Reflective Nursing Internship

Internship Reflective Paper I believe it's becoming tough for the upcoming college graduates like myself to find work with nothing but a college degree in their hands. A degree that students have worked so hard for, however, most companies look for the actual experience when hiring. The best way to get that experience is through an Internship. Internships offer work experience in a particular profession to people who are new to the field. The advantage of obtaining an Internship under your belt is, it strengthens the resumes by giving students visible work experience. As an intern, they should evaluate and examine their internship programs carefully, to see if those programs offer the training they need or want for their potential future

What I have learned from this experience was the importance of public health such as health promotion, health protection and the health care needs of the working population. As my job description, my main responsibility was to help maintain and prepare educational material or information for the Staff and patients regarding a potential incident exposure the hospital came in contact with and how to prevent the infectious disease from entering the facility again. A couple of examples of potential exposure I came across were: Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Scabies, Chickenpox and lastly the most common, the Flu (Influenza). I found this specific role exciting because an illness moves so quickly. Within days, it starts from one person which is considered the infectious agent, then is transferred to the reservoir where germs normally live and multiply. The infection does their 3rd trip by leaving the body and spreading it to the other person by direct physical contact, respiratory droplet or indirect contact. Lastly, The person who then gets infected is unable to fight the actual infection due to the virus being placed within the body system. The flu, for example, is a contagious disease, so a healthy adult is able to infect another person 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick. Which then gives the reason to always cover up because the person never usually knows when they are going to feel