Cleveland Clinic

Certified Nursing Assistant

May 2017 • Sioux City, IA

What I liked

I like the experience and exposure it gives me as a future nurse.

What I wish was different

I wish I was able to get paid more.

Advice

It is a really rewarding job, but it can take a toll on emotional and physical health. You're always going and there are definite sad times during it. You have to learn how to keep things light.

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Summer Scholar Student

June - August 2017 • Fort Lauderdale, FL

What I liked

I got to see surgeries, follow various healthcare professionals (doctors, residents, nurses, pharmacists, etc.), and learn what it actually means to be a doctor! I learned a lot and really valued my experience there. It taught me firsthand the challenges and benefits of my future career.

What I wish was different

I wish it had been longer! And that I could have been able to do more rotations in different departments.

Advice

This experience is really what you make of it! Come early, ask questions, write everything you can down. Just be engaged and you're experience will be so much better! The healthcare professionals are more than happy to answer your questions and to show you cool things, but the more they see you're actually interested in what they're trying to teach you, the more they'll be willing to include you in!

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Summer Scholar

June - July 2018 • Fort Lauderdale, FL

What I liked

Experiencing a doctor's workday and meeting professionals in my future career

What I wish was different

That there was a stipend but overall still a valuable internship

Advice

Get started on the application early and learn how to conglomerate all application documents in one document to submit. Talk to OIT if you have trouble with it, they helped me a lot

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