Nurse Practitioner Research Papers
Former successful Olympian, Gail Devers, once said “Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication” (Gail Devers, Brainy Quotes). Dever’s words resonate as she inspires those who usually let obstacles keep them from chasing their dreams. As children with an overactive imagination, nothing seems out of reach. Somehow, as we grow older, we begin to notice our strengths and weaknesses and we end up letting go of our old dreams and moving on. Growing up, I fanaticized over what I would do as an adult. Those fantasies ranged from a world-famous pop star to President of the United States. Through all those times of make-believe speeches and singing into a hairbrush, one of my
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She is a nurse practitioner who specializes in chemotherapy at Pinnacle Health West Shore Campus. Although I was not able to job shadow, I learned what happens in the average day of a nurse practitioner. Patients are brought back to chemo rooms where Nurse Shelley meets with them to discuss treatments and what procedures she will be performing. She accesses the patient’s medi-ports and connects him/her to the IV and programs the IV pump to distribute the medication. Following the treatment, Nurse Shelley checks the patient before he/she leaves for side effects and discharges the patient. Nurse Shelley brought me pamphlets to read and a small book with chemotherapy terminology which taught me more about her specialty and gave me information that I can carry with me throughout my medical field career. She also taught me a trick to help patients that are afraid of needles by pressing down their skin before puncturing the skin. No matter where I go in the medical field, there is a high probability that I will need to use that trick one way or another. Interviewing a nurse practitioner sparked my interest for a leadership role in the medical field that is the perfect balance of showing compassion and maintaining professionalism. At that point, I was set on becoming a nurse practitioner but I thought it would be beneficial to continue exploring jobs with different responsibilities in the medical field.
After shadowing a doctor and interviewing a nurse practitioner, I thought it would be helpful to broaden my horizons and look into medical field professions that are more behind the scenes. I decided to look into pharmacy because a pharmacist still interacts with patients, which is important to me, but works on his/her own in a completely different
She is a nurse practitioner who specializes in chemotherapy at Pinnacle Health West Shore Campus. Although I was not able to job shadow, I learned what happens in the average day of a nurse practitioner. Patients are brought back to chemo rooms where Nurse Shelley meets with them to discuss treatments and what procedures she will be performing. She accesses the patient’s medi-ports and connects him/her to the IV and programs the IV pump to distribute the medication. Following the treatment, Nurse Shelley checks the patient before he/she leaves for side effects and discharges the patient. Nurse Shelley brought me pamphlets to read and a small book with chemotherapy terminology which taught me more about her specialty and gave me information that I can carry with me throughout my medical field career. She also taught me a trick to help patients that are afraid of needles by pressing down their skin before puncturing the skin. No matter where I go in the medical field, there is a high probability that I will need to use that trick one way or another. Interviewing a nurse practitioner sparked my interest for a leadership role in the medical field that is the perfect balance of showing compassion and maintaining professionalism. At that point, I was set on becoming a nurse practitioner but I thought it would be beneficial to continue exploring jobs with different responsibilities in the medical field.
After shadowing a doctor and interviewing a nurse practitioner, I thought it would be helpful to broaden my horizons and look into medical field professions that are more behind the scenes. I decided to look into pharmacy because a pharmacist still interacts with patients, which is important to me, but works on his/her own in a completely different