4. As an orientation leader for the summers of 2015 and 2016, I acclimated and welcomed over 3,000 new students to the University of Rhode Island. This was accomplished by activities I facilitated on academic preparation, diversity training, community building, and alcohol and drug awareness. Being a resource for these students and providing a perspective for them, as well as recognizing their own individual identities taught me multicultural competency. I was able to build relationships and connect with students who had vastly different backgrounds than me. Also, communicating with a range of experience levels, from students to deans, strengthened my ability to work collaboratively.
5. For the spring 2015 school semester I aided the professor
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For a year I was the health intern for the Clearinghouse for Volunteers. The Clearinghouse for Volunteers is a program on campus that connects students to the community through acts of service. My job was to coordinate with non-profit organizations and set up events on and off campus that represented the health field. I worked with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Down Syndrome Society of Rhode Island, Alzheimer’s Association, and more to set up volunteer walk marathons. I was able to create opportunities for students to represent and support causes that were important to them. This allowed me to learn and symbolize the power of …show more content…
I volunteered for four months as a first responder on the University of Rhode Island’s Emergency Medical Services team. Working on this team meant dealing and preparing for new, unknown emergency situations within a community of very diverse individuals. This experience conveyed the significance of flexibility and adaptability. With some patients there were step by step procedures to follow due to their specific injury. With other patients we were required to think on our feet and create our own solution to an issue. Sometimes the ambulance wouldn’t be properly stocked and the piece of equipment needed wouldn’t be available. That is when it was vital to stay positive and be flexible.
9. For a year I’ve been a Pre-Health Ambassador for the University of Rhode Island. This is a prestigious role because it permits me to express my enthusiasm for URI’s pre-health tract. I am also able to share with perspective pre-health students my character and personal journey through the preparation and application process. I have grown very comfortable initiating dialogue with peers and their guardians and addressing the multiple resources that campus has to offer them for support in this
When I learned that one individual can only do so much while a group of passionate individuals can even move mountains, I took on the role of a shift leader to moderate volunteers and joined the emergency department to study a new environment the hospital offer. During that time, I trained numerous volunteers and assisted countless staffs in saving lives at an effective rate with quality services. Many volunteers I trained are continuing their ardent determination to thrive in the small volunteer room alongside with zealous
Writing essays was never my forte, it just never came easy to me like it would to others. Since other subjects came easy to me and I had to focus more than others on writing, I had a negative attitude toward the process as a whole. During this summer semester, I was able to grow as a writer, and gain a more positive attitude toward how I write and a better feel for writing in college. Writing a paper is a process in which there are many different stages. In high school I would never write outlines or any sort of pre planning work. Other struggles I encountered in my writing were my theses, and framing quotes.
Up until this year, before taking the class intermediate composition, I thought I was a terrible writer. I was right. Writing isn’t something that I enjoy doing, nor am I good at. Writing is difficult for me because I’m not very good at explaining things in a professional manner, that can be easily well written. While writing you are expected to make little to no mistakes, which is not something I’m great at. I am so much better at explaining things with verbal words rather than written words. I had not taken any extra writing classes before this year rather than the mandatory ones. Like I had stated before, I hate writing, with a passion. I dread writing anything, especially an essay for school, like this one. I’m
During the summer of my high school years, I volunteered in various areas of the hospital to get a glimpse of which parts I was most interested in. My first year volunteering, I was placed in the Cardiovascular unit. I was given the opportunity to speak to patients getting ready for testing or treatment. I learned about the importance of patient interaction and what things to say or not to say. Not only that, but I learned more about the tests
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
I grew up as the only daughter in a lively house with five children. Not only did this mold me into a tom-boy, but I have always been known as one of the most competitive people among my peers. While my competitive nature may be seen as intense during a game of backyard volleyball with friends, it has been one of the reasons that I have excelled in my education and my role as a registered nurse. I am always striving to find a new challenge. I was proud to graduate Summa Cum Laude from the University of Detroit Mercy and work as a tutor to other nursing students. After graduation, I started as a new graduate nurse in the cardiothoracic progressive care unit at Spectrum Health and eventually became a preceptor to new nurses. After a year and a half, I accepted a position on the Cardiothoracic Critical Care unit to expand my critical thinking and experience. I have gained an immense amount of knowledge and autonomy from this step in my career. I have become a preceptor on this unit as well as a charge nurse and code responder. I have also recently joined the education committee on my unit. Along with my peers, I will identify gaps in clinical knowledge on our unit and work to bridge those
this area but I’m going to improve on it. The process of using multiple drafts has
This semester entering English 102 I thought of myself as a bad writer with a lot to say and no idea how to coordinate it or express it. A big reason why I took English stretch composition was to strengthen my writing skills. I feel like I have a better idea of where to put my ideas but I really need help with the technical writing and how to do research papers correctly. My concerns over the semester are not the same as they were at the beginning, they have changed. One of my concerns was that I wouldn’t know how to organize a college essay, but that concern is gone now. A new concern I have this semester is my run on sentences and the punctuation and the lack thereof.
