Bionic Teutonic

This morning, I shadowed a nurse practitioner that I know in the first of my explorations into possible future medical careers. I know I would like to be involved in medicine in some way or another, and it was great to get the first insight into what one job might look like. Totally fascinating. I definitely came out of it with the sense that I could be really happy and fulfilled doing what she does. The clinic she works for seems like it is in a pretty unique and ideal situation funding, community, and outlook wise, and it was good to see that after some of the horror stories you hear about the medical industry in the U.S. It also made me want to shadow somewhere where I could see all the bad parts of the industry I might have to deal with, just so I don’t get an overly rosy picture. As a nurse practitioner, she pretty much functioned as I’m used to doctors functioning. She saw and diagnosed patients, had her own group of kids for whom she was their main care provider, wrote out prescriptions, etc. I’m used to thinking of nurses in a more supportive role, but that certainly wasn’t the case with her, so that was good to see. It was great just to go and observe and it left me feeling even more like medicine would be a good fit for me.

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