Your Nursing Career

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Word count: 1786

Choice count: 52

Section count: 35

Image count: 35

Error count: 4

Field Related Analysis:

Nursing : 29 matches (professional, bandage, fever, bleeding, admission, CPR, depression, drug, geriatrics, grade, headache, Health, hospital, injury, knee, medication, medicine, nausea, nurse, O, SAD, schizophrenia, solution, surgeon, surgery, nursing, sick, pediatrics, patients)

Education : 22 matches (Education, School, choice, course, courses, exam, fail, failed, first, grade, head, intervention, learned, primary school, professionalism, school, semester, student, teacher, testing, unit, university)

Prehospital Emergency Care : 20 matches (admission, Health, hospital, injury, medication, patient, bandage, cardiac arrest, cpr, depression, drug, headache, intervention, medicine, nausea, pediatric, bleeding, nurse, patients, surgery)

Target Structure:

internship (28 matches)

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Your Nursing Career

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Which one will you choose?

Hi! You really wanted to be a nurse since you are 16 years old. You love this job and you really like to take care of people. You finished your technique in Nursing last week. This morning, you received the answers to your applications for University admission. Which University will you choose?

Choice 1 : You will go to Montreal University.

Choice 2 : You will go to UQO.

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Montreal University.

At the University of Montreal, there are two courses that interest you and you do not know which one to choose because you really like these two disciplines. Which one will you choose?

Choice 1 : Medicine surgery

Choice 2 : Mental Health

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UQO.

This University is closer than University of Montreal from your house. It took you fifteen minutes to go there. It is amazing. But, you have a choice to make. Do you choose to do an internship in Pediatrics or Geriatrics cares?

Choice 1 : Pediatrics

Choice 2 : Geriatrics

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Medicine surgery.

You finally chose Medicine Surgery but, you have another choice to make.

Choice 1 : An internship in cardiology.

Choice 2 : An internship in day surgery.

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Mental Health!

You chose to specialize in mental health. Do you want to do an internship or a course to start the session?

Choice 1 : An internship in a mental health institution.

Choice 2 : A course about schizophrenia.

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Pediatrics cares.

You really like children! You always wanted a big family with many children. You think pediatrics belong to you but, you have to choose between to internships.

Choice 1 : An internship at Sainte-Justine.

Choice 2 : An internship at a school.

Andreas Bohnenstengel [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

Geriatrics.

You love to take care of old people. It is like taking care of your grandparents. They have so many stories to tell and so many experiences. You have two internship offers, which one will you choose?

Choice 1 : Eldercare

Choice 2 : Home services

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An internship in cardiology.

You started your internship in cardiology and you love it! Oh no. Your patient has a cardiac arrest! You must quickly intervene. Help!

Choice 1 : Do the CPR.

Choice 2 : Call the head of unit.

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A little internship at the day surgery unit.

You had the occasion to go in the surgery room with the surgeon. It was really cool! You had the chance to see many new things. But, the surgeon insists that you help him during the intervention. Deep inside yourself, you knew that it was not a good idea. But, you decide to?

Choice 1 : Help the surgeon.

Choice 2 : Do not help the surgeon.

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An internship at the mental health institution.

You had your first patient in mental health all this week. It was very nice but you think you fell in love with him. He is your age and he is really cute. You know it is not correct but you cannot stop thinking about him.

Choice 1 : Date him!

Choice 2 : Hide your feelings.

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A little course about schizophrenia.

You were invited to a party tonight but, you are not ready for your final exam tomorrow morning. What will you do?

Choice 1 : Go to the party.

Choice 2 : Stay home and study.

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Saving a life with the CPR!

You did the CPR and your patient survived. You got a passed your internship and you got your dreams job. You are going to be a head nurse in cardiology.

Choice 1 : Congrats!

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Quickly call for help!

You called the head of the unit but it was too late. Unfortunately, the patient died after his cardiac arrest. It was really sad and difficult to announce the news to his family. You cried a lot after this day because it was the first time you lived a situation like that. You felt into a depression and decided to leave this job because you did not have the nerves for this.

Choice 1 : Try again.

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Helping a surgeon.

You helped the surgeon and he was testing you. So, you failed your internship and you had to restart your course in the next semester.

Choice 1 : Game over.

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Refuse to help a surgeon.

You did not help the surgeon. It was a good idea to listen to yourself because the surgeon was testing you. He was checking that you were respected the rules. After your internship, the unity offered you a job when you finish your session.

Choice 1 : Congratulation!

