Asked if she was squeamish at the sight of blood, DaNeil Jolley was given scrubs and guided to a dimly lit room that smelled noticeably of cleaner, where she was about to watch a laparoscopic surgery. At just 16 years old, this was Jolley\u2019s first day as an intern in the surgical unit at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Washington, where she watched surgeries each day for two weeks.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI was just awe-struck by everything about it \u2013 the way it smelled in the room to the way everything looked, from the concentration on the doctor\u2019s faces, as well as seeing them being able to help this person out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Jolley was one of 30 high school students selected out of 138 applicants to participate in Project HOPE, a four-week, paid summer internship program where students are placed at health care facilities within their local community.<\/p>\n
Project HOPE is a program under the Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center<\/a> (EWAHEC), which strives to strengthen the health workforce in rural and underserved areas of eastern Washington. Project HOPE is just one of many programs AHEC provides, and introduces students who are first-generation college bound from rural areas to health care professions.<\/p>\n Jolley\u2019s interest in health care stems from her family\u2019s experience \u2013 particularly when she learned from her father, a registered nurse, that they are descendants of the medicine man of the Nez Perce Tribe.<\/p>\n Despite having no previous health care experience, Jolley, a self-described protector, also knew she wanted to go into health care, whether it be a nurse or a doctor, because she has always wanted to help people.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember being on the soccer field when I was younger, and someone would sprain their ankle. I would ask questions like, \u2018How do you wrap it? How do you hold it?\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n As part of her internship with Project HOPE, Jolley began her first two weeks in the physical therapy unit. Her last two weeks were spent in the surgical unit, where she watched doctors perform surgeries, such as appendectomies.<\/p>\n For Jolley, interning with Project HOPE confirmed her desire to go into health care, and put her on the path of wanting to do general surgery.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the most prominent ways this internship prepared me is that it showed me what really happens for different parts of health care,\u201d she said. \u201cSurgery isn\u2019t like Grey\u2019s Anatomy.<\/em> You see the real side of it, like patient interactions, and that it\u2019s not always fun and games.\u201d<\/p>\n Jolley is currently a junior at Warden High School, and also participates in running start, in which she will earn her AA degree. She plans to attend college on the pre-medicine track, then attend medical school.<\/p>\n Project HOPE Intern Experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n The following are excerpts from journal entries from Project HOPE interns about their daily experiences in the health care field.<\/p>\n Kyleen Alvarez<\/strong><\/p>\n Columbia Basin Health Association \u2013 Othello, Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n July 25<\/strong><\/p>\n Today I got the chance to go to radiology and see a couple of ultrasounds. In these ultrasounds, I observed the radiology tech take baby pictures of the face and record the heartbeats. My supervisor told me that getting pictures of a baby\u2019s face when the baby\u2019s hands are covering their face is very frustrating. I thought it was cool that when the baby was covering its face, the tech would move to the baby\u2019s feet as if it was tickling the baby\u2019s feet and sometimes the baby would move their hands down because they would feel something on their feet. Getting to see some ultrasounds was by far my favorite experience of the internship. I was very inspired and now I think I will continue my education in ultrasound.<\/p>\n Jennifer Dominguez<\/strong><\/p>\n Othello Community Hospital \u2013 Othello, Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n Aug. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Today was a very exciting day for me with EMS! The lady that I was shadowing had me do a lot of hands-on things like check her blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate. In addition, I practiced doing CPR on a baby doll. The most exciting part of the day was when they got a call and I was allowed to ride in the ambulance with them. There was a terrible train and semi-truck accident and I was able to watch the procedures they do. I was filled with adrenaline and learned a lot by observing them.<\/p>\n Jennifer Mendoza<\/strong><\/p>\n Othello Community Hospital \u2013 Othello, Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n July 15<\/strong><\/p>\n I was assigned to the nurses’ station today. 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\u201cThat was one of the things that made me interested in health care, especially with our connection to the tribe,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have Nez Perce pride. We are proud of our tribe and our roots.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/ProjectHOPE5-300x169.jpg\")
\u201cStudents got a chance to do a variety of things depending on where they were placed,\u201d Robyn Takamine, EWAHEC program coordinator, said. \u201cOne of our hospitals, Othello Community Hospital, ended up putting our interns in almost every department they had \u2013 they got to see radiology, the lab, dietary, health cleaning. They were able to see what was for them and what wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n