HOSA Exposed Me To Healthcare Activities In My Life

Every day we all make decisions that have lasting implications. Sometimes those decisions are harder to make than others and require some time to think about the results. Many times we end up making a decision that has bad results and other times the decision we make produces excellent results. Throughout my time in high school, I have made many tough decisions and sometimes the choice paid off. One of the choices that I made towards the end of the tenth grade was applying for an officer position in the healthcare club HOSA.

I came to America from Vietnam when I was just three years old. I spent a majority of my life with my grandma, who has always taught me the importance of helping others. She always told me to have; you must give, and if you have nothing to give, you can always give your time. This phase has been a huge guide in my life, and it has truly shaped me into who I am. At a young age, I always felt that my purpose in life was to help people. After attending many doctor visits with my grandma for her health check-ups, I was confident my future occupation would be in the medical field. During these frequent doctor visits, I had the chance to watch the interactions and cooperation among different healthcare professionals in different settings. Being in this inspiring environment, I hoped one day I could mirror them and make a difference in people’s lives and the community. Although I have always wanted to help those in need, I was uncertain of what specific career role would allow me to fulfill my passion for helping others.

Volunteering at Texas Health Presbyterian Plano is my way of giving back to the community while developing critical social skills, and gaining important medical field exposure along the way. It’s an opportunity to change a person’s life, including my own. I volunteered at two hospitals last summer and I’m well acquainted with what volunteering entails and would more than love to do it again. Through this hospital volunteer program, I hope to discover my own passions and talents, while also developing skills that I will utilize throughout my entire high school and college experience.

My experience in public health care would be working at blood drives. For several years, our FBLA organization has held these blood drives to raise blood for cancer patients at our school. I helped organize these events,

Several agencies fall under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services. Among those agencies I felt may be of benefit to Jimmy were the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Other governmental agencies that might have been of assistance to Jimmy are The Department of Labor (DOL) which falls under the Government Accountability Office.

My involvement in NHS has taught me how to work hard and stay dedicated. I have been in charge of several committees through NHS, including Pennies for Patients, ShoeBox Recycling, and a blood drive, which required numerous hours of commitment in

Throughout my time as a CNA, I also became the Health Occupations Students of America President. I organized two succesful blood drives with the American Red Cross, participated in regional competitions, and organized various fundraisers to donate to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

I joined HOSA freshmen year, looking for opportunities to explore new things and develop new friendships. I was hoping to expand my knowledge about health care careers in a fun and interactive setting, HOSA provided me with just that. HOSA gave me with the platform, which I was looking for to improve my knowledge about the health science field. I was able to compete at the state level in Greensboro, and at the national level in Nashville. For me, attending these competitions provided me with an experience that greatly increased my interest and knowledge of the medical field. Becoming a HOSA district officer would enable me to further enrich my experiences by becoming a better leader and communicator, by sharing my experiences with younger students who are interested in joining the health care field, and grants me to have a bigger impact in HOSA and in my community. Becoming a HOSA district officer will allow me to improve myself as well as bettering the lives of others.

I have had the pleasure of being a member of RHA (residency hall association) because of my position on campus as a resident assistant since 2014. I’m also a part of Colleges Against Cancer and NSCS. I volunteer at the Humane Society of Boone, and also am volunteering at the annual Red Cross homecoming blood drive here at Appalachian State University this year.

Many of us have heard of HOSA is, but what is it exactly? HOSA stands for Health Occupations Students of America and is a program for students aspiring to work in the health science field. Chelsie tells me about the many different opportunities offered, “HOSA partners with STEM Premier and other partners to provide their members with the opportunity to apply for scholarships and internships.”

When I was a junior in High School I did a work study every morning at my community hospital; Dundy County Hospital. I am from rural southwest Nebraska, so our hospital is very small in comparison to the hospitals here in Lincoln. One day, while I was work studying in the Physical Therapy department there was a code red announced over the hospital’s intercom system. Almost instantaneously the hospital came alive. That day an Amtrak had derailed only a couple miles out of town. That day I was able to witness first hand our community come together like I have never seen before, and it all started at our hospital. At that moment, I realized that helping people and providing healthcare is what I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing. Since I will be a part of the healthcare community in the next few years, I have taken an interest in the major changes that have been implanted in the healthcare world, one of those changes being the introduction of Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act.

I am applying to the NHS with the intention of attaining the position of Healthcare Assistant. This desire has been shaped throughout my life through various reasons, the first and most prominent being my car accident that I had when I was 12 years old. I got hit by a car in 2010 in which I broke my left leg in two places. It took 6 surgeries and a year of having orthopaedic cast and countless sessions of physiotherapy to finally be back in my feet. I am extremely grateful to the NHS, the doctors and to everyone involved in the surgeries and my recovery.

From being a chapter and Area officer to participating in different events at HOSA competition, I have been able to realize that going into the medical field is exactly what I want to do with the rest of my life. Besides choosing my future career, HOSA has

My whole life, I’ve always felt different from others because I always wanted to help and improve the lives of others more than my peers, so I joined a club called HOSA where members volunteer, help people in need and connect with others. I understand that in healthcare, you need to be able to communicate with people by understanding, speaking, and listening to patients and fellow colleagues. I am also very honorable and have integrity. In my two first years in high school, I have taken several medical and health classes to prepare myself for my future

At the school, I was one of the coaches for their GOFAR team. Every week a group of students and I would go to the school and practice for the 5k with these children. During the weeks of training, we were able to share our love and knowledge with them. It was crazy to see how differently they viewed things and how different their day to day life was. Due to the circumstances in many of those children's lives they wouldn't have had a lot of access to learning about healthy living, so it was very rewarding to teach them about this. I also feel that I can take the experiences of serving these children and teaching them about health, and apply that when I am an OT. In combination with my treatments for the patient, I can teach them about healthy living to help them recover better or live better with their disability or