Attend
one of the UTSW sessions this month either on Monday, January 28 to
hear from a Pediatric Nurse or on Monday, February 25 to learn about melanoma. Discuss your thoughts about what you learned and what
you thought of the experience of attending a medical school seminar. Don't forget to RSVP to the event on the class website.
This was the first UT Southwestern session I attended, and I really enjoyed the experience. Going into it, I thought it was going to be a really long, boring couple of hours. However, I found myself becoming more and more interested in what the pediatric doctor had to say. The most interesting thing to me, and what I really enjoyed hearing about was the doctor's personal experiences with being a pediatric nurse, and the children whose lives she impacted, and whose lives impacted her own. Overall, I would definitely attend another session at UT Southwestern.
ReplyDeleteI have never attended a session at UT Southwestern before the nursing one. I have always wanted to attend because I want to be in the medical field, specifically nursing. When I found out the session was about nursing, I knew my attendance was a must. I learned just that after attending. The session was very informative and made my decision to enter the nursing field even more definite. It helped me see what exactly I would be doing and the background information behind it. I also saw how passionate the pediatric nurse was and how much her career had effected and changed her. It made me want to be just as in love with my job as she was and, as she talked, I really felt like this was a good match for me. I thoroughly enjoyed this session and it was just what I wanted to hear. I was so thankful I went and would return for another session in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeleteI attended the pediatric nursing session and I really enjoyed it! I have considered becoming a nurse for a long time so it was very interesting to listen to a professional tell us about her life as a nurse. I gained a lot of knowledge from the session and I realized that being a nurse could be challenging but so rewarding. I wish the speaker would have elaborated a little more about what her day looks like as opposed to spending so much time describing the classes you must take to become a nurse. Overall, I really enjoyed the lecture!
ReplyDeleteI attended the pediatric nurse session. I think that this one was the best yet. The lady speaking was a pediatric nurse and the ICU, but she now teaches others about CPR courses. It was interesting listening to her tell some of her stories and what the ICU was like back when she started and what it is like now. She had awesome pictures showing the NICU and different machines they used in the ICU. I also liked how she explained there are different avenues for becoming a nursing and other jobs to do for nurses to do instead of just working in a hospital. The only thing that was hard to understand was some of the abbreviations that she used, but other than that it was a great presentation and definitely worth being there.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that this session was the most interesting one that I have attended so far. At first, I thought that she was just going to talk about her education and degree the whole time. Once she got into her more personal and interesting stories, however, I really enjoyed the talk. I loved how she told the stories of many kids that she has been a nurse for. After hearing this talk, being a nurse, much less a pediatric nurse, sounds so difficult yet rewarding. It would be really difficult because the family gets so involved in every case, yet it would be rewarding because you have the opportunity to help kids that need assistance.
ReplyDeleteI attended the liver transplant research for stars at UTSW. I learned that they are testing different ways to transplant a liver that's not the first choice. For example, a liver from a body that medical staff do not from how long it's been without blood and oxygen wouldn't be a first choice, because they don't know the damage done to it. But a liver from a body at the hospital that they are able to monitor would be a first choice. It was interesting to find out all they had to go through just to test on pigs. All the different hoops they had to jump through that protect the animals tested on form harm and pain. I also learned that animals used for medical testing can be VERY expensive. We were allowed to see the lab where they have done so testing, but unfortunately we weren't allowed to see the animals because of restrictions on contaminates. Over all it was a very interesting and informational presentation.
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