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In my Anatomy and Physiology class junior year, I learned the information necessary to understand terms, procedures and parts of the body up on my clinical rotations which included ER, physical therapy, med surg and diagnostics. In order to speak with the nurses and doctors on a professional level, I had to understand the terms they were using. ER was the most important rotation to understand the terms since I was in charge of prepping for IV's, vital signs and helping the doctor with procedures. Understanding the muscles, anatomical terms and ranges of motion in physical therapy allow me to participate with the physical therapist and the patient as well. Anatomy is my favorite class and it's exciting to be able to use the information I learned last year and apply it to real life experiences this year. It was nice being able to communicate on a professional level with doctors and nurses.=====

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I did three elementary school health screenings during my time at the academy. We did vision and hearing tests as well as height/weight. I was forced to use my CNA, communication, and improvising skills during each visit. Working with kids is always fun, but keeping them interested in the task at hand can be a struggle sometimes. I had to be creative when it came to them doing the vision and hearing tests correctly in order to get an accurate reading. I had to use a variety of skills in order to get the job done efficiently and effectively. Doing these screenings required a number of different skills for each different purpose.=====

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This year I volunteered for the Jingle Bell Run and I also ran it in. It was the coldest and worst morning for a run and everything still had to be set up. A couple of others and myself were in charge of setting up the finish line, shoot, letting people at the resgistration tent know what to do and to set up the water stations. It required a lot of communication among the people in charge in order to get everything done correctly and on time. Running in the race was after helping out for 3 hours before also required me to make smart decisions beforehand.=====

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In my clinical rotations, you have to engage yourself in what the professionals are doing because they aren't going to hold your hand the whole way. I feel I took the initiative in involving myself, and offering my help, comments and questions during my rotations. As an example, in my diagnostics rotation, they preformed a ton of biopsys, tests and exams, and they weren't totally aware of my knowledge of each indiviudal task they were doing at the time. I asked a handful of questions (sometimes too many) and asked to see certain things that they could set me up with, such as a mammogram and ultrasounds in the Women's Center. I applied this in all of my rotations, including Med Surg and ER, and have learned so much more than I would have if I hadn't asked so many questions and involved myself as much as I did. You get out of it what you put into it.=====

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This is the website for Mr. Allen's Challenged Base Learning group. Our goal was to inform people of certain types of processed foods and to engage them in an activity, a restaurant in this case, in order for them to become healthier individuals. In my class, there were around 12 people in the group, all with different ideas and plans. It was tough to come to an agreement with the food choices, jobs assigned and keeping track of orders and money, although we figured it out. We all used our different, unique talents to take on this task of running a restaurant for the morning.=====

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This powerpoint is an example of how you need to be informed of different cultural groups in the medical setting.

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Being on the med surg floor really forces you to be extremely professional since you are around patients, nurses and doctors 24/7. You have to do every procedure correctly the first time since you always seem to be on a time crunch with a lot to do, which means what you are doing has to be of quality. Following the nurses around was a big eye-opener for me and confirmed my belief that I don't want to be a nurse, which is just as important of an experience as deciding you want to be a nurse. Getting compliments from the doctors and nurses on a daily basis about being punctual, solving problems and doing things correctly really made me feel good and shows that I have performances that reflect high standards.=====

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In my CNA class last year, it was a hefty challenge to get all of our skills tests done within the time alotted. I was responsible for coming in on Wednesday's or staying after class in order to practice, test out or help other people test out on all the skills. Towards the end, it really started getting tough and it seemed like we weren't going to get them finished, which was disappointing since we needed it in order to go up on our clinical rotations. Each person had to be responsible for knowing what skills they had to test out on, and also finishing all of their written quizzes as well. It took a lot of preserverence, determination and being responsible for your own well-being in order to pass the class.=====

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On my clinical rotations, the procedures I was wanting to see weren't always offered during my Monday/Thursday 7:30-1015 time. Therefore, I spoke with the department on whether I could come in on the weekends or designated school days that I had off. They were more than inviting to allow me to come in outside of class time. I believe this makes me a strong leader since I was willing to do more outside of class. I am very passionate about what I want to do in the medical field and am always wanting to learn more about it. With me being willing to come in outside of school, maybe other students will do the same.=====