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I spent the first mondays of march doing my ELO job shadowing at metropolitan
pediatrics in beaverton. I shadowed a pediatric nurse practitioner and my first choice was to
shadow a nurse practitioner, which made me really happy. This ELO was a great experience for
me because I got to watch someone working my dream job. It showed me that everything isn’t
always what it seems, it can be hectic but it will still be worth it. First hand experiences are
always better because you get to see what the everyday lives of these professionals goes through.
Sherry Sweeney was the PNP I shadowed, and she was super nice,very intelligent, and helped
informing me more about this career. She would answer all my questions. Through this
internship I learned a lot about myself and the upsides and downsides of the job. I learned what I
can handle and what I can’t handle. Watching sherry work inspired me to specialize in pediatrics
because seeing the kids made me really happy and how sweet the kids were. By the end of the
first day I could already tell the signs of a child having an ear infection. I learned how to identify
certain characteristics to come up with a patient's diagnosis. Also that day many patients were
coming in with flu symptoms so if I ever feel those symptoms coming on I will know I have the
flu. Getting to understand the safety practices in how this office worked was interesting because
it differs from the office at providence. I feel that this elo taught me a lot about what type of
personality and character it takes to fulfil this kind of a job. Sherry was really proud of me and
she had told me I was one of the best students she had ever had, which gave me an extra boost of
of confidence knowing that I’m headed in the right direction. It taught me how to deal with a
huge workload because that's what this kind of job mostly consists of and being aware of what is
going on with the patients, and fellow assistants at all times. Having great communication skills
was also essential about informing everyone around you to make sure the patients are taken of at
all time. The highlight of my whole experience was getting to hold a three week old baby who
stopped crying when I held her. It made me really want to fulfil this career even more because
putting smiles on children's faces is so uplifting. Having hands on experience at only 18 is such
an incredible opportunity to be apart of. It was great working with sherry and I would do it all
over again.