Describe your experience in healthcare. Please comment on the patient population you served and the nature of the healthcare setting you were in. (250 words maximum) I had a chance to do work as a student at multiple hospital departments during my clinical placements at Practical Nursing program in Conestoga College. I obtained most of my nursing skills by rotating at Rehabilitation, Complex Continuity Care, Surgical and Emergency Units. That experience allowed me to get expertise for working with a broad population, which includes but not limited to paediatric, geriatric and palliative patients. My current position as a community nurse at Paramed Home Care is also related to providing care for the different patients at variety of locations. …show more content…
Why do you want to be a Physician Assistant? (250 words maximum) My previous experience is related to several research projects in oncology and stem cells. Despite that I always was attracted to clinical medicine due to possibility of face-to-face communication with patients. That is why, once we moved to Canada, I applied to Practical Nursing program. My current position as a visiting nurse involves providing care without any direct supervision. While working in the community, I realized that my current role has some limitation. Thus, I truly believe I can benefit my patients more by being involved in clinical decisions as a Physician Assistant. How do you envision yourself providing care as a Physician Assistant? (250 words maximum) I had chance to do practicum in the ER of a sixty-bed small community hospital in Milton. I met few Physician Assistants and had a chance to observe their work. It is precisely what I would like to do: taking history, physical examination, ordering tests and doing different type of procedures with collaboration of physicians and other members of the team in the small rural hospital. Please describe your understanding of providing healthcare services to patients in rural, northern or underserviced communities (250 word maximum) Most of the problems in modern Canadian healthcare are related to the shortage of staff and fundings.
That is especially true for small underserved communities. Every member of the team have larger responsibilities and additional duties for that reason. For that reason, engaging Physician Assistants in patients’ healthcare will tremendously benefit population in rural northern communities. That will allow to decrease waiting times and provide more access to basic and specialized healthcare. How do you envision the distance and distributed delivery method of the BScPA Program will impact your life? (250 word maximum) I have advanced computer skills, which includes web programming; therefore, personally for me distance learning is a more preferable method of education. In addition, I am a big fan of public transportation, so I will be happy to travel to Toronto for residential blocks. Furthermore, temporarily moving away from my family for N-S Swap placement will not be a problem. We all understand very well, how useful for me will be to get an experience of working and living in rural underserved area as a PA
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Ranked third by U.S. News and World Report on the list of “Best Health Care Jobs of 2017”, the Physician Assistant career has a 96 percent job-satisfaction rate, and represents one of the fastest growing jobs in the nation. Created as a position to relieve the job shortage of primary care physicians, Physician Assistants first came to be in the mid-1960s. Since then, the number of PAs in practice has just about doubled with every decade helping to improve health care not just nationally, but on a global level as well. Physician Assistants are licensed to practice medicine, prescribe medication, treat chronic illnesses, and assist in surgery in all 50 states under supervision of a physician. Although some medical practitioners perceive the role
I believe that people everywhere should always have access to adequate medical care. Where you live should not determine whether you live, and the PA profession was created to improve the availability of healthcare in rural and other underserved areas. As a PA, I would be eager to help people have not had access to the care they needed. I want to serve those that need medical attention but don’t have the means to obtain it—whether in rural Michigan, the inner-city of Atlanta, or the backwoods of Arkansas. Making great medical care accessible to all is crucial to improving public health, and it is a necessity across this country and the world. As a physician assistant,
As a medical / surgical RN, I provided care for the elderly, the infirm, the mentally challenged, the young, and the psychologically disturbed. The wide variety of patients exposed me to the effects of life style choices, health care choices, and the resulting impacts to the patient as well as to the family of the patient. This experience has fully matured my view of the awesome responsibility that we, as health care professionals, have been charged with, and it has furthered my desire to obtain the skills necessary to provide more advanced care for my patients. In addition to exposure, maturity and experience, my career as a medical / surgical RN has also sharpened my critical thinking abilities and provided insight on observing signs and symptoms that a patient may be unware of. Furthermore, as a charge nurse I learned the importance of collaborating with other health care professionals in order to provide the highest level of care available. In summary, my career as an RN has provided valuable experience, maturity, exposure to impact and outcome, enhanced my critical thinking abilities, and improved my collaboration
The role of the physician assistant is growing because of the ageing population and the decline in medical care practitioners. Finding ways to expand the capacity of the general practitioners are needed to satisfy the lack of medical care in rural communities, the physician assistant can fulfill this role. Physician assistants are beneficial to assisting the general practitioners, meeting the demands and extending the capacity of health care.
