Nurse Anesthetist Shadowing Experience

My OB clinical experience has been great! I have gained a lot of experience and knowledge from my clinical professor and the nurses on the unit. I have learned so much. In the beginning I felt confident going in and talking to my patients but not caring for them. I was not confident about reading the EFM strips or even touching a patient in active labor due to their pain. Even at the end I still was not comfortable dealing with patients in extreme pain I think that’s a learning

I was able to see the hospital setting for the first time during this experience. This shadowing took place in Palmetto Health's Pediatric ICU. I shadowed Dr. Hubbird during college, and I gained more under his leadership then with any other doctor. He truly showed the passion of healthcare in his daily routine, and he challenged me to use critical thinking skills under pressure to help patients. I witnessed surgeries to get children breathing again in front of their grieving parents, and I knew at this moment that I wanted to make a difference and save lives. The humanitarian spirit was released in me during this experience, and I know that I want to do this work for the rest of my

It is this job that developed my desire to work in the healthcare field. After researching the different options available, I focused on respiratory care. I independently set up a job shadow with a Respiratory Therapist in a hospital. This job shadowing experience only ensured me this is the career path for me. Therefore my job at the nursing home is beneficial because it provides an opportunity to learn valuable skills that will help me in my respiratory therapy career while earning money to fund my education.

The hands on experience I get in the classrooms is incredibly fun. I am enjoying learning skills that will be of value to me for the rest of my career. Whats’s more exciting is having the opportunity to put those skill to practice in the hospital with patients. So much knowledge is gained from interacting with the nurses and pateitns, something that can’t be learned in a classroom. Another aspect of the nursing program I enjoy is working with my fellow peers. The nursing program has a small group of people which allows us to become close. We struggle, cry and succeed together. It feels like I am part of a family we area learning together and learning from each other as

. Unfortunately, some aspects were hard to understand throughout my internship. This is including the hardships of death, the many numerous complications with birth, and much more. I am thankful for this internship because I now know the areas I can further my knowledge in. Internship gave me a clear basis on OB and areas I can execute

It takes a lot to put up things to do this kind of job, such as, physical work, math, critical thinking, and it test your patience and understanding as a person. It takes a lot of emotions that you need to deal with every time you see the patients pain as well as, keeping and holding your own emotions in check. If I have more time, I would like to shadow again on a different kind of nurse. I want to explore the different types of profession of a registered nurse, for me to identify what kind of type of a nurse I am suited.

During my NICU rotation, I had a good chance to ask questions and just become familiar with the day-to-day process of a NICU nurse. The thing that impacted me the most with the day was how helpful my nurse was. She started the day off with an attitude that made me feel comfortable asking questions. Right away in the morning she began explaining why certain things are done and showing me instruments that I have never had any experience with. Although NICU was not all

During the first week of my undergraduate shadowing career I had an experience that dramatically shaped my ideology of what it meant to work in healthcare. I was shadowing a physician at Medina Community Hospice Care as well as the nurse practitioner that worked with him. Most mornings started with the medical team reviewing the patient charts and discussing the events that had happened during the night. It was an atmosphere where the passing of an individual was marked not as a tragedy, but a beautiful occurrence that was characterized by a wide range of emotions. These were truly

I can also see myself starting my nursing career in Desert Regional Medical Center’s Women and Infants’ Center. During my Obstetrics rotation at Balboa Naval Medical Center, I assisted in vaginal deliveries by supporting patients through each stage of labor and witnessed emergency C-sections. I educated postpartum moms on breastfeeding, nutrition, vaginal care, and neonatal care. In the nursery, I had the pleasure of performing neonatal assessments and soothing neonates during circumcisions. Furthermore, during my Community Health rotation, I worked with pregnant teenagers and Spanish-speaking pregnant women to educate them on the normal physiological changes during pregnancy and on the expected physical changes after labor. I also monitored the growth and development of babies during home visits and performed depression and abuse screenings on new mothers. I truly enjoy the privilege of welcoming new lives into this world, nurturing the small and fragile to health, and supporting parents through a crucial phase in their

I do have prior experience with medical careers. For instance, for two years, I have been involved with a program called Explorers. Which, is a program for young adults to learn about EMS life. During Explorers, students learn basic lifesaving skills from active EMTs. Explorers are encouraged to sign up for shifts to learn more about the field. On shifts students check the ambulances to make sure that the equipment is accounted for and functioning. If there is a call, students observe EMTs and learn what to do in different patient situations. Although I do have some experience in the medical field, I do not believe I have enough well-rounded experience in nursing. I would like to experience more than one profession, which is why I have chosen to focus on nursing for my Capstone Internship. Shadowing the school nurse will allow me to observe the daily life of a nurse, and gain knowledge about her experiences.

I feel like this experience helped make me the nurse that I am today- one who is adaptable to less than ideal circumstances, able to deal with challenging family dynamics, and capable of working with a team to achieve great patient outcomes.

Within NASH we visit West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women and High Hope Care Center. When attending WCCH we were giving our areas to observe, my teacher assigned me to observe Labor and Delivery. Walking through those doors I just knew this is what I was destined to be, the atmosphere within the place is amazing. I was able to cut an umbilical cord, bathe a newborn, weigh a newborn, and my favorite check a baby's vitals. The feeling of helping bringing a newborn into the world, and connecting the mother on a personal level becoming their friend and physicians. Ever since then I have always asked my teacher to assign me to go to Labor and Delivery. Then, when it was time to go to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women I was enthusiastic to meet all the wonderful doctors and learn how they operate. It came down to the day we took a trip to the NICU and thats when my whole world changed. I saw how the babies looked so small and

Now with having this knowledge I am able to make future schooling decisions on what will serve me best in meeting the goal of becoming a NP. This also helped me in exploring other career opportunities that would be possible with being a nurse, as a nurse you have the option to have a career in which you may travel either globally, nationally, or locally, work more administratively, work very hands on, in a school setting, on varying floors, or serve in the service. With so much available to me in my one career path it is hard to not feel overwhelmed but understanding that I am able to diversify my career throughout my lifetime is reassuring because it will enable me to work my career into my lifestyle at the time. Along with exploring the multitude of paths within my career and ways to become an NP, I of course learned the many aspects that contribute to being a nurse, specifically a BSN of the Neurological floor at the Cleveland Clinic. With patients as expected one is to tend to their needs but to meet all of their needs it also necessitates working with those within your

Throughout my high school, I have taken the opportunity to get an experience on what is it like to become a nurse. I learned what nurses do and how they do their jobs. In 2014 to November 2016 I volunteer at Emanuel Medical Center for two hours every Friday . This experience has influenced my decision to pursue a nursing career by observing on the Registered Nurse does. When I was in my Junior year I took a class call Hospital and Health Services where we learn what the medical field is and what kind of jobs and career you can choose .

Throughout my sister-in-law’s labor, I was by her side, coaching and encouraging her along the way. Being a mother myself, I knew what to expect during a birth, but now seeing the experience from a different point of view, it changed my life. Becoming a Registered Nurse is my goal, but I hope to one day work as a labor and delivery nurse. After marrying my husband and having children, I made the commitment to myself that once they started elementary school, I would begin working toward my goal of becoming a Registered Nurse. It has been 12 years since I graduated high school, so the fears and uncertainty of what to expect and if I could succeed almost stopped me from moving forward.