According to the Dalai Lama, "Practicing compassion not only makes others happy, but it also makes you happy." I have experienced the truth of this statement firsthand through my experiences as a volunteer at Ochsner Medical Center, a prominent hospital located in my hometown of New Orleans. Having volunteered in the patient escort department since my junior year of high school, I have had a wealth of opportunities to interact with and positively impact the lives of hospital patients.
When I first started volunteering at Ochsner, I did it simply because it would "look good" on my college application. What better way than to volunteer at a hospital? When I chose to volunteer, I knew I wouldn't want to do a job that required me to do what I considered "busy work," such as answering phone calls, filing packets, or restocking medical supplies all day without the opportunity to interact with patients. I enjoy social work environments, and therefore chose to volunteer in the patient escort department because it gave me an opportunity to interact directly with patients. .
At first, I was a bit anxious and nervous because I had never interacted with a sick patient in a hospital setting, nor had I operated a hospital wheelchair and stretcher. I was afraid that I would mess up and accidently crash a stretcher or wheel chair while transporting a patient. One time, for example, I unknowingly and abruptly lifted a patient's leg onto the wheelchair footrest, aggravating the leg he just had surgery on. After learning through trial and error and working with the hospital transport staff for a period of time, I became more comfortable and proficient with my duties; eventually I was trusted to do patient hospital discharges without any assistance. Whether I was discharging a mother who had just delivered a baby, an elderly man who had just had leg surgery, or a patient who had just had an organ transplant, I was extremely fortunate to be able to interact with and transport patients of all types.
Personal Statement I have always dreamed of choosing a medical field as my career. ... In high school, chemistry became one of my most favorite subjects among all the science subjects. I took one and half years of chemistry in high school. ... When I started going to college, I didn't know what I wanted to do in medical field. ...
I applied to Indiana University School of Medicine this past year with the intention of entering the class of 2004. ... Through the disciplines and structure of the program, I can be provided with the necessary opportunity to personally assess my viability for candidacy for the medical school. The program, encompassing all the coursework of a first year medical student, will prove my competence and capability of succeeding in a medical school environment and allowing me to gauge my own abilities comparatively even before entering medical school. . ... I have been told by both medical sc...
Personal Statement "It's not enough to be good, if you have the ability to be better-. ... Initially, I entered high school as a young and nave student with no plans for the future. Gradually, I realized that I wanted to pursue a career in the medical field. Determination to reach my dream has helped me to be more focus in school. ... I am presently enrolled in a college prep course leading towards the medical field called Human Physiology, in which I furthered my knowledge of the body. ...
Personal Statement It gives me a considerable pleasure to tell you about myself, my aspirations and plans for studying at Hannibal-LaGrange College. Upon completion of High School in 2002 I started to pursue my tertiary education at Lindenwood University. ... Ever since I was young boy I've always had a keen interest for the medical field. I was accepted into the "Pre-Med" program at Lindenwood University but soon realized that becoming a Medical Doctor was not my calling. ... The main reason I would like to become a Nurse is because I like helping people and working in medically rela...
The objective of Transition Year is to promote personal, social, educational and vocational skills of an individual and to make them autonomous, participative, responsible and aware members of society. In this document I will reflect how my year in this school has complied with the department of education's statement on TY's objectives. Many activities were offered by this school for TY students and I participated partially in those activities. School trips to universities were opportunities that I took with avidness i.e. the trip to NUI Galway, Queens and UCD. ... I d...
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In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. ... However, during the 1930's, the plant's favor began to fall as petrochemical plants lobbied for the plant to become illegal in order to reduce competition (Conrow 8), and despite objections from the American Medical Association and the pharmaceutical industry, the cultivation and consumption of the plant was finally banned in 1937 by the Marijuana Tax Act. ... According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the ...
RCCP is school based program in conflict resolution and inter-group relations that provides a model for preventing school violence and creating schools that are conducive to learning. ... One school in New York, Martin Luther Jr. ... Crowe's statement is a smoke screen, telling people what she thinks they want to hear, but where and who are the appropriate offices? ... In my personal experience, having worked in the Public Safety Department for the City University of New York for the past 12 years the only way to curb this problem is to have a set of guidelines in place that s...
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