Further reflection of observation two

For my second observation, not only did I interview students who are going into the nursing program but I also watched multiple episodes of Life in the E.R.
A few girls on the rowing team are currently working towards the nursing program or are already in it. I sat down at lunch with one of the girls who is in the program and just asked him a few questions. We had a pretty good conversation and at the end I saw she was as passionate about it as I was so it was nice to hear her thoughts.
The second part of my observation was what I personally enjoyed the most. The episodes I watched of Life in the E.R. made me wish I had already been working in a hospital. The show is just so interesting to me; not because people come in injured but that people that he ability to heal others and to help individuals in need. What surprised me the most about the show is just how crazy some people really are and you would think that certain things like what I saw on that show were nearly impossible. The blunt truth is that people get hurt each and every day, and it’s the people that realize that, that are doing something about it. The show did not disturb me at all but it definitely opened up my eyes as to what I might see in the future. The intensity that they are surrounded by daily kind of intrigued me.
Although I was not there first hand and they aren’t going to base the whole show on paper work done in the E.R I know that there is more to it than the hands on aspect. It does not necessarily bore me but I do like working with people so I feel it won’t be the most enjoyable part of the job. Guess I won’t know until I actually get the chance.
From time to time during the show, the action would die down and the camera would go to a nurse or a doctor. Few nurses said they never saw themselves where they were currently at. I guess some people just know and others learn it down the road.
Overall the show was sometimes more exciting than others but that’s just the way it is in the E.R.
Hopefully for my next observation, I get to visit the nearby hospital and apply to volunteer.