My Essential Question

My Essential Question:

How does Pica, a disease, intervene with patients' lives?

Q: Why did you select this as your essential question?

A:I selected this essential question because I am fascinated by food and this disease makes me ponder. People diagnosed with Pica have an insatiable urge to eat non-food substances like dirt, paper, glue and clay. Though it is believed to be linked with mineral deficiency, health experts have found no real cause and no cure for the peculiar disorder. I am very curious about how people deal with Pica's symptoms and how Pica affect their lives.

Q: What excites you most about finding the answer to this essential question?

A: What excites me most about finding the answer to this essential question is that I might help future patients who are diagnosed with this disease by helping them cope with it better.

Q: Do you feel that this question accurately reflects a desire/need that you have to find out more about this topic?

A: I feel that this question does accurately reflect a desire that I have to find out more about this topic because this peculiar disease is so mysterious and unknown to most people. Also, I know of this disease, but I have never met someone who was diagnosed with it. Hopefully, through my investigation of this essential question, I will be more knowledgeable about Pica.

Want to Lose Some Extra Pounds? Drink More Water!

I have seen innumerable patients diagnosed with obesity, and I recently read an article about how to maintain a healthy diet through the simplicity of drinking two cups of water before each meal. This article states that you could potentially lose 15 1/2 pounds in 12 weeks if you drink 2 cups of water before breakfast, lunch, and dinner in addition to a low-calorie diet. So please do not think that by eating ice cream and drinking water you will the extra lose weight. You actually have to change your entire diet;drinking water just makes that process easier and faster for obese individuals. I thought that this article was very interesting; it makes me have second thoughts when I drink a Dr. Pepper or Coke.

Works Cited:

DUBANSKY, Hanna. "Does Drinking Water Before Meals Help You Lose Weight? - US News and World Report." Health News Articles - US News Health. Web. 06 Dec. 2010. meals-help-you-loseweight.html>.

Chaotic yet Fascinating

One amazing aspect about the ER is that the moment I step into the hospital, chaos is present; nurses and physicians are always on the go with innumerable patients to see. I have never mentored on a day where it is slow in the ER. Just last week I saw a corpse of a seventy-one year old male who committed suicide by hanging himself. One of his neighbors found him in his living room. The body was very gruesome. His eyes were literally popping out with a grotesque yellowish greenish color to it, and his lips and fingers were a deep shade of purple. Also, his body was very stiff. This image seemed surreal to me, and it reminded me of a zombie in a haunted house or something that is in scary movies--I never thought that an actual corpse would look like that, so it was very fascinating. It was a good introduction to my day in the ER, and it was the highlight of my week.

Here is the logo of Northeast Georgia Hospital:

My Sentence

Everyone has a sentence that describes their passion or who they are as a person. Well, this is my sentence:

She will travel to undeveloped countries and offer her knowledge and compassion when she graduates from a medical school.

The Exciting Atmosphere in the ER

Your senior year should be the best year of your high school career according to many people but the stress and struggle of balancing extracurricular activities and school work transformed me into a nocturnal monster who doesn't sleep! Although I love this fast-pace busy life, it does catch up to me and I feel like I am not really enjoying my last year of high school to the fullest. This doesn't mean that I don't love what I do, but I feel like I am doing too much, and I simply don't have time for myself. For the first time in a long time since school has started, I feel genuinely at peace when I went to my mentorship. The exciting atmosphere of being in the Emergency Room was simply amazing. Having the opportunity to see a mentally disabled African American male being controlled by two strong physicians so the third one could stitch up an eight centimeter wound and being able to witness another male who has fainted and collapsed from the intoxication of gas while he was fixing a car at an automobile shop are my escape from the numerous problems of a typical teenager. I also discovered many aspects of being a physician in the ER that astonished me such as the innumerable patients that come into the ER whose cases are not "emergencies" but rather minor cases that could be treated through over-the-counter medicine. Moreover, the fact that ER physicians spend most of their time in front of the computer documenting tedious paperwork rather than seeing patient shocked me. Being able to mentor in the ER has definitely open my eyes to the real life atmosphere of this profession.

Below are some pictures that I found on the internet because there are confidentiality issues when it comes to the hospital.


This picture is very similar to the beds that are in the ER rooms.



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This is another good illustration of a patient that I saw while I was there. This 9 year-old girl had a very high fever who continuously cried from her sickness. I was sympathetic when I saw this.



Until next time...Bye Bye!

My Mission Statement

I am a warm, loving, confident, passionate, and ambitious individual.
I embrace challenges and obstacles with a good attitude.
I will wake up every morning with an optimistic mind.
My mission is to inspire my peers and better my community through my deterministic personality.

First Impressions are Important

Regardless if you are a high school student interviewing for a job or a college student interviewing for a program in college, it is very important for your boss or interviewer to have a good first impression of you. Some of the tips that I have gathered through my experiences and through reading blogs that might help you be successful for these types of scenarios are:

1. Dress to impress. Show them that this is very important to you

2. Approach them with a smile and a firm handshake and introduce yourself.

3. Be personal and comfortable but have a good posture.

4. When they ask a question, make sure you think it through and communicate your thoughts effectively.

5. Show them why you are the best fit for this program or job.

6. Make sure to smile and shake their hands when you leave.

Okay, I these tips help you because it helped me through a lot of important interviews! Good Luck!