AnnaRicciHawkenProjects2022

I was inspired to create this project because as I graduate Highschool and start to study nursing in college, I wanted some experience in the medical field. This was a great way to look at emergency response, as well as in patient and out patient medicine. I believe this project went very well for me because it showed me a lot about my interests. It was so neat to be in the hospital setting, as well as on the fire truck and ambulance. Through this project, I was able to learn more about myself and my passions. I learned on my project that my reality is very different than others. If possible, Hawken School should encourage others to explore fields that they will be pursuing later in life because it can draw in more passion. I am not sure if Hawken would be able to do anything with a service day with my mentors because of the hospital setting and limited space. When giving advice to rising juniors/senior, I would recommend that they find something they ...

  For my final day of shadowing experience, I shadowed Mrs. Shea, and OBGYN nurse. During this experience, I got to see both a C-Section as well as a Vaginal Birth. Both of these experiences were very cool to watch. During the C-Section, I got to be in the OR and watch the whole procedure take place. I observed with everyone did in the room, and payed very close attention to the nurses. Once thing that stood out to me was how sterile everything had to be in the room, including bright lights for the surgery that had plastic sterile covers over them, and a completely sterile table. After observing the C-section, I knew that me going into nursing was the right decision. The way the nurses interacted with the patient, the baby when it was born just wanted to make me already be a nurse. After the C-Section, Mrs. Shea took me on a tour of Post Partum and the NICU. After taking more and more steps around the hospital, I knew that I loved the environment. Walking around the NICU, we ran in...

  On my last day of project at the fire station, it was a special day because it was memorial day. When I got down to the station, we made a great big breakfast together with eggs, hashbrowns, biscuits, and gravy. IT WAS SO GOOD. One really big takeaway I learned from this portion of my project was how important cooking is in the fire station, Everybody pitches in to help in some capacity. Additionally, I was located at station 2 in Euclid. There are 3 stations in total in Euclid, and since it was memorial day, we all traveled to station 1 to say hello to others. After that, we went on various calls. It was also very hot outside, so everyone was pouring sweat while running around, including me. A very memorable experience I will keep with me was when I tried on all the gear. There are so many layers to the equipment to make it withstand fire, but it also makes it extremely heavy. Once I had all the gear on, Mr. Shea helped to put me on an oxygen tank so I could see what it felt lik...