I work in a place that can be define as a cultural object of the state of New York, Bellevue Hospital, the first public hospital in US. It is located on First Avenue between 27th & 28th Street in Manhattan. Although, most people recognize Bellevue by its psychiatric service and/or because it is the one that serves the Ebola patients; the hospital offers an ample variety of medical specialties; it is a level one trauma center, a teaching hospital and a prison. Different factors calls my attention from this hospital, I would say Bellevue is the image of the New York city’s life in a variety of aspects, because in this environment one get to be aware of the reality of this city, not just what the media offers.
Let’s start by me: I am employed by one of those agencies that recruits personnel and places them in different positions at health care centers. The agency placed me at Bellevue Hospital. Although I have been working for almost two years as a Nurse Assistant at Bellevue, I am not hospital staff, but agency staff. This is translated to no employment pension, vacation or …show more content…
This enriches the service because most of the employees speak at least two languages. Another thing I have observed is that at the work place the status of the occupation overrides the gender or the race statuses. I mean two nurses one Russian and one from the Philippine will share more than a nurse - doctor/ a technician – clerk / volunteer- security guard from the same race or origin. I am not saying the status set you apart, because there is a general cooperation and affability amongst the workers, but the ones that have the same occupation intimate
Let’s start by me: I am employed by one of those agencies that recruits personnel and places them in different positions at health care centers. The agency placed me at Bellevue Hospital. Although I have been working for almost two years as a Nurse Assistant at Bellevue, I am not hospital staff, but agency staff. This is translated to no employment pension, vacation or …show more content…
This enriches the service because most of the employees speak at least two languages. Another thing I have observed is that at the work place the status of the occupation overrides the gender or the race statuses. I mean two nurses one Russian and one from the Philippine will share more than a nurse - doctor/ a technician – clerk / volunteer- security guard from the same race or origin. I am not saying the status set you apart, because there is a general cooperation and affability amongst the workers, but the ones that have the same occupation intimate