Last week I went to the hospital for a drug test. I know this sounds bad, but it was mandatory for the job I am applying for. So the drug test was not a bad thing because I knew before I even took the test that I passed. When I was in the hospital it got me thinking about my career path. Here I am trying to apply for a minimum wage job, in order to pay for school to be a Physical Therapist Assistant. While I was at the Hospital it made me happy that I have chosen this field. I realized I don’t want to work as a nurse. Being a nurse was my second choice. I did not like the atmosphere as much as the Physical Therapist Assistant atmosphere. I feel like Physical Therapy can be intense, but it is not as strict as nursing. Nurses can be put is stressful situations, and I don’t know if I could deal with. This made me feel like I have made the right choice picking Physical Therapy. Now that I am sure I feel like I am working harder to complete this goal. I know what I want in my future, and now is the time to work towards this goal. So for now I just need to keep working hard at school, and hopefully get a minimum wage job. I just cannot wait for the day I am working in the career I want to be in. I must say the day cannot come soon enough!
It is good that you got to see the environment of a nurse to see that it is not what you want. I had thought of being a Phycial Therapist at one point in time, but the long amount of schooling was a turn off. So as a sophmore in high school I found out about Occupational Therapy , and planned how I was going to do it. Ever since than I have loved it. I job shadowed it, and interviewed a person in the field, andd it made me become assured that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I have volunteered at a hosiptal, granted it was probably smaller than the one that you had to go to, but I did see the environment. I noticed that the nurses seemed so tired and stressed looking. I could not image doing that. Most of the time I would see them try and shake it off to help the patient feel more comfortable. I just feel like after all that it would take a major toll on your body, not only physically but mentally. Not to mention all the hours they work. Also compaared to Pyhsical and Occupational Therpay Nursing is harder to get a job. I know that it has become a very hard career to get a job in. I also know that about half my grade want to be nurses which could lower the percentage of getting a job in that program. Glad that you are excited about your future, and hope that day comes very soon!
ReplyDeleteI must say after making this decision it is nice to know I am not the only one who went through the confusion of picking out what career I wanted to be in. I have read your blogs about how you want to be an Occupational Therapist several times, and it still amazes me how we decided on the careers we wanted to be in. Sometimes I wonder what drew me to the medical field in the first place, and why I never wanted to do anything outside of the field. Maybe like you when I observed or job shadowed it really sparked a desire in what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I am hoping with this attraction to Physical Therapy I will still have the desire to want to stay in this field, and won’t have to go through changing my mind again. I hope the same goes for you. It truly seems like you have a passion to be an Occupational Therapist, and it makes me so happy to see someone with such high goals. I feel with this desire you will make an excellent Occupational Therapist, but if you change your mind you will be good at that as well. I guess life is about observing and making a choice. Although this sounds scary, we are going through this process now. I never though the day would come that I would be choosing something I would want to do for the rest of my life. Who know maybe I will get in the field and completely change my idea. I guess it is life and we will just have to go with it!
ReplyDeleteHey I am really happy for you! I worked a minimum wage job for almost 3 years and then they closed down so I am trying to find a new one. I do not know if you have had a job before or not but if you have not, you will like it a lot. Having a job kept me busy which I liked but did not like as well. I hated not being able to go to sports games or hang out with friends all the time but when I lost my job I realized how boring it is without one. In my spare time I was working and I always got off at a decent time so I could still hang out with people. And I will not lie, the money was awesome! I went shopping a lot so it was good to spend your own money. And as for your career, I am going into the same thing and I am so excited about it! I am finishing up my observation hours now and I love being there even if it is just sitting and watching. I went through Physical Therapy so I know a lot about it from that and I just kind of fell in love with it. It will be a fun career to have. I just wanted to say good luck to you the rest of the year and in the program as well! I heard it was pretty difficult but if you are serious about I am sure you will pass with flying colors!
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