Assisting the patient and the family with Dialysis - Enrique V
I always thought that a job in the health field would give me a chance for a career and that I would get to be around professionals, and maybe learn how to become one myself. I was bored in high school, I didn’t like the teachers. One day after I just left school and decided not to go back. My mom got really made at me and told me to go stay with my dad in New York. I decided to leave Philly and go to my dad’s. Dad understood me getting bored with school and he helped me get a GED. Dad also told me going to Manhattan Institute and how they could help me find out more about a job working in the health field.
Although I had visited New York many times while visiting my dad, I wasn’t that used to getting around in the city. Manhattan Institute is easy to find since it is very close to Penn Station which is where I come to from my dad’s house in Brooklyn. When I went to the school to check it out the girl at the desk told me that the next class that was about to start was the dialysis technician. I signed up for it because I was ready to get started.
I really enjoyed the classes and learning about how so many people are suffering from kidney problems. After six weeks I had completed my course and was ready to enter the health field to look for a job. I began to see how big the health care industry is. In every major city in the US the hospitals employ lots of people and they also pay pretty good too. I found a job in Philly since I wanted to be close to my mom. And started working at a hospital where I began to make friends with the dialysis patients. I learned at Manhattan Institute that sometimes the patients do not like the treatment because it gives them stress and makes them feels a little sick afterwards. And the family members who come in with the patient are also worried and stressed because of what the loved one is going through. I help everyone by always smiling and being polite, listening carefully to what they are saying or asking me to do, and letting my supervisor know when I think there is a problem. And when the treatment is done, I give the patient I always give the patient a cup of water because they have told me this treatment makes them dehydrated.
I find this job to be a good start in a health career. I get an excellent salary with health benefits and I feel like I am able to reach out to people who need my help.
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