This week I worked with a Medical Assistant by the name of Dale. I got to observe her draw blood from patients before they were leaving the clinic, and I also got to see what veins she was trying to go for and what veins she didn't want to go for. She could tell just by the look of a patient's veins what they use to do in the past and I thought that was rather interesting. She's a surgical MA, so she told me all kinds of surgeries she's been in before and which one was her favorite and which one was her least favorite. She told me that she loved participating in an open heart surgery; however, she couldn't take the surgery that involved a gigantic ball of hair being taken out of someone's abdominal region. I thought it was fascinating, but she didn't think the same. She told me more about the world famous Dr. Gibson and how Dr. Gibson is the best OB she's ever encountered and that just made me want to meet her more! Dr. Gibson is so loved by everyone she works with and that just inspires me because I hope I can be as good of a doctor as her. Dale and I also talked about my future on becoming either an OB/GYN or Pediatric surgeon and she just told me to keep going for it and that I can do it if I put my mind to it. I really enjoyed working with Dale because I can see her passion into career and I love seeing that in people who work in the medical field. It's an intimidating field, so seeing people love doing what they do is comforting.
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This week I got to deal with patients with the help of Medical Assistants and some Registered Nurses. I got to work with a MA on one day and we helped a patient, but I cannot really discuss any information about the patient due to HIPPA laws. We just did a regular checkup basically. The next day I worked in Radiology; however, the x-ray machine was down, so unfortunately all I did was a little reading and quiz along with that reading and that was about it... The next day I got to work in Transfusion and I got to take blood pressure by myself and manually check people's pulse. I also got to take patient's temperature and watch an RN put in an IV. It was pretty fascinating. The day after that, I got to work in the Cardio Rehab center where I learned about patients who dealt with heart conditions or heart procedures and were ordered to take some kind of physical therapy. I worked with Nicole and another lady there who worked the entire section by themselves. They were really involved in their patients' lives and it was so sweet hearing them talk to them as if they were all family. You could tell how much they cared for their patients and their health. I learned the process of how they take the patient's blood pressure at rest, then while they're exercising, and then when they're done exercising. It was pretty neat. I loved that I got to be able to work with patients this week; that was possibly the highlight of my internship so far.
This week was the beginning of my internship at Beaumont Family Medicine Center and it has been an interesting journey so far. On the very first day of my internship, I met a woman who works more with papers rather than patients. Her job title is something that relays in data. I believe her job title is a Data Analysis Director, but I do know she does deal with data and the paper aspect of medicine. She creates graphs and data sheets dealing with the number of residents, number of patients that are in and out, the number of no shows (doctors who couldn't make it to their appointment because of last minute procedures (usually mothers who are in labor), and a lot more. I also toured the "data/paper only" side of the clinic. The next day I met 3 registrars (official keepers of medical records and more important information) by the name Tania, Martha and another woman whose name I didn't catch. I learned how to check in patients and how to give a person their medication when they come in for it. There's different colored scrubs for people who do different jobs. The green are MA's (Medical Assistants), light blue are RN's (Registered Nurses), purple are registrars/clerical staff, and royal blue are either X-Ray techs or Respiratory techs. I learned about the scheduling for RN's, on call physicians, and on call residents. On the third day of my internship, I met 3 RN's named Judy, Paulette, and Karen. Judy is an OB (Obstetrics) nurse who is leaving the clinic to return to working in a hospital setting. I also learned that Residents have a certain amount of patients they MUST see during their 3 years of residency. I got to triage a patient which just means I was working with a patient based off their condition and what type of priority they were. After we triaged a patient, we went into this office area where RN's and others usually do insurance work, medical records, schedule appointments, etc. One major thing that I really learned this week is that a woman who is 25 weeks pregnant, should be measuring 25 centimeters; I also learned that everyone works together as a team. Everyone has an important role in the healthcare field and they all tie together.
I work in a office setting and I wouldn't really change anything about it. I like how organized and structured it is right now. My personal preference, however, would be working in a hospital setting rather than clinical setting. I feel the hospital has more of a fast-paced lifestyle, and I love the fast-paced aspect of medicine. There's always something going on in a hospital and that's what I like about it. I don't mind working in a clinical setting; however, in the future, I plan to work in the hospital for some time before I just go straight into a clinical setting. |
Victoria PerryHello, all! I'm Victoria Perry and this blog is going to be about my journey through Career Field Experience and shadowing doctors, nurses, etc. Welcome to my journey! Archives
November 2016
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