Since I was a little girl, I have always felt the need to help others with my actions. I have always been a selfless child, always active in volunteering and in the assistance to the poor, desirous of being a change in the world. When I grew up, however, I realized that I couldn’t change the whole world but I could start by changing the world of individual people. So, after high school, I chose to dedicate my life to nursing because I wanted to undertake a job that would gratify me at the end of the day and that could appease my desire to help people in difficulty, especially children. Although my parents did not agree, I followed my heart that led me to do a job in which there is a continuous exchange of love with the patient. The nurse is the one who dedicates his life without expecting anything in return. Although it is a demanding and stressful job, I love seeing children who smile at me and hug me just for helping them in something seemingly trivial. I want to become a nurse because I want to accompany those children in the most difficult moments of their lives and to see them enjoy another chance after so much pain.

1. Sorry, I am busy at the moment. I'm attending a part-time course to became a triage nurse.
2.  If Nadia gets experience, she can be promoted to nursing officer.
3. The head porter needs a stretcher to carry patients up from the wards to Radiology.
4. If you need to take an appointment for the next week, you have to talk with the hospital receptionist.
5. Thomas was taken to the hospital because, on his way out, he fell down the stairs. Probably suffered head trauma.
6. Yesterday a patient with a life-threatening condition arrived in Emergency room so the doctor decided to see him immediately.
7. A prescription is required to perform some medical services in Italian hospitals.
8. If a patient has a cardiac arrest, the nurse must immediately implement the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
9. During a fight a teenager got stabbed in the leg. The wound began to bleed so badly that he risked an haemorrhage.
10.  During certain procedures such as tooth extraction, patients require a local anaesthetic that helps them to bear the pain.
11. After some tests and an MRI scan, Marisa discovered that the mass she felt in her abdomen was a tumor.
12. Today Tamara does not come to school because she has a terrible cough. Probably, she is positive to Covid-19.
13.  After the loss of his wife, Mr. Smith began to suffer from Depression. He started having exhaustion and wild mood swings.
14. The majority of pregnant women in the first trimester suffer from nausea and vomiting.
15. Last Night Taylor was taken immediately to the hospital because he had another stroke.

Anaesthesia is a “loss of sensation” caused by Drugs that work by blocking the signals that pass along the nerves to the brain. This drugs, called Anaesthetics, stop the feeling of pain. When the Anaesthetics wear off, the patient starts to feel normal sensations again. The development of effective anaesthetics in the 19th century was an important factor in successful surgery. Before this time, some doctors used alcohol and morphine to reduce pain. Few operations were possible and surgeons were judged by their speed. Many patients died on the operating table. When Anaesthesia was born, surgeons could take more time and perform more complex procedures. One of earliest anaesthetics was Ether but it had some drawbacks- for example, it could cause vomiting. It was quickly replaced by Chloroform, which was more potent and easier to use than ether. However, it was not as safe to use as ether because it could cause sudden death. By the 1920s, intravenous induction agents were introduced. In the 1940s muscle relaxants became available. Anaesthesia can be given in different ways and not all anaesthesia makes unconscious:

•  Local anaesthesia numbs a small part of the body and the patient is conscious but free from pain;
• Regional anaesthesia can be used for operations on larger or deeper parts of the body and the patient stays conscious but free from pain. The most common regional anaesthetics are spinal and epidural anaesthetics used for operations on the lower body;
• General anaesthesia is a state of controlled unconsciousness and the patient feels nothing. It is used in abdominal surgery.
  Now Anaesthesia is very safe due to modern monitoring systems and a greater understanding of the functions of the body. Death during operations is not resulting common from anaesthesia.

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Smoking severely kills you and people who are close to you.

The clinical internship represents for the nurse student an experience that can greatly affect the

coursework both positively and negatively.

It can be an important learning tool but it can also lead to a loss of interest in the nursing profession, if the student is joined by a clinical tutor who demotivates him. My internship experience was extremely positive in the ER thanks to my clinical tutor Sara. She has been for me an important reference point because she has been able to accompany me in my learning path with great kindness and empathy.

Sara helped me at a difficult time because I was returning to the hospital after about a year due to an ankle injury. I felt extremely misplaced, anxious and incapable compared to my peers. She understood my difficulties and concerns, helped me to overcome my fears of relating to patients and the nursing team and

to become aware of my abilities and skills. Sara has managed to convey to me all the love for her work, her patience and her empathy. It is mainly thanks to her that I currently dream of becoming an ER nurse.

I imagine working in a very large public hospital characterized by numerous specialized and surgical departments capable of treating a wide variety of pathologies. It will be a non-profit hospital, based on contributions from volunteers, that deals with scientific research and is committed to ensuring the well-being of patients by providing the maximum form of assistance with the use of advanced medical equipment and with the choice of excellent healthcare personnel. I would like to become an emergency nurse with a developed ability to understand with a glance if there is a need to intervene immediately on the child or i would like to become an oncology nurse able to listen to the needs and desires of the patients, to support them in times of suffering and accompany them in the end of life.

I wish you all the best, Chiara, in your future nursing career.

Happy Easter.

Carol