My First Military Experience The date was September 23rd 2003. I was leaving my home for the first time; I had been dreading the unknown of entering basic military training for months. I knew difficult challenges would lie ahead‚ but little did I know what changes were about to become of me in my first military experience. The trainees were stuffed into the bus like sardines; I was shoved to the very back on the floor by exit sign. The smell of fear and the odor of a gym locker room filled the
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attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on 7/11 in Elizabeth NJ at the immaculate Conception School on Prince Street. It was an open-discussion meeting. It reminded me of any therapeutic group; although it did seam more structured and ritualistic‚ almost like a religious group. Before the meeting‚ everyone was socializing gathered around coffee and cookies. Most people seemed to be very close to each other. There was a stand with many pamphlets containing information about alcoholism‚ the program‚
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It was a very strange experience that I had in a bar I was sitting watching a game of my soccer team‚ and suddenly something unexpected happened‚ something I thought would never happen‚ look at the door of the Bar‚ and my ex-girlfriend school was entering and I was very surprised to see it again‚ it was a very strange feeling that happened to me. She looked at me and approached me to greet me and ask me how I was living in my life. After a good time talking to her‚ she told me to leave very uncomfortable
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My admiration and respect for the profession of medicine developed at the age of 8‚ due to a close encounter with death. I was admitted in a hospital due to an extremely low and rapidly deteriorating blood platelet count. At first the doctors provided me with a treatment that should have treated 90% of the cases‚ but they didn’t have any effect on me‚ and with the time running out quickly they resorted to the next best treatment. If this treatment didn’t work‚ I was only left one other option and
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values from different experiences of his/her life. Here is an experience‚ which was a turning point to my life. My speech was a laughable to listeners when I was in my 9th grade year. Learning how to speak in front of a crowd was a most significant moment in my life because I learned basic skills like speaking‚ facing an audience‚ and memorizing sentences. My English teacher paved the way for me to be a better speaker. It all started when she told me to speak some words about my achievements in school
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you cannot truly understand until you experience it. As a kid‚ I heard about grief in class‚ but was unable to comprehend that feeling. I heard about the grief my mother fought through when her mom died but was unable to understand how she felt. I would think about my parents one day dying and cry. Until this past June‚ I never grasped the concept of grief. Let me rewind a bit before the event of late June. My grandparents had flown out to Seattle to watch my cousin perform her last choir concert
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visited the psychiatric unit many times and recall the many different individuals that were sectioned here. The psychiatric unit allowed patients to wander freely within the grounds‚ and I was able to interact with other people. What was striking to me as a young child was that none of the individuals I encountered showed obvious signs of mental illness; I realised that not all mental health conditions are apparent; even to the person suffering. Since then I have had the pleasure of looking after
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So far‚ the college experience has made me a changed person. College changed me into a better person on many occasions. I have learned to be more responsible‚ when it comes down to getting work done. In college you must be responsible. I have also changed my attitude. Moving from high school to college is a big step; if you don’t change your ways for the better then you might not be successful in college. When you reach college then is the time that you become an adult. First off‚ the college
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Introduction Nursing as a career is chosen for many different reasons. Some are interested in the human body‚ and others want to help those in need. The nursing experience is one not easily forgotten‚ but often taken for granted. Nurses and their value have been weighted more heavily in the past 10 years for its relevance to the survival of medicine. The nursing shortage has created a national outcry for the need to encourage nursing as a career. “As the nursing shortage peaked nurses who were
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that all measures are being taken for the patient to have the best possible outcomes. My experience as a registered nurse has helped me develop my feelings and beliefs toward this incredible profession. I am grateful that nursing allows a person endless opportunities for growth within the field while fulfilling the need to serve others. It is my goal as a nurse to empower patients through the behaviors I display during their care. Nursing is not only the act of providing knowledgeable scientific based
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