Journal #38

For job shadowing I went to Memorial Medical Center and followed a post surgical RN. Her name was Kristyn and she was going to classes to become a Nurse Practitioner, which is what I want to eventually become. During my morning there, I followed her around as she went to each of her five patients as she checked on the, to see if they needed anything, and give them their medicine. The patients had had procedures such as gallbladder removal and skin cancer surgery. It was interesting to me because everyday would be different and it is different than just sitting at a desk and doing the same thing over and over again. When a patient was going to be released, she had to fill out a lot of paperwork, which was what she said the worst part was. Throughout the day, she gave me many interesting points to think about with nursing, such as if you do not like a certain section that you are in, you can just switch. This also goes along with the main reason I like nursing. It can reach so many different areas, so there id bound to be something that you can find that you enjoy doing. I think that nursing would be a good career, but I would like to further my degree, and become a nurse practitioner, because they are more like a physician. It also made me realize that I definitely want to be in pediatrics, because the adults that were there had all sorts of weight problems and issues because of that. It frustrated me because they could have avoided all of those issues by being healthy, but they are not. With children, they have other problems, i know, and it could be very sad with children who have a hard life, but i think i would like it much better. If eventually i find out I do not like pediatrics, I can always switch, because that is the best thing about nursing.