Aspiring Docs Diaries

Meet the author:

Jordan Nichols

Pre-Med

Jordan Nichols grew up in Spokane, Washington before moving to Seattle for college. He graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Public Health in 2017. While completing his undergraduate degree, he volunteered in a hospital emergency department, served as a tutor for refugee schoolchildren, and led a rural healthcare shadowing experience for a group of undergraduate pre-medical students. After spending some time after college working in a cellular biology lab as a research assistant, he now works as a medical scribe in the emergency department. He also finds time to volunteer in a hospital advanced care unit as well as at a transitional housing shelter where he plays the piano for residents. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, weightlifting, running, and learning new languages. He is conversationally fluent in Mandarin Chinese and is working on improving his Spanish.

Stories by Jordan

Dec 17, 2018

A Taoist Approach to Procrastination

Jordan Nichols

It’s 10 AM on the Sunday before my chemistry midterm. I collected my class notes and found a comfy spot […] Read More

Dec 3, 2018

Making Medicine Human

Jordan Nichols

Author’s Note: No real patient identifying characteristics were included in this narrative. A 68-year-old homeless woman presented to the emergency […] Read More

Sep 24, 2018

Trauma Bay One

Jordan Nichols

It was a warm and sunny late spring day. A comfortable 73 degrees, the birds were chirping their harmonious chorus […] Read More