more intellectual stimulation‚ I am a very smart person and have always challenged myself to be better; therefore‚ I believe that the Honors College would be a great challenge to me. Since I am interested in the medical field and especially the pediatric area of study‚ I want to possibly study progeria and the differences in the human genome. Progeria is a rare genetic disorder‚ so rare that only one in four million
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MY DREAM CAREER My dream career is to become a registered nurse with a master diploma of Business administration and nursing. Since my mother-in-law surgery two years ago‚ l have realized that nursing is the perfect profession for me because nurses are the people who never stop caring and always there to help‚ as shown in above diagram. I am thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to become a university of
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will be available within 20 minutes. If the result is positive‚ patients will receive a blood test to confirm the result‚ which also takes about 20 minutes. Patients who test positive for HIV will then schedule a no-cost visit to the hospital’s pediatric HIV clinic to receive counseling‚ education and information on how to share the diagnosis with relatives. Adolescents who test positive for HIV will not be required to share the diagnosis with their parents‚ but hospital staff will encourage them
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Currently‚ my aspirations lie towards Pediatrics. With frequent visits to the doctor’s office due to illnesses and infections from my vesicoureteral reflux as a child‚ the health care setting became a place I was comfortable with. Furthermore‚ my experiences volunteering at Kids Come First Community
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The career that I chose for this paper is a child psychiatrist. A child psychiatrist is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating behavioral and thought disorders in children. A child psychiatrist uses his/her knowledge on many factors including biological and psychological factors‚ in order to devise a treatment plan for a child with behavior and thought disorders. A psychiatrist may devise a treatment plan that may involve just your child‚ your family‚ or another group. A treatment plan
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My clinical rotation at White Memorial Medical Center was a memorable experience for me. The nurses that I was assigned to or shadowed were very kind with sharing their experiences as well as their knowledge when it came to taking care of children. My first day at White Memorial Medical Center‚ I was lucky enough to be picked by the charge nurse named Robbie at the PICU. She picked two more students to shadow her nurses. She had four patients ranging from ages 3 months to 15 years of age. I had a
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helping students perform their best. Recess is most children’s favorite period‚ and parents and teachers should encourage that trend‚ according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Recess can be a critical time for development and social interaction‚ and in a new policy statement published in the journal Pediatrics‚ pediatricians from the AAP support the importance of having a scheduled break in the school day. “Children need to have downtime between complex cognitive challenges‚” says
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Best‚ D.‚ & Mcpherson M. E. (2011‚ February). Fighting Childhood Obesity: Resources to help the community pediatrician curb this epidemic.. Contemporary Pediatrics‚ 28(2)‚ 40-51. CINAHL Dolinsky‚ D. H.‚ Siega-Riz‚ A. M.‚ & Armstrong‚ A. C. (2011‚ January). Recognizing and Preventing Childhood Obesity. Contemporary Pediatrics‚ 28(1)‚ 32-42. CINAHL. Lawrence‚ S.‚ Hazlett‚ R.‚ & Hightower‚ P. (2010‚ May). Understanding and Acting on the Growing Childhood and Adolescent Weight Crisis:
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The Period of Purple Crying The Period of Purple Crying is a way to teach parents and caregivers about the point in every baby’s life when they cry more than others. It usually starts around two weeks of age and continues until about the age of four months‚ (Period of Purple Crying‚ n.d.). Years ago the term “colic” was used my parents and medical providers to describe this period of crying. It gave the impression that there is a medical condition associated with this time in a young baby’s
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\ For my career I would like to be a pediatrician . I would like to be a pediatrician because I love to work with kids . I think they are very adorable and they interest me and I love to help them in there needs . A pediatrician is a child’s physician who provides Preventive health maintenance for healthy children ‚ Medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill . pediatricians focus on babies‚ children‚ adolescents‚
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