My Clinical Experience Essay

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During my freshman year of high school, I was sitting in my Vocal I class when two upperclassmen came into the room wearing what I thought were nurses’ uniforms, or rather, scrubs. They introduced themselves as being with the Sparkman High School Medical Program. The students continued to tell us about a unique opportunity we could participate in during our later years of high school. For instance, they informed us that by taking the Health Foundations class and receiving an A in the class, we would be able to shadow nurses two days a week. Not only did I like the idea of experiencing something different, but I also liked the idea of being able to leave school two hours a day for two days a week. Therefore, I signed up for the class, met all the requirements, and gained myself the opportunity to intern with …show more content…

For two semesters of my junior year, I interned at Huntsville Hospital, shadowing nurses and technicians in many different areas of the hospital, including the E.R. and cardiovascular units. Although many of my classmates disliked going to the hospital, I found it to be the highlight of my week. Oddly enough, I liked giving obese, old patients bed baths, helping them to the bathroom, and cleaning their bed pans after they used them. But, don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t exactly what I loved doing, but I knew it was part of the job, and I always willingly did the dirty work. By the end of my junior year, I knew I loved the hospital environment and wanted to eventually work there; however, I just didn’t know in what capacity. Fortunately, during a slow day in my last semester of shadowing, a nurse asked me if I would like to see a surgery being performed. I quickly accepted the offer, and I got to witness a surgeon perform an eye lift procedure. This is when I realized the area of the hospital that interested me most, the operating room. More specifically, I wanted to be an

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