Tazhana Dukes -Your knowledge or details about the person, company, or organization based on initial research Talithla Hutchins Children's Hospital . 700 Children's Dr, Columbus, OH 43205 . (614)-722-2000 Registered Nurse (RN)
Columbus, OH
Pre-Experience Self-Reflection Questions:
Am I primarily interested in a job shadowing or mentoring experience? Yes
Define job shadowing or mentoring in your own words. Job shadowing or mentoring is students learning about a specific occupation to see if the ob issuitbleforthem or not.
What are THREE primary, measurable goals I am setting for myself for this experience? 3 primary goals I am setting for myself for this experience is 1- make sure I enjoy or like my experience here. 2- Learn new information that I didn't already know about the occupation. 3-
What fears or hesitations do I have before undertaking this experience? A fear I have before undertaking this experience is ending up not liking or wanting to continue on with that field of work or study.
Identify a strength you can rely on for this assignment and an area of weakness or that you can improve in during this assignment. A strength I can rely on for this assignment is I picking up on new information and learning new things. A weakness that I can improve on is being more interested in what m doing.
GENERAL RESEARCH:
1. Is there any information about your Job Shadow Host on the Internet? Yes Is their bio on the company website?No Do they have a profile on LinkedIn or other social media? Yes 2. What type of business is your Job Shadow Company in? Medical Who are their competitors? Ohio health Corporation, Mount Carmel Health System, Licking Memorial Health Systems. 3. What goods or services do they provide? They provide a wide range of primary and preventive health care services. 4. Three questions ? • Do all the nurses work together as a team or is it more one on one with the patients? Yes each nurse is required to work together as a team & each nurse is assigned a patient.
• What do you like about your job? & Why? Something the nurse liked about her job was she has the chance to help each patient and check their health, making sure their okay
• What is your starting salary? Nurses starting salary is $66,640 during 2016-2017.
Final Reflection
-What did you learn (skills, attitudes, information)?
Something I learned is nurses spend more time with their patients than their assigned doctor does.
-What was unexpected or surprising? Something I didn't expect is the amount of money the make an hour. ($32-$33 per hr.)
-Provide examples why you would or would not want to work in this field after your experience or why or why not your mentorship was effective (look back over your goals). After my experience I decided that I would still go into this field because it feels good to help and care for others.
-Share what was your favorite part of this experience or the most valuable lesson you personally learned? My favorite part was spending time with certain patients and putting a smile on their faces because they had someone to visit them while they were in the hospital.
-What specific skills, knowledge, or background will you need to be successful in this field (or at college or a career)? Some specific skills, knowledge, or background you will need to be successful in this field is you need a bachelors degree, you have to have graduated from high school and some type of study in the nursing field.
-Share EITHER at least one piece of advice you would provide to a peer after your experience with job shadowing or mentoring OR something you would do differently if you had this opportunity again. A piece of advice I'd give to a peer is make sure you have a positive attitude when going into that field because a lot of patients come in sad or depressed.