I am in pursuit a rewarding phlebotomist career. I'm down to earth, honest, dependable, and hard-working. I greatly enjoy working with patients. Would like to work in an environment that challenges me to grow, continuously learn, and advance not only professionally but personally. I pick up new skills and tasks pretty quickly, and I also take constructive criticism very well.
At my physician office, the staff always dress and act professionally. I have been going to my physician since I was 6, I have even job shadowed my physician. I do not recall a time my physician or his staff has ever been unprofessional. They are always dressed in scrubs or business casual. As a medical assistant, you can ensure your professional appearance by a few steps: always wear scrubs
For my Diverse Field Experience this semester, I spent fifteen hours at the Mclean County Juvenile Detention Center. This particular center was occupied by about 8-14 juveniles at a time, all depending on court dates and occupancy of other nearby detention centers. This center usually had 3 staff members working the shift every time I went, which was seven to nine on weekday afternoons. I was intrigued to go to at this time because I thought it would be the time of the day were the juveniles had no school work or other obligations to do while I was there. I wanted to see what they liked to do in the free time before bed, the only stipulation being mandatory snack time at eight pm.
Over my 17 years working at Jackson Memorial hospital, I honestly can say that I only had one conflict. Nothing major; however, the situation was tense and the problem needed to address. There were two sides to the situation and sometimes it is hard to realize your fault. After a general meeting, issues were addressed on both parts. I was very happy with the outcome.
Overall, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday has been quite experiential learning about the symptoms and diagnoses of the last 23 patients. Many of which have been through so much and experienced much pain and despair. But, Dr. Katzenberg bring these patients much relief and a sense of hope back in their life. Dr. Katzenberg illustrated much expertise during my clinical shadowing experience, one technique I noticed from the cardiologist was his effective speech craft toward his patients; he demonstrated excellent skills regarding meaningful patterns of information. He was able to ask questions in a certain pattern to gather information effectively.
Shadowing was a great opportunity for me. It provides students a general overview about a certain career such as working conditions and nature of work. On the 14th of November, I shadowed Dr. Azhar Bustami, a dentist on 10043 E Adamo Dr, Tampa, FL 33619. Dr. Azhar was very welcoming and supportive. She tried her best with explaining the advantages and disadvantages of working as a dentist.
As a biomedical technician, I deal with a lot of technical jargon as well as other technical items such as schematics. From the start of my career, service manuals have been a big part of my daily routine. I use them for troubleshooting equipment, as well as running the require calibrations. Anybody listening in to a conversation with a fellow tech might think we are speaking a foreign language. Some of the terms we use can be used in other fields that involve having a technical background; some are unique to our chosen field of work.
As a medical assistant, I could be asked to instruct a patient to give a mainstream specimen. As my job, I would make sure I had a sterile container with lid and label ready, antiseptic wipes and the patient record ready. I would call the patient back into the office, asking the patient her name and DOB. After verifying that, I would record the information on the label on the container. Then I would explain to the patient what she needs to do to get a clean accurate sample.
Nursing, and everything that it entails, cannot be easily described in just one simple word or phrase. It goes beyond the meaning of a profession and the stereotypical definition of treating the ill. Nursing is the “protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (American Nurses Association, 2010, p. 1). Therefore, it is a career that requires dedication, passion, critical thinking, and knowledge. It demands commitment and an understanding of its core values and concepts, as well as the nurse’s own personal philosophy and principles.
My passion for healthcare lies with patient care. I enjoy taking care of patients and their family. I have chosen to become a family nurse practitioner because I can combine nursing and medicine to provide a higher level of care to my patients. As a nurse practitioner will be able to make an impact on my patient’s health through, health promotion, disease prevention, managing acute and chronic conditions and improving patient’s health (Wynne,
Even though I have only worked in my profession for about two years now, I have great insight into how the developments in technology has changed my career field. What I have seen though has been nothing less than impressive. In just a few short years my career field has made some major changes due to the increase in information technology and mobile revolution. In the beginning, being a Biomedical Equipment Technician job relied heavily on prior experience.
I also had the opportunity to shadow my general practitioner in which I was able to see how the GP clinic is run, the environment in which the patients are exposed to and the care and consideration they receive from all staff. Understanding the role of a general practitioner gave me useful insight into whether I would like to proceed into a medical field. I was able to observe procedures, find out about patients experiences and learn about their treatments if they were willing to share information. Discussions and advice from the staff and professionals that I had the opportunity to work with allowed me to realise the importance of such a role. As a result I learnt that this role required me to display a level of professionalism and discipline, skills in which I need for this
Pump faking and getting my defender to jump in the air, I found myself with a clear lane to the basket and a chance to give my team the lead with less than sixty seconds remaining. As I accelerated to full speed and leapt as high as I could, another defender tried to position himself to draw the charge. He was late getting into position and I found myself landing with the full weight of my body on my right wrist. Two months later, I ended up requiring surgery to repair my fractured scaphoid and my interest in orthopaedic surgery was sparked. The most gratifying feeling of being a physician lies in the ability to directly be a part of the healing process in your patients’ lives.
The medical field can be a scary place for both patients and doctors. Diagnoses leave many people asking how or why. There is only so much that can be explained to patients and them have an understanding of the concept. Thus making the medical field a seemingly fearsome field. But there is a way for patients to easily grasp what is really going on.
I had many positive experiences during the course of this internship. The one thing that really stood out to me was all of the connections I made in the health care world. I found out about this job from Evan Moore’s father who is the Material Manager at Holzer. He got me an interview with Lisa Halley and Troy Miller. During my internship, I had four people give me their business cards and told me to contact them when I graduate.
