"I believe any job has its stressful situations. One case that I will never forget occurred when I was doing a pediatric rotation. We had a four year old child that was admitted due to having seizures. After further testing, it was discovered that the child had a brain tumor. The tumor was very advanced and she lost her life because of it. That time was very emotional for everyone on the care team. Fortunately, we had a good team leader who gave us an opportunity to talk with her and one another about the overwhelming grief that we felt. I have found that talking through emotions is a great way to work through any unresolved grief."

"One of the most stressful situations I can recall was when I was working with a group of individuals on a research project. We all had different responsibilities within the project. Just before the designated date that we were going to meet and combine all of our information so that we could prepare the report, one of the team members resigned without notice and without forwarding the work that he was responsible for. It was very stressful at the time, but we quickly learned the real definition of teamwork as we spent some extra hours and pulled together to make the project a success."