developing worsening respiratory failure, having a stroke, or simply deteriorating from baseline and needed intervention. In this role, I was able to do a lot of teaching to other nurses, patients, and their families; something I thoroughly enjoy. The second experience was going on a medical mission trip to Uganda earlier this year. For two weeks we participated in clinics that served any number of problems that occurred. We triaged for hypertension, diabetes, and HIV. We gave deworming medications to children, and pregnancy prevention medication to woman. In this role we did a lot of teaching about diseases, prevention, and treatment. This is where my heart is. As a nurse practitioner I plan to work locally in a capacity that keeps individuals out of the hospital, and internationally multiple times a year to practice rural, and possibly tropical