Health Field Profesional Interview

Kaity Stinson is a registered nurse in the neurological intensive care unit at ProMedica Toledo Hospital. Kaity worked as a state tested nursing assistant for 4 years before she completed her RN program at Owens Community College in 2017. Before beginning to work in neurological intensive care unit she worked in the hospitals emergency room, which is a level one trama center. The hospitals Neuro ICU is also a comprehensive stroke center, which they can provided the highest level of care for stroke patients. The unit not only has stroke patients but patients who have had serious neurological and head trama and patients recovering from brain and spinal surgeries.

As a Neuro ICU nurse Kaity is responsible for caring for two patients. Her duties include managing vital signs, administering medications, notify physicians of abnormal findings, and all other aspects of patient care. She also has to work with a team of fellow nurses and physicians to ensure that patients are receiving the right and best care for them. One of the hardest part about working as a nurse for kaity is that some patients and or their family members believe the nurses are there to do everything for them and get them whatever they would like but in reality they are their to make sure their patient receives the best care for them. Kaity says that because so many people have this belief that hospital services have become more about customer satisfaction than quality of patient care. She also said it can sometime be difficult working with some of the patients and their families and that for her the best way to deal with difficult patients and family is having patience and putting yourself in a mind set as if the patient was one of your own family members. She also suggest if your struggling with a difficult patient or family as co workers or your supervisor for assistance. Although their are hard parts to her job she says that best part is seeing her patients improve and eventually move out of the ICU and into a step down unit.

Kaity believe that it can be difficult to study medicine but if you are truly passionate about medicine and patient care that is completely worth it. She suggests finding study methods that work best for you, taking breaks to avoid burning out, and focusing on the quality of your studying not the quantity of your study time. One thing that many people in the health field or people studying medicine can struggle with is a work and life balance. Kaity suggest to take time off when you really need it and to take make the most of your days off. Overall she says her best advice for someone going into the medical field is study hard and that it may be hard but if you are studying medicine for the right reasons it will be worth it in the end.