Healthcare and Nursing Personal Statement Application
Thomas Edison said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." In my view, nutrition is the most important and fundamental factor, which either leads to healthy life or disease. In today's society, people do not realize nutritional values that influence health and wellbeing. They tend to neglect the importance of choosing the right food, and they always skip meals. I'm interested in nutrition because I want to know how the foods work in human bodies and examine the differences between traditional Chinese nutrition and Western nutrition.
In Chinese nutrition foods are used under traditional medical principles to prevent and treat diseases. It is as important as acupuncture, massage, and qigong in traditional Chinese medicine. There is no independent nutrition major(you need to revise this word, substitute it with the other) in Chinese colleges nowadays, only medical students may have learned some basic nutrition knowledge related to Chinese medicine; even fewer people have studied nutrition of the western countries. Recently, China has finally become greater and wealthier, and, therefore, demand for nutrition specialists has increased. I want to be able to combine traditional Chinese medicine and Western nutrition principles one day by using my knowledge and skills I have gained from my education and life experiences and offer a better and more effective way to empower others to live healthier lives.
When I was in college, I read some news about Chinese people using illegally recycled waste oil for cooking, which made me really worried about Chinese people's current nutritional status. Cooking oil is used heavily in Chinese food, so some vendors and small restaurants buy black market oil that's been recycled from waste to save money. This kind of oil makes the foods lose their nutritional ingredients and causes severe health problems. To increase my knowledge of nutrition, I've done internship that made me understand exactly how fastidious the Americans' are, and how hard they are trying to be healthier through their diet.
My nutrition practicum at the Sacramento Food Bank and Family services has given me a great opportunity to provide nutrition counseling to clients, regarding the increasing interest in eating fruits and vegetables, which occurs in food distribution every week. My supervisor and client's constructive feedback have been invaluable toward my growth. This unique counseling experience has exposed me to many different health conditions like osteoporosis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and coronary artery disease and ultimately helped me to become a better clinician. I remember one particular difficult case of the patient suffering from multiple diseases including hypertension, jaw fracture, and pre-diabetes. The patient's daughter came to me and asked for my advice, since they didn't have enough money to pay for the formal nutrition counseling. It was a very complicated case that proved my ability to work under pressure in order to give them some key nutritional advices. Additionally, I demonstrated my …
