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    Ana Rodriguez completed an internship at West Valley Medical Center where she had previously done a high school internship. This time she was able to do more, such as running labs, assisting patients, and delivering newspapers. She enjoyed interacting with and talking to patients, which influenced her decision to pursue a career in healthcare. Through her internship, she learned the importance of speaking loudly with older patients and became more grateful for her own health. She wants to see more diversity in healthcare professionals to better represent the community. The internship had a positive impact on her future career goals.

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    Ana Rodriguez completed an internship at West Valley Medical Center where she had previously done a high school internship. This time she was able to do more, such as running labs, assisting patients, and delivering newspapers. She enjoyed interacting with and talking to patients, which influenced her decision to pursue a career in healthcare. Through her internship, she learned the importance of speaking loudly with older patients and became more grateful for her own health. She wants to see more diversity in healthcare professionals to better represent the community. The internship had a positive impact on her future career goals.

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    Ana Rodriguez completed an internship at West Valley Medical Center where she had previously done a high school internship. This time she was able to do more, such as running labs, assisting patients, and delivering newspapers. She enjoyed interacting with and talking to patients, which influenced her decision to pursue a career in healthcare. Through her internship, she learned the importance of speaking loudly with older patients and became more grateful for her own health. She wants to see more diversity in healthcare professionals to better represent the community. The internship had a positive impact on her future career goals.

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    Ana Rodriguez completed an internship at West Valley Medical Center where she had previously done a high school internship. This time she was able to do more, such as running labs, assisting patients, and delivering newspapers. She enjoyed interacting with and talking to patients, which influenced her decision to pursue a career in healthcare. Through her internship, she learned the importance of speaking loudly with older patients and became more grateful for her own health. She wants to see more diversity in healthcare professionals to better represent the community. The internship had a positive impact on her future career goals.

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    Ana Rodriguez learned that patient interaction is very important to her and she wants to work in healthcare. She also found the internship encouraging and inspiring, helping her work towards her future goals.

    Ana Rodriguez assisted with tasks like running labs between buildings, helping patients into wheelchairs, and delivering newspapers to patients. She enjoyed talking to patients who were lonely.

    Volunteering humbled Ana Rodriguez and made her more grateful for her health. It reinforced that she wants to work in healthcare with a focus on patient interaction.

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    Ana Rodriguez

    25 November 2019

    Final Reflection Paper

    I had the privilege of completing my internship at West Valley Medical Center in

    Caldwell, Idaho. I've had ties with West Valley ever since I was a senior in high school. I took a

    career class and we were assigned internships based on several different personality tests. I was

    assigned to West Valley, but the timing was difficult. We had to go to our internship class during

    our regular class times and it was only about an hour, so by the time I drove myself to the

    hospital, I had very little time left. I wasn't able to do much because of timing and because I was

    a junior volunteer so I was a little restricted on the things that I could and couldn't do. I decided

    to return to West Valley to complete my internship because I have always loved the atmosphere

    and the people there are great.

    Upon returning to West Valley for my internship, I was able to do many more things.

    Some of these things include: running labs to and from different buildings, assisting patients into

    wheelchairs,and delivering newspapers. I am glad that I was able to have more interactions with

    patients. I feel like I am a people person and having those connections and talks with patients

    means a lot to me. When I started delivering newspapers, it was a bit intimidating for me because

    although I am a people person I am still shy at the beginning and it takes me a little to warm up

    to people. Because of my shyness delivering papers was a little difficult at first because I had to

    know on patients’ doors and then go into their rooms. Sometimes I would stay with the patients a

    few minutes and chat with them about their day or how long they have been at the hospital and
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    their experiences. Volunteering at the hospital has really humbled me and made me even more

    grateful for my health.

    Seeing the patients there being ill and not being able to do activities of daily living such

    as walking or dressing themselves is really sad to see. I enjoyed talking to them because some of

    the patients were very lonely and didn't have many people to talk to. I also learned that when

    talking to older people you sometimes have to be louder than usual. This might be common

    sense but I didn't grow up having grandparents or older people around. This was a new concept

    that I had to adjust myself to. This internship did influence my future career choice because it

    made me want to be in the healthcare field even more. I have always wanted to be in the

    healthcare field and I was never really sure about what I wanted to do, but now I know that the

    patient interaction is very valuable to me and that is something that I want to do in the future.

    While I would do lab runs I sometimes watched people get their blood drawn and to me it was a

    very neat experience. I enjoyed watching the phlebotomist make conversation with patients and

    then draw their blood. I don't get squeamish over blood like a lot of people do, I actually enjoy

    observing these kind of procedures.

    I want people like myself to have a role in the healthcare system. I want to see more

    doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and phlebotomists that look like me. I notice that a lot of times we

    are underrepresented and I often stop and ask myself why this might be. Even while volunteering

    at the hospital and working at the front desk there would be people who would ask me if I knew

    Spanish and when I said yes they would get extremely happy and I was also very happy that I

    was able to help them out by using my Spanish. I am grateful for this internship and the fact that

    it did have a positive influence on my future career choice. I felt encouraged and inspired to
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    study and work hard to get to where I want to be and to live that American dream like my parents

    once envisioned for myself.

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