Intern Kaylee Lies- Wesley Medical Center & Children's Mercy Hospital (Wichita, KS)

Hi, my name is Kaylee Lies. I’ve lived in Andale, Kansas for over 11 years and I attend Andale High School. I am currently living with my parents and my two sisters. My parents and my older sister both went to Andale High and WSU. My older sister is currently at WSU in her first year of dental hygiene. She is following in the footsteps of my mother. I have always known that I never wanted to do dental hygiene. I always knew that I wanted to help people though. When I was younger I wanted to be a veterinarian, then I slowly changed my mind into more of CSI and coroner work. Finally, I had dropped all those ideas and I knew that I really wanted to work in nursing. My dream would be to become a labor and delivery nurse or an OB nurse, but because I have yet to actually see what actually goes on I think this internship is the perfect thing for me.

This college and career readiness senior internship program is new to Andale and we are the first class that gets the opportunity to use it. On Mondays and Fridays we will be in the classroom working on our blogs and resumes, talking about college, and logging our times at the internship. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays I have two hours at my internship. I go to Wesley Medical Center where I will follow in the footsteps of nurses and doctors and help them in any way possible. I will take notes and observe them. I will also have two days sometime in this semester where I will go to Children's Mercy Hospital for an eight hour day of learning there as well.

I think this is great opportunity to see if this is the field I want to go into. It will help me in the long run so I don’t waste a lot of time and money in college. I chose this career because I love children and infants. I am thoroughly fascinated by the miracle of life and would love to learn more about it. This goal of mine to become an OB/labor and delivery nurse will be extremely difficult but I know I can do anything I put my mind to. I have taken the CNA course and really love helping people. I plan to get a CNA job because it is a great way to get into the nursing field and to be around and help patients just like any other nurse. I will have to study hard and pay great attention in my internship to try and learn and realize if this is what I really want to do for the rest of my life.

I hope to learn a lot of the basics of what an OB nurse would do in their everyday job. I would also like to learn the amount of school and requirements you have to take to become one. Another thing I would like to learn is their salary. From what I have found on the internet they make about $69,000 per year. I truly just want to find a career that I am passionate about.

I am a little nervous that I might be thrown into something that I have no clue what I am doing. I don’t think that would happen but it does make me nervous that I might possibly mess up something that could be very important. I am also afraid of getting flustered and confused. I will have to be on my feet knowing where to go at all times and I’m afraid of get completely lost in that big hospital.

I have pretty good social skills. I have no problem talking to people especially if I don’t know them. A big weakness of mine is talking in front of a bunch of people. I would like to strengthen that skill of mine. I am not grossed out by much. I can handle any type of body fluid or freak accidents. I have a very strong stomach and I actually enjoy helping people with any kind of problem they have. Taking the CNA clinicals was not difficult for me. We had to change, feed, and bathe all the residents.

As of right now I don’t really have any post-secondary plans. I am hoping I will love this internship and it will help me for what I am looking for. If I were to dislike it I would also hope something there in the hospital would strike my interest and I would look further into that. But as of right now I am considering going to Hutch CC because here at Andale High we are offered a ton of HCC and Newman classes. I have taken almost all of them and have a lot of college credits. I could potentially start at Hutch as a sophomore and save a lot of money. I then plan to enroll in the nursing program at Pittsburg State University.