Another service that I have done has been to volunteer at the West Campus Hospital gift shop. It was a great experience for me; if I had the time I would make the effort to volunteer again. For people that is good at socializing with others and love organizing I would recommend volunteering at the gift shop.
Processes such as advanced airway management, vascular Arnold 2 access and medication administration were just a few that could be carried out of the hospital setting. This conversation generated and enacted the emergency medical technician curriculum in the early 70’s adjacent pioneering work by Walt Stoy, PhD, Nancy Caroline, MD. Unknowingly there were other organizations already training personnel in advance procedures creating the first paramedics. Expectation of advanced level care on the streets and in homes grew and ignited the TV show Emergency.
The NSNA organization has given me the opportunity to volunteer in different fields. One current example was collecting goods at my school for people affected by the hurricane Irma in 2017 here in Florida. I also volunteer at activities such as the Zombie Run and Color Run offering first
I interned a cardiologist where I got to see the life of a physician as he went about his daily routine. I achieved getting my Certified Nursing Assistant license after assisting patients at a nursing home. I became a camp counselor for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, where I took care of a 10-year-old child during a summer camp. Through these experiences, I gained confidence in my character and purposefulness. Furthermore, I went on a mission trip to Kenya where I experienced life in a third world country. It was here where my eyes were opened to see a world that is in dire need of help. These people are malnourished, living in detrimental conditions without accessible health care. The experiences I had in Kenya reminded me to never take anything for granted. My engagement acting on all these opportunities fueled my perseverance to pursue my career in health
Thousands of homeless animals are looking for forever homes in America. Volunteering is a great way to give to your community and socialize the animals at the shelters. Working with dogs and cats that have not had good starts in their lives helps them trust again. It helps animals get over the trauma they have had before they went to the shelter. Socializing makes the animal more adoptable and they are given a chance to get forever homes. Volunteer at your local humane society 's and help out the animals like I have worked with in shelters.
As a young 21-year-old woman I am determined to make a difference in this world that will aid in my generation, and those that follow. Within the past two years I have had an increasing interest in gardening and environmental stewardship. During the summer of 2016, I volunteered on an organic farm where I learned how to properly work with real and nutritious food. Here I was able to progress my understandings in how to efficiently use farmland, rotate crops, harvest properly, and manage weeds organically. All of this work was then returned by the earth through an abundance of fruits and vegetables that I, and the other members on the farm, ate everyday to sustain our bodies.
I used to hate community service. I only did it if it was a requirement for graduation or for a program. Even when I did community service, I still waited until the very last opportunity to do it. When I heard the words community service, all I could picture is cleaning Philadelphia parks or streets that were filled with trash in either the cold or heat. My mind always went to that space because that 's what my first few encounters with community service consisted of. My high school always had us cleaning something; one time we re-landscaped the parking lot of a homeless shelter. Another time, we cleaned up the weeds out of the loading docks of the non-profit food bank Philabundance. One time my mom made me volunteer