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Dating one of your patients!

When he left the hospital, he gave you his phone's number and you decided to call him. You dated for five months and you finally made this as a serious relationship.

Choice 1 : Keep this as a secret.

Choice 2 : Tell the truth.

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Trying to hide your feelings.

You decided to hide your feelings but, you was extremely sad when he left the hospital. It took you two months to forget him definitively. But, after this time, he was readmitted because he stopped taking his medication.

Choice 1 : Quit your internship.

Choice 2 : Reveal your feelings.

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Hush! This is a secret.

You keep this relationship secret because he was one of your patients. You take care of him and you finally married yourselves in Hawaii. You now have two children and you are very happy, you made a good decision.

Choice 1 : Well-done!

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It is hard to tell the truth.

You told the truth to your teacher. He did not agree your decision and suspend you for 3 weeks. You regretted your decision… Why did you do this? You think date one of your patients was not a good idea.

Choice 1 : Oops!

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Quit your internship.

You left your internship because the situation was too difficult for you. You have been really sad and you fell into a depression. It was so difficult that you could not get through it. So, you had to be hospitalized.

Choice 1 : Sorry!

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Take your last chance!

You took your last chance and you revealed yours feelings to the guy. He had the same feelings towards you. You dated for one month and finally made this as a serious relationship.

Choice 1 : Yes!

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Party time!

You decided to go to the party. It was not a good idea because you did not wake up this morning and you failed your exam. You have to restart you session.

Choice 1 : Game over.

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A study night.

You stayed home and, you studied all night. You received your grade for this exam and you had 90%, it is your best grade this semester!

Choice 1 : Congrats!

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A great experience at Sainte-Justine hospital.

One of your dreams was to do an internship at a Pediatric hospital and you finally made it. Your first patient was a 2 year-old girl. She was so cute! But, you have to give her drug for her fever. She always refuses it and you had to find a solution.

Choice 1 : Ask the father.

Choice 2 : Hold the little girl.

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An internship at your old school.

You were accepted to do an internship in your old primary school. Your tasks were to take care of the children who coming to your office. One day, a little boy came to your office with an injury on his left knee. This injury was bleeding and the little guy was afraid. What should you do?

Choice 1 : Fainted.

Choice 2 : Apply a bandage.

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Asking the father help.

You asked her father to give her the medicine so she will take it. This solution worked very well. The little girl took her medicine without complaining and you gave the solution to your colleagues. They congratulated you.

Choice 1 : Bravo!

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Holding a cute little girl.

You hold the little girl to give her medicine but she started to cry. This solution did not work well and it distracted you. You gave her the wrong medicine and the little girl died. You failed your internship.

Choice 1 : Try again!

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Oops! You fainted.

You had never seen so much blood before that moment. So, you fainted. Your teacher was not proud at all and she made you fail your internship. You were so disappointed that you changed your program for the next semester and you decided to go in preschool education.

Choice 1 : Sorry.

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Applying a bandage.

You quickly applied a bandage on his left knee and you reassured the little boy. He told his parents how good you took care of him and they was proud of you. They talked with your teacher and the direction of the school, and the headmistress offered you a job at the school. You were so happy!

Choice 1 : Yes!

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Love the Eldercare!

You started this internship 3 weeks ago and you love it. You had a very sweet patient during these weeks but, today you learned that he died last night. You were invited to his funeral but you do not know what to do.

Choice 1 : Go.

Choice 2 : Do not go!

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Home services.

You decided to do your internship in home services. But, the third morning, you felt very sick. You had nausea and headache. So, you decided to?

Choice 1 : Go see your patient.

Choice 2 : Stay home.

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Going to funerals.

You went to the funerals and you cried all along. You made your condolences to his family and you went to diner with her. This day comforted you and you returned to your internship the next morning but, you missed his presence.

Choice 1 : Congratulation!

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Do not go!

You did not go to the funerals and you really regretted it. It took you one month to mourn. After his dead, you had to return at your internship and each day was very difficult. You were alone and you had nobody to talk about your sadness.

Choice 1 : Oops.

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Go, go, go!

You went to see your first patient but you vomited on the porch. Your teacher called you at 16 o’clock to tell you that you failed your internship because it was not professional. You should not have gone there and informed the client.

Choice 1 : Game over.

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Do not!

You called the patient and told him you cannot go to see him because you was sick. You also tell your teacher and she congratulated you on your professionalism. She called another student to go see the patient and he was happy to see you the next morning.

Choice 1 : Good!

The End.