By Connor Ryan – Staff Reporter

Julia Ryan is currently completing her Senior Internship. Advocate Staff Reporter Connor Ryan interviewed Ryan about her internship.

CR: Where are you interning?

JR: I am interning at the Surgical Center of Fairfield County. It is an outpatient center where patients go for specific procedures and surgeries.

CR: What are your day-to-day responsibilities?

JR: My day to day responsibilities mostly consist of shadowing the nurses and doctors and seeing what their schedule looks like. I spend time in pre op, post op (PACU), radiology, procedure rooms, sterilization and the operating room.

CR: How has your internship experience been so far?

JR: My internship experience has been very enjoyable and eye-opening as I get to do it with my friends Ellie, Alex, Eshanika, and another student from Amity.

CR: What valuable experience are you getting out of this internship?

JR: I am getting really good experience for my future career in nursing. As I learn more and more everyday I get a sense of what my life would be like after nursing school if I decide to work at an outpatient center as a PACU or OR nurse.

CR: What has been the best part of your internship so far?

JR: The best part of my internship has to be observing/scrubbing in on all of the surgeries. I have seen a wide variety of cases ranging from orthopedics, (example – a torn rotator cuff repair) to plastics, (example – breast implant removal).