Scholarship / 'volunteer at Doctors Hospital Nursery Department' - Ron Brown Scholarship [4]

Hi, I am applying for the Ron Brown scholarship its for black students who excel academically, in the community and in school. There are two essays this is one of them that I will post. I just finished this but I don't think I really answered the questioned throughly enough. Can someone please give me some feedback? Thanks!

Choose the one activity you listed as most important in question #1 and tell us why it is significant. 500 word count.

I have been fortunate enough for the past three years to volunteer at Doctors Hospital Nursery Department. A role entrusted to me every summer and a job I take very seriously. Even though I have no plans of entering the medical field I still learn so much from my experiences as a Youth Volunteer. Unlike most people who enter this program I did not join to pass time during the summer. I joined and come back every year because I love to help others in my community.

Whenever I am working in the Baby Department I do not consider it arduous task. Instead I see it as a fun job; even though I do not get paid the hours are of a regular nine to five job. A fun job-which enables me to provide care to these new mothers and learn the rules of the workplace. The nurses in that department have taught me valuable wisdom and workforce skills. Such as how to deal with unruly patients while at the same time showing respect, performing office duties requested by the doctor, explaining to patients the legalities of the birth certificate, and how to properly hold and care for a newborn infant.

Even though I am planning on going into the law field in college, I have learned some legal skills over the years. For instance this past summer I learned legal ramifications of lying about the father on a birth certificate in the state of Georgia. The law is so backwards I'm ashamed that it is still in effect in this day and age. I take the HIPPA like most medical professionals seriously. There have been situations where I could not state whether a patient was there or not. These occurrences have helped me appreciate and understand the law just a little bit better.

I love what I do at One Baby Place, because I am helping out the new parents in my community. It is an entertaining job to do every summer that I look forward to each year. I may not do the hard work of the doctors and nurses, but the work I do brightens someone's day. At the end of the day I walk away knowing someone benefited from me helping them today.