Personal Narrative: A Career As A Speech-Language Pathologist
Everyone as a child has dreamed of being something when they grow up. Some wished to be firefighters or the president but I dreamed of becoming a nurse. Although as I grew up new careers and opportunities became apparent to me, one being a speech-language pathologist. My childhood dream of becoming a nurse though, is still very relevant. While registered nurses and speech-language pathologists are both in the medical field, they deal with and perform completely different tasks, and have various college requirements. Continuing my education into college has always been the plan for me. Both careers I’m looking into require a college education, but the lengths vary. A speech-language pathologist must have a four-year degree, but becoming
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A nurse would take care of the basic patient care in hospitals, or doctor’s offices. This would include, giving medicines, dressing wounds, checking vitals, and helping doctors during medical procedures on patients of any age. Nurses work with a wide array of sophisticated machinery, so it is necessary to know exactly how everything works to prevent accidents. On the other hand a speech-language pathologist would diagnose problems, and provide treatment programs for patients. A speech-language pathologist works with anyone from a child with a stutter to an elderly person who had suffered from a stroke. They teach their patients how to make sounds, improve their voice, and increase speaking skills. A speech-language pathologist uses books, pictures, toys, and simple computer systems as part of the patients treatment when necessary. These careers would also have a need for speaking skills on the job. A speech-language pathologist obviously needs to be able to speak well to inform her patients of their diagnoses, and while teaching. A nurse needs speaking skills in order to keep the patient's updated, and aware of what is happening, and of future treatment options. Along with both needing speaking skills, they also need to be extremely organized. Keeping track of patient's records can get very messy and unorganized if you don’t stay on top of things, having unorganized papers is the least of your worries in both
A nurse would take care of the basic patient care in hospitals, or doctor’s offices. This would include, giving medicines, dressing wounds, checking vitals, and helping doctors during medical procedures on patients of any age. Nurses work with a wide array of sophisticated machinery, so it is necessary to know exactly how everything works to prevent accidents. On the other hand a speech-language pathologist would diagnose problems, and provide treatment programs for patients. A speech-language pathologist works with anyone from a child with a stutter to an elderly person who had suffered from a stroke. They teach their patients how to make sounds, improve their voice, and increase speaking skills. A speech-language pathologist uses books, pictures, toys, and simple computer systems as part of the patients treatment when necessary. These careers would also have a need for speaking skills on the job. A speech-language pathologist obviously needs to be able to speak well to inform her patients of their diagnoses, and while teaching. A nurse needs speaking skills in order to keep the patient's updated, and aware of what is happening, and of future treatment options. Along with both needing speaking skills, they also need to be extremely organized. Keeping track of patient's records can get very messy and unorganized if you don’t stay on top of things, having unorganized papers is the least of your worries in both