11/16/15 Blog Assignment

                After reading the article, it is even more obvious that the youth needs to work harder than ever to seem professional and serious in the work place. As a young adult with first-hand experience, I know of multiple challenges that the youth face. First of all, it is always vital to show your best side in interviews and at work. It is important to have a clean, first impression by dressing professionally and speaking about your best qualities and balances. The article said that young adults can often come off as self-absorbed or too forward, and that is why, in interviews and at work, one should act respectful and caring. In my job interview, I tried my best to allow my employer to speak first and take the lead, and that made me seem as a good follower and listener. And when given the opportunity to speak, I did my best to seem as a hardworking, qualified worker, and now, I have been employed for over 7 months!

                Social Intelligence is then the most important quality for a worker or an intern. Personally, I would like to simply define social intelligence as the ability to work well in all situations and with all sorts of people. In my mentorship and at my job, I do my best by gaining experience and creating friendly and professional relationships with all my coworkers and mentees. I want all the people in the facilities to rely on me to finish the job adequately. And as I previously stated, social intelligence is the most important quality because it is the clearest evidence of adaptability. A worker and intern should be able to work in multiple positions in case of need. A worker should also be able to adapt to all workers, including new workers. In my opinion, adaptability, social influence, is the most wanted and vital quality I would look for if I were an employer.

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11/9/15 Blog Post Assignment

At my mentorship, I have a very repetitive and usual routine. When I get there, I just say hello to everybody, and I settle into my chair and “station”. A usual day consists of me taking some vitals with the various nurses when patients are seen, helping with treatments and procedures, and cleaning around and restocking. I try my best to get to know everybody that I come into contact with, and I always strive to be an asset and aid to the nurses and physicians. In general, I have absolutely loved and enjoyed my time with the Guilford Immediate Care Clinic. Specifically, over the last month, I have learned to set up breathing treatments and give them to patients. I have even had the opportunity to do this treatment by myself twice! I have also learned how to input information into the x-ray computer for patients, and I have aided nurses in all types of x-ray procedures.

One of my favorite and most helpful classes for this mentorship has been my honors biology class. In that class, I had a very hands-on experience, and I learned a basic understanding of the human body and its systems. Although I am not as educated as a nurse or a physician in the medical field, I did learn enough from that class to help me understand what the nurses and doctors talk about and what they mean in certain situations. At the end of the year, I did well in that class, and I believe and hope that at the end of this year, I will do very well in my mentorship!

11/2/15 Assignment

                After many weeks at my internship, I feel that I have truly learned and connected with the staff and people there. I am an intern at the Guilford Immediate Care Clinic, and my mentor allowed me the opportunity to train and intern with the several nurses. As a student hoping to become a surgical physician, I truly feel that my internship wants the best for my education because of the personal goals they have allowed me to achieve. At the beginning of the year, I wanted to make professional connections with people in my area of study. I also wanted to gain a sense of what it is like in the work environment and what to do on the job. I have personally achieved these goals because I have been able to meet all the various physicians at the clinic, and I have also met the majority of the many nurses and staff members. I have learned how to take vitals, and I have also aided with procedures like ear lavages, x-rays, breathing treatments, and vaccines. I learn so much treating patients and through these procedures, so although it varies, I feel like I have a good understanding of what the work conditions are like in that clinic. Work can typically be busier around these times, and a normal work shift is either 6 hours or 12 hours. Work is also high-paced and always filled with tasks to complete throughout the day. I also feel that I have made my supervisors’ tasks easier by simply aiding in all ways possible. I help the nurses, who are my main supervisors, by taking vitals and preparing for procedures that are often done. I also restock the procedure rooms as often as possible, and I try my best to maintain the facility clean. I completely appreciate the opportunity that has been presented to me this year through the help of the program and clinic, and I cannot wait for the rest of this year to come. 

