My First Day At An Internship

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This story takes place no more than a week ago. My day started early, I had woken up around 6 in the AM to go to school. My first period class was at Clearfield high school, as it is every B day. I take a veterinarian assistance class there and it is very fitting for the type of career I would like to pursue, as is my internship, but that comes next. I had left that class 10 minutes early like I do every day, because my next two periods are an internship in Farmington at the Bayview animal clinic. Today was my first day at my internship; I had spent the last few weeks preparing at the school for this day so I was very excited but nervous too. At this internship I will basically be shadowing the vets and vet techs. Like helping to clean, grab animals, observing procedures and surgeries, and do anything thing that they ask of me. …show more content…

I changed into my scrubs in the car and headed in for my first day. I was feeling a bit nervous because it was my first day and I’m a little shy, I also hadn’t eaten anything all day as I usually skip breakfast. As I went in the desk clerks greeted me and I told them I was here for my internship. One of the ladies walked me to the back of the clinic. As we walked through the clinic we passed a few tables with unconscious dogs lying on top of them. The desk clerk introduced me to one of the vet techs and told me I would be following her around today. The tech was working on an unconscious dog; she was spraying antiseptic on the dog’s abdomen in preparation for a surgery. She explained how my day was going to go and asked if I wanted to watch a surgery and I told her I would love to. She continued preparing the dog and when she finished she hauled the dog into her arms and carried it into the operating room. The tech introduced me to the vet that was preforming the surgery today and explained that I could sit or stand to watch, but to maintain some distance to not

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