First Week of Internship - Job Description

In my internship I have two types of jobs. My first job description is working as a nurse. I go room to room just to talk with the patients to make them feel better because most of them are old and very lonely. I change the pitchers meaning the pot where they put water for the patient for drink. Sometimes the nurses send us downstairs to the pharmacy to pick up medical stuff.
My other job description is working as a transporter in the patient transportation department. I go in different buildings in the hospital to transport the patients to the lobby, meaning the entrance. I take them in front of the door. Sometimes when I see the patients cannot walk, I take them alway outside wait for them and help them find a taxi if they are not with their family members. I also had to find wealchairs in different parts of the hospital and it's really hard to find one because everybody is loocking for one. Sometimes when we are not busy at the transportation department, I do some filing and I organize some papers for my mentor.

First Week of Internship - Internship Goals

I want my internship to be a place where - can utilize my imagination and creativity skills to generate new ideas. I want to learn more about how the hospitals function so one day I can have the opportunity to open hospitals in my country to give free services for the one who cannot afford their medical stuff. I also want to use my interpersonal skills by talking to the patient, give them company and help the feel better because most of them are old and they feel very lonely. I really want to stand out for my internship and complete my work well done with a lot of success.

First Week of Internship -My First Day at Work

The first day I begin working, my mentor told one of her wokers to show us the different buildings in which we going to take the paients and transport them to the different buildings in the hositals or to the lobby, meaning the enterence. That lady teached us how we going to utilze the weal chair in a safe way to tranport the patient. She showed us where we can easily find a weal chair and what the differnt buildings stand for . For example ER is for emergency building, ASU2 is for ambulatory and many more such as the Smith building, the colmen and the Cronin building. After that, when the lady had patients who she was supposted to take to the lobby we folowed her by watching carfully. The whole day, we followed her with a lot of observation. So the next day we can do the same thing.

First Week of Internship - First Thoughts Of My Internship

When I first arrived at my internship I thought working in a hospital is a very serious occupation.
The way that my mentor was making the orientations with us was very serious. She told us that we have to be self directed, recpect the rules of the hospital . The rules consist of respecting the patient confidential, no open toes shoes for safety. I always have to wear the ID card while I am working, no jeans and sneakers are allowed. I alwyas have to wear professionel cloths and always wear the hopital uniform. The first day I satart working, I had the idea of what is it like to be in a hospital. For example being around patients and the working environment.

First Week of Internship - My Mentors

I actually have two mentor. My first mentor is the head director of the volunteer department. We call her sister Pateicia. She's very educated, organize and strict because she like the work to be well done. She consist that her interns always have to wear professionel cloths and maintain a perfect attendence. My other mentor is named Cheril. She's the supervisor at the patient transportation department. She's a very nice person. She has no problems and she like to work with her interns in joyful atmosphere.