9 Artifact 1
My first artifact is my current job. I work at Southlake Regional Health Centre in the emergency department as a Physician Navigator (PN). My job includes putting patients into rooms, organizing patient charts, printing out relevant information about the patient, and grabbing necessary equipment the doctor might need like a portable ultrasound, suture kit, gauze, and much more. I am here to allow the doctors to see more patients throughout the day by navigating them to where they need to go next and keeping them on track. I started working as a PN in July 2024 and I absolutely love it. I love being able to assist patients in whatever they need and I also like all of the crazy action that takes place in the emergency department. My position has allowed me to see all the important roles in a hospital. Although I only work with doctors, I am always observing the nurses and how they treat and care for patients. This artifact is relevant to nursing because it allows me to see the bigger picture of what nurses actually do and have to deal with. Being a doctor you see the patient for a couple minutes and then leave but a nurse constantly stays with the patient and makes sure they are okay. Watching the nurse’s work has contributed to supporting my decision to become a nurse.