When I was working in an elderly care home, I was told that I only need to call the ambulance when a patient is in a terrible condition,
and I said ok, good, but one day, one of the residents at the elderly care home started to feel bad, so I called the nurse,
and the nurse told me that the person was excellent. I didn't believe it. Something inside me started to worry about him.
After such a long time taking care of him and knowing that his advanced dementia didn't allow him to communicate,
I knew something was wrong, so I called the nurse again, and the nurse replied that the patient was excellent and that as a nurse,
she knew more than me. I felt pretty bad that day because I didn't have the power to help him. Suddenly, the nurse left, and I called
the ambulance. At that moment, I didn't think that I might get in trouble. At that moment, I only felt that I needed to help him
because it was my job, and it was unethical to let him die. What can I say about that situation now? It can say that I don't regret at all
for the decision that I made that day. Why? Because I studied to take care of people.
I come from Chile, a country where you can see poverty. A country where not all its residents have a house and education access.
In addition, my mother is a Christian, so from a very young age, I saw the reality of what others had in my country. As a member of the church,
my mother always took me to help people who didn't have money. That helped me to be grateful for what I had.
Furthermore, as a native American Indian, my father taught me to love the earth and be grateful to mother nature. All those values,
plus the experience of living in a different country, have made me the person I am today, an empathetic person who cares about the people
around her and an animal lover who thinks that happiness relies on our life experiences, not material things.
My strength is perseverance and determination when I do something, even though things get complicated.
I think these values will be of great help because programming is not easy, and I see how the course is getting
more complex as it advances.
I think my limitations are that I can get stressed, but I don't show it. Also, the English language sometimes feels like a limitation.
Because it is not my first language, it is more difficult for me to express what I think, especially in the reflection part.
Finally, I have to admit that I sometimes feel low self-esteem regarding programming due to how I've been learning.
I think all those things together can affect my learning journey.
happened at my old job. We worked four people for each department, but not everyone worked the same way,
so sometimes it felt like only two of us were doing the job of all four, creating many conflicts, so I changed the strategy.
I took the time my patients needed and did not rush to other patients when my co-workers were not doing anything.
This strategy worked well. People started to do their job and not leave all to others.
I think one of the strategies I will do now is to talk to them about why they don't take care of their duty at work.
Why are they not productive and not cooperating? Sometimes people have a personal problem in their life, and they do not tell anyone.
Instead, people keep it inside, and that starts affecting their everyday lives.