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Lower Keys Medical Center Reflection
I remember when I was younger I had to go visit the doctor for all my sport related injuries. The doctors always put your best effort into making me feel better and I was resort I was so indebted to them, even though my insurance paid them for their services I was morally indebted to them because of their kind efforts. As a result, during the summer of 2012 I began volunteering at the Lower Keys Medical Center. I felt it was important to help the nurses and the intensive care unit because of all of the duties they have on their plate, they should not be held responsible for all the minor ones. I continued to volunteer at the Lower Keys Medical Center throughout my second third and fourth year of high school because I truly Felt like I was making a difference in these patients lives.

Because I work at the Lower Keys Medical Center everything I do has to be with the utmost care because any slip-ups could have been effect on current and future patients. I and not necessarily required to do anything but I do things that make the lies of the nurses easier. For example, I take blood samples down to the
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The nurses benefited because they were given more time to care for the patients and because it alleviated some of the stress of the minor parts of the job. The patients benefit it because the nurses were able to pay more attention to them instead of everything else. They also benefit it because they had someone to talk to and communicate with in case they were too scared of the nurses. The number of people positively affected ranges in the thousands the intensive care unit roughly helps eight people a day multiply that by two days a week times 55 weeks and you get over 500 people. Although I will not continue volunteering at the Lower Keys Medical Center after high school I plan to get a degree in nursing and go back and work for this Lower Keys Medical

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