St. Gianna Catholic Health Academy

Nicole Goetz

By Nicole Goetz

Orientation Work

•Toured St. Francis and St. Joseph Hospital•Tuberculosis Shots•Guest Speakers

–Instructed us where to park–Informed us on how to behave–Handwashing presentation

Handwashing Presentations

• Taught the importance of hygiene• Performed to Pre-K through 3rd

– Created a skit to show them how they should wash their hands

– Sang a song about hand washing

Health Care Entry Level Position

• Physical Therapy Assistant– Most physical therapist

assistants earn an associate degree from an accredited physical therapist assistant program.   

– Algebra, English, anatomy and physiology, and psychology are many of the academic courses that are taken.  Some of the clinical work includes certifications in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other first aid .

Health Care Entry Level Position

• Respiratory Therapist– This interests me because you are

able to help others ranging from babies to elderly people when there like is in danger because of their breathing problems. 

– Respiratory therapists evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders.   

– An associate degree is all that is required to be a respiratory therapist, but many hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Health Care Entry Level Position

• Pharmacy Technician– A pharmacy technician receives

prescription requests, counts the medicine, prepares prescriptions, labels the bottles, helps with administrative duties, and helps customers. 

– There is no required training for pharmacy technicians, but employers look for people who have had training and have a high school diploma.

Health Care Long Term Positions

• Physical Therapy– Physical Therapy interests me

because you are able to help the physical therapist with patients and are able to help others out. 

– In order to be a physical therapist you need to have a post-baccalaureate degree from an accredited physical therapy program. 

– Physical therapists should have strong communication skills and want to help their patients, so they can help educate their patients about the conditions they have.

• Pharmacy– A career in pharmacy interests

me because I like helping others and medicine is an important part in people’s lives.

– An applicant wanting to become a pharmacist must complete a Pharm D. degree as well as two years of specific professional study. 

– A license is required to be a pharmacist in the United  States.   In order to obtain a license, pharmacists have to earn a Pharm.D. degree from a college of pharmacy and pass several exams.

Health Care Long Term Positions

Health Care Long Term Positions

• Athletic Trainer– Being an athletic trainer

has always interested me because I love sports, and you would be able to help athletes to get over their injuries so they compete again. 

– Athletic trainers should be able to recognize, evaluate, and assess injuries and provide immediate care when needed.

– Athletic trainers specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries to the muscle and bone.

Career Paper SummaryPhysical Therapy

• Physical therapy is the treatment with physical agents, which is the diagnosis and treatment of disabilities and diseases by the use of physical agents. A physical therapist diagnoses and treats individuals of all ages who have medical problems or other health related conditions or injuries that limits their ability to move

Handmade Thank You Letters

• After each week of rotations we made a Thank You note for someone we shadowed in the unit or came and talked to us about different medical departments

4 SE

Kim Frangenberg

Lab

General Surgery

Meg Trump- Respiratory Therapist

Professional Thank You Letters

Professional Thank You Letters

Professional Thank You Letters

Professional Thank You Letters

Professional Thank You Letters

Mentor Form- Cath Lab

Mentor Form- Lab

Mentor Form- NCCU

Mentor Form- 7 SE

Mentor Form- 8 SE

Cover Letter

Resume

References

Cyndi DeReeTracy Winslow, Lay Pastoral Assistant

Mr. Greg Krotz, Instructor

Blog Week 3- 4SE

• I was at 4 SE this week.  I followed a nurse around and watched her put different IV's on patients.  She also gave medicine to her patients and checked up on them regularly.  Several patients I observed had strokes and one patient's heart wasn't beating right.  The first day she gave this patient blood through an IV. 

Blog Week 5- Laboratory

• This week I was in the Laboratory.  The first day I went around with a nurse and saw her take blood from patients so they could observe the blood to see what is wrong with the patient.  The second day I went around and tourned the Lab.  I learned about what they do in the Lab and what they observe.

Blog Week 6- General Surgery

• This week I was at General Surgery.  The nurse I followed on the first day basically just checked up on patients and gave them medicine.  The second day was more interesting.  One of the patients I saw had pus on her stomach.  She had one whole in her stomach already where they put a sponge, and when I was there they were working on taking the pus out from another spot on her stomach.  It seemed like the lady was in alot of pain.  There was also a lot of excitement in one room.  One of the nurses smelt smoke, so she went into the room and found one of her patients smoking.  Everyone was scared, especially his roomate because they were afraid that the place was going to blow up becuase he had oxygen on and oxygen and smoke do not work well together!  He would not give his cigarettes and lighter to the nurse, so security had to come and get them from the man.

Blog Week 8- Cath Lab

• This week I was in the Cath Lab.  It was pretty interesting.  The 1st day was more interesting than the 2nd day because I saw the same thing both days.  They were checking their patients to see if they had any blockage in their heart anywhere.  The first patient I saw just had a little blockage in her heart, so she didn't need to have surgery, but the second patient that came in was an emergency patient and had total blockage in his heart.

Blog Week 9- Radiology• Week 9 I was in the Radiology

department.  Both days I ended up in the CT part of the Radiology department.  There wasn't very much going on either day.  I basically just sat there becuase there was not very many patients that had a CT scan.  The first day there was a patient that was having her stomach aired up, but that was basically the most

interesting part of this rotation.

Professional SpeakersCarissa Coleman- Psychology

• Types of Psychologists– A community

psychologist researches, and helps prevent mental illnesses in the future. They focus on the well-being of people, learn how people adapt, create programs, and focus on social justice, which brings the community together.

– A developmental psychologist focus’ on aging, adult developmental, and relationships.

Professional SpeakersDr. Terry Summerhouse- Family

Practice• Some of the different required

classes you have to take before you get into Medical School are English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. After you take these perquisite classes, you apply to get into Medical School. It takes four years in Medical School and everyone takes the same four years in Medical School no matter what degree you plan on going into. After Medical School, the students have 2-3 years of residency. Residency is when they work with other doctors. The final training to become a doctor is to split up into whatever field you want to go into and practice the different procedures a doctor does.

• The shifts are usually 12 hr. days in the medical field, but you usually only work three days

Professional SpeakersClint Stucky- Occupational Therapy• Occupational therapists help

patients improve their ability to perform tasks in living and working environments. They work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabling condition

• A master's degree or higher in occupational therapy is the typical minimum requirement for entry into the field

• Occupational therapists make about $70,000 a year

Future Plans

• Following my graduation at Bishop Carroll, I plan to attend Pitt State, then go to either Wichita State University or the University of Kansas to get a degree in Physical Therapy.

Final Reflection

• This class has aided me in my career decision through the different rotations I have been on.

• I am glad I have been able to experience all the things this program has to offer