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10/26/15 Mentorship Write Up Assignment

                My name is Eduardo, and I am very heavily involved in my school and community. I am currently a senior at East Hall high School. I am a member of the Marching Band, National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and Youth Leadership Hall. Apart from all those clubs, I am a duel-enrollment student, volunteer, and church-orchestra player. However, from all my activities and commitments, I always find time to attend my internship! I’ve known I’ve wanted a doctor since my earliest visits to the hospital and clinics, and after all my experiences with doctors, this internship is perfect! I can use my time-management skills, my alertness and focusing skills, and my social skills to get the most of this internship, and I am truly and surely getting ahead of my peers and excelling into my career. 

                After around a month, when most other students had already started their internships, my advisor contacted me to tell me she had the perfect place for me! It seemed last-minute and late, but I was eager and ready to meet my mentor. The Honors Mentorship Program had connected me with and placed me at the Guilford Immediate Care Clinic in Gainesville. I had never personally visited the Guildford Clinic before, but after a quick search, I found the address. On my first day, I dressed up and left my house early. Upon arrival, I was surprised to see multiple buildings in the complex, and I was honestly lost. I accidently went into the wrong building, but after some help, I found the correct building, and I was introduced to my mentor, Mrs. Gina Savage! She was very friendly, and she introduced me to all the receptionists, physicians, and nurses. Since that first day, I have continued my internship, and I have now been there for around two months.

                I intern on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and I have a rather interesting routine. When I enter the building, I always say hi, and I go straight to the nurses’ station. My mentor is Mrs. Savage, but she has given me the opportunity to train with the nurses, and I have learned plenty! Although the majority of patients come in with minor problems, like colds or pains, I have learned to take vitals, aided with x-ray procedures, and have seen blood drawn on multiple occasions. These are all very exciting and informative moments for me, it is giving me the opportunity to learn what the work-environment is like and what I need to know for my career. I love my internship at the Guilford Clinic, and I might possibly have a future there.

                For the remaining portion of this school year, I plan on continuing my internship at the Guilford Clinic. I then plan to attend college at either of my top two choices, the University of Georgia or Georgia State University. I then plan on attending medical school and finishing my career to become a surgical physician! Maybe I’ll even have a future with the Guilford Clinic!

10/19/15 Assignment

          I have participated in my internship for a little more than a month now, and I can honestly say that my perception has not changed much. As a student seeking to be a Surgical Physician, I am taking the first step by interning with several nurses, and I get to experience what their day is like. At first, I expected to constantly be moving and seeing patients, but I was slightly wrong. In the mornings, it is busier, and we are consistently treating patients, but once I am done with one patient, we must take time to upload information from charts to the computer system, and we must give the physician time to see every single patient! After the busier, morning hours, there is a period of slowness around lunchtime. During this time, we catch up on uploading information from charts, and we too eat lunch.

          What came as a surprise to me was the friendly and relaxed environment between the nurses, doctors, receptionists, and all workers. It is obvious that we must all work together in order to finish our tasks in a professional and timely manner, but it was nice to see that in our busy hours, the nurses all helped each other in whatever way we could. The physicians would also do their part to see patients and treat them as soon as possible. And in our slower hours, it was a surprise to see that all the employees would eat and talk in friendly tones. And although there is a regular routine of seeing patients, treating patients, and releasing patients, I have found that there is no real boringness in my internship. I always have the opportunity to help the nurses with patients, and I always see nurses uploading information. And even if we happen to have an extremely slow day, one can always count on seeing that one “interesting” patient.

10/5/15 Reflection Assignment

I believe that this journal article gave me some insight into what to truly expect from a good university. Colgate University and Sewanee: The University of the South have both been ranked very highly for the beauty of their campuses, and they have stated that their campuses have influence on a student’s decision on whether to attend or not. Universities and colleges that truly care about their students’ education and resources also provide the most updated and professional buildings to insure that the students truly learn and gain experience.
This entire article can now be a vital resource for me in life and assignments. I can use this article as a legitimate resource in papers and assignments because I have back-up when it comes to proving education and facilities. I want the best for my education, and I know that I will have to not only choose my favorite school that offers the best program for me, but also the best campus that will allow me to excel. With the proper facilities and resources, I can prosper in my studies and research, and I now know what I need to look for when visiting colleges and universities once again.