The healthcare field is a large organization filled with individuals that work towards the common goal of helping others. In the past several years’ health care organization have focused their attention in improving healthcare as a whole by focusing on factors such as access to primary care, control cost, increase efficiency and improve outcomes. A growing trend in trying to meet these challenges has been the use of physician assistants. According to Assistant, physician (PA). (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2015, from http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8593 a physician assistant is a mid-level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed physician. Their education qualifies them to examine patients,
This weekend I was paired up with a nurse from the floating pull. It was a very interesting experience. For the first time since the beginning of the semester I can say that I was faced with a lot of critical thinking situations. I spend the day running around reminding my nurse of things he forgot or task we had to finish. It was already 2:00 pm and I still hadn’t performed an assessment on a patient, at this point I remember what Mrs. McAdams had said before “ we are in the hospital to help but our main priority is to learn and practice our skills” so I made the critical-thinking decision to tell my nurse that I needed to at least complete an assessment and since we were about to discharged a patient I could performed a final assessment on him before going home. I performed my assessment, had time to document and helped my nurse with the discharged. This weekend was a very challenging clinical for me but I also learned a lot. I learned to managed my time better, be proactive in my clinical experience and I also found my voice.
That role allowed me to gain much experience regarding healthcare policies and regulations in action. My work experience at a hospital also showed me that not every individual has health insurance, and that I was lucky and privileged enough to be insured through my mother, which allowed me to afford the care that I needed to receive during my youth. This is why I believe that all individuals should have access to high-quality and affordable healthcare services. My career aspiration is to be involved in the recommendation and implementation of future healthcare policy changes pertaining to preventive medicine that will improve the overall quality and affordability of medical care for all
Something as simple as taking a walk around the facility can prove to be a battle with patient X. From the day I met patient X it was noticeable that she was lacking her memory. Patient X could no longer tell me her name and everyday it would be different struggle, but for that day it was getting her out of bed to take a walk. From the moment I walked in and introduced myself, patient X could not provide me with her name. Patient X constantly asked if I was her baby, and when dealing with an Alzheimer patient, it’s always best to go along with what that patient is saying. As I got patient X up and out of bed, she started to become violent and resistant. Patient X took forty-five minutes to simply get out of bed and dressed, and that was the very beginning of the battle that would consist all day.
Nursing has always been a key career in the health care system. Although it is not often focused on media and stories surrounding health care, nursing is a career of great importance. If any patient was asked about their experience at a hospital or a care center, many would mention the capability and care that they received from the nurses. The health care system could not function efficiently, if at all, if nurses were not present to perform their part. Nurses are more than just physicians, support staff.
The program came into existence after a study of the role of the American Physician Assistant program and the need for a workforce that is suitable for the future.
I truly love what I do because it provides me the chance to care for my residents in their most vulnerable and personal moments, whether it be their first steps after surgery or their last breaths in this world. This experience has also allowed me to grow in my knowledge and familiarity of the medical culture and environment. For instance, I have seen the importance and benefit of having several professionals, such as doctors, PAs, therapists, and others, working together on one patient to provide the best quality of care. Additionally, I have been volunteering writing resumes and giving practice interviews for disadvantaged individuals, as well as tutoring homeless and foster children. Working with these individuals is beyond doubt an amazing privilege as I am able to aid those who think that they have no place to turn. Whether it is bringing school supplies to a teenager who has been living on the streets or helping a former inmate acquire his first job after his release, I cherish helping those who feel marginalized by society find their way to a better way of
Some people like to stay in control of their life and avoid any amount of extraordinary risk to protect their self-disclosure. Other people don’t shy away from challenges as they are confident that certain obstacles are nothing more than just another thing standing in their way from living life to the fullest extent. Through personal experience, I’ve realized that personal comfort is nothing more than a variety of fears that limit me from challenging myself.
My interest in nursing began at age 18 at Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut where I was trained as a Certified Care Partner, then as a Phlebotomist, followed by a two year surgical floor assignment and a one year burn unit stint.
There are several nurses that have established themselves successfully in the work I am pursuing. The work mainly involves care management, client teaching and patient advocacy. Care management focuses on ensuring that the care that various health care providers offer is cohesive to meet the patients’ needs. Client teaching deals with enabling patient gain knowledge about the medications and health. Patient advocacy is involved with protecting and advancing patients’ rights.
Back at home, I was a student at the University of the Philippines taking up Bachelor in Secondary Education Major in Special Education from 2012 to July of 2015. During this period, I excelled in all of my subjects that led me to become a university scholar. Although I enjoyed every area of the discipline, I did extremely well