Good Afternoon
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Course: Medical Therapeutics
~Instructor: Marcie Hardin, RN,
Please find a seat at one of the
tables.
I will be giving you a copy of
“Getting to Know You” worksheet.
You can work on that while I take
roll and get the class started.
This is an introduction to Healthcare-jobs and
the field.
How many of you want to work in Health Care?
This is a “broad” class and we don’t really ‘finetune’ until upper level classes.
We want to see if you are interested… We will
just spend 15 weeks together… Not much in the
scheme of your lifetime. 
This course provides knowledge and/or skills to
maintain or change an individual’s healthcare
status over time.
Dental
Dietary
Medical Office Assistant
Home Health Care
Nursing
Pharmacy
Respiratory
Social Work
Nutrition
Physician
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Veterinarian
Gerontology Service Provider
Medical Practice Owner
Attorney for Health Care
Examples of what you will learnHealth insurance
Medical Careers
Who should I see for a certain problem? ETC…
“Let Me Introduce Myself…”
I have been a nurse for 15 years and have
taught Health Science for 5 years at EHS.
I was born on April 2nd to James and Joan
Dolan. I am the older of 2 children. I have a
younger brother, Timothy, who teaches at
Appy. State in Boone, NC.
Reading a good book
Watching an old movie (I love black and white)
Grey’s Anatomy
Swimming
Vacationing with Family
I went to Kindergarten at Love Chapel in Erwin,
TN. Then my family moved and I went to Rock
Creek Elementary from 1st grade until 6th grade.
My family right before school started in my 7th
grade year to Elizabethton and I went to TA
Dugger Junior High. I loved Jr. High and found
myself loving the class “Typing”. This love
would grow to play an important role in my left
later on.
I loved going to TA Dugger Jr. High. I made
many good friends and my best friend was
made in the 7th grade and she is still my best
friend today!
I loved typing and HATED Home Economics. I
still cannot sew! I can sew on a button or mend
a hole!
I began my high school career at EHS in 1981. I
loved the sciences! My favorite classes were
French I-IV, Anatomy, and Human Physiology.
Typing was a fun class for me and it came easy
for me to learn.
The love of French, Anatomy, and Typing would
play major roles in my future!
I really wanted to be a “beach bum”… That did
not make my family happy!
I did finally decide on becoming a Medical
Assistant and went to school just across the
street from EHS. Typing and Anatomy became
very important in that major.
1987 Graduated from ETSU with an Associate
Degree in Medical Office Assisting.
1987-I worked as a Medical Office Assistant for
a Podiatrist. I was the transcriptionist part-time
and was the “Party-Person” at McDonald’s.
I was offered a job at JCMC as a transcriptionist
in the X-ray department in 1988. I did that until
1991 and then I went to American Samoa for 9
months.
Paradise!
I taught ESL from August 1991 until June 1992.
Back in the USA and back to School!
ETSU College of Nursing from August 1992 ~
1997
1997 ~ I graduated from ETSU College of
Nursing in May and then I got married in
October of 1997. Happy, happy days!
I had worked as a Transcriptionist, CNA, PCP,
and Critical Care Tech. at JCMC during Nursing
School. When I graduated I worked at JCMC on
several different floors in several different roles.
I loved working at JCMC and was a nite-shift
nurse. I loved night shift! I am a “nite-owl” by
nature. I hate mornings!
On February 10, 2000, Matt and I were blessed
with a beautiful boy named Benjamin Frazier
Hardin. (I have a ‘bonus son’ Levi Hardin-he
was in the package with Matt when we
married).
I didn’t like to leave Benjamin so I worked weekends for a while but that still wasn’t great so…
I stayed home with “Boo” from around 16
months until he was 3.
He wanted to go to “school” like ‘brother’, so he
went to Pre-school and I went to work part-time
as a Remicade Infusion Nurse for
Gastrointestinal Associates of NE Tennessee.
This was great while Benjamin was in preschool.
When Benjamin went to Elementary school, I went
back to JCMC and worked nite shift part-time.
Benjamin began to question why he was having
‘carpet pic-nics’ with his Dad… I began to look for a
different job.
I took a job at EHS teaching Health Science… I love
being on Benjamin’s schedule and I love teaching.
Questions?
Paperwork hand-outs
Letter to parents…
Competencies…
Syllabus…