Telemetry Volunteer
As a Telemetry Volunteer at the extremely busy Telemetry Department at Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, La Jolla, CA, through my over 300-hours of regular, evening service, I significantly increased my practical medical assistant skills by aiding telemetry technicians, hospital staff, cardiovascular patients, stroke patients, and family members. More specifically, when not monitoring and analyzing EKG tracings, I consistently delivered following hospital protocols supervised care and extra comfort by: Maintaining and organizing telemetry boxes, adjusting patient EKG leads, replenishing supplies, transporting samples to the lab, running errands for the staff, directly assisting nurses in clean rooms, and comforting patients and their families (e.g. adjusting blankets, active listening). These many hours of applied telemetry training, the …show more content…
realistic career planning, internet access, and job search) to Americans with significant medical disabilities. Through this position, I voluntarily acquired and demonstrated first-hand, enhanced abilities to compassionately support, communicate and guide medically and physically handicapped individuals. Casual Career Advisor
As a career advisor on a 4-month term contract at the NOVA Youth Employment Office in Sunnyvale, CA, I regularly provided employment guidance to youth and on a biweekly basis made well-received presentations to the NOVA Workforce Board updating the status of and highlighting future opportunities for the annual Job Shadow Day Program for Youth in Silicon Valley, a Program to which I had previously made major contributions as a volunteer. This employment meaningfully grew my ability to effectively interact and communicate with youth and program
As a Telemetry Volunteer at the extremely busy Telemetry Department at Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, La Jolla, CA, through my over 300-hours of regular, evening service, I significantly increased my practical medical assistant skills by aiding telemetry technicians, hospital staff, cardiovascular patients, stroke patients, and family members. More specifically, when not monitoring and analyzing EKG tracings, I consistently delivered following hospital protocols supervised care and extra comfort by: Maintaining and organizing telemetry boxes, adjusting patient EKG leads, replenishing supplies, transporting samples to the lab, running errands for the staff, directly assisting nurses in clean rooms, and comforting patients and their families (e.g. adjusting blankets, active listening). These many hours of applied telemetry training, the …show more content…
realistic career planning, internet access, and job search) to Americans with significant medical disabilities. Through this position, I voluntarily acquired and demonstrated first-hand, enhanced abilities to compassionately support, communicate and guide medically and physically handicapped individuals. Casual Career Advisor
As a career advisor on a 4-month term contract at the NOVA Youth Employment Office in Sunnyvale, CA, I regularly provided employment guidance to youth and on a biweekly basis made well-received presentations to the NOVA Workforce Board updating the status of and highlighting future opportunities for the annual Job Shadow Day Program for Youth in Silicon Valley, a Program to which I had previously made major contributions as a volunteer. This employment meaningfully grew my ability to effectively interact and communicate with youth and program