During my internship, I was helping out in the NICU at Catawba Valley Medical Center. My shifts were scheduled every Monday from 9-1. I started my internship on July 19th, and my last day is August 7th.
A lot of the time, I was just answering the doorbell. To do this, the people wanting to come in would ring the buzzer outside of the nursery. I would answer the phone at the front desk and ask them how I may help them. They normally told me they were here to see their baby/family members baby. I would look up the baby’s last name in the visitation book, and ask for their name(s). If it was written down in the book, I pressed the button to open the door that let them in. If it was not, I asked someone who was working (one of the nurses) for help. Sometimes, people were not there to …show more content…
I do not know all of their names, so I asked someone for help and they helped me. During my time helping out in the NICU I did a few other things. One of the things I did a lot was the laundry. There were 3 bins located in the nursery where there would be clothes that needed to be washed. I would go to all 3 of them, and get the clothes out if there was any. Then I would go to the closet with the washing machine and dryer. If there were clothes already in the washer, I moved them to the dryer and turned it on. If there were clothes in the dryer, I would put them in a laundry basket, fold them, and put them in the linen closet. Before I put any clothes in the washer, I made sure there was no big stains that needed to be sprayed with oxiclean. I’d turn the washer on and when it was finished, do the same thing again. Another thing I did was go to the
A lot of the time, I was just answering the doorbell. To do this, the people wanting to come in would ring the buzzer outside of the nursery. I would answer the phone at the front desk and ask them how I may help them. They normally told me they were here to see their baby/family members baby. I would look up the baby’s last name in the visitation book, and ask for their name(s). If it was written down in the book, I pressed the button to open the door that let them in. If it was not, I asked someone who was working (one of the nurses) for help. Sometimes, people were not there to …show more content…
I do not know all of their names, so I asked someone for help and they helped me. During my time helping out in the NICU I did a few other things. One of the things I did a lot was the laundry. There were 3 bins located in the nursery where there would be clothes that needed to be washed. I would go to all 3 of them, and get the clothes out if there was any. Then I would go to the closet with the washing machine and dryer. If there were clothes already in the washer, I moved them to the dryer and turned it on. If there were clothes in the dryer, I would put them in a laundry basket, fold them, and put them in the linen closet. Before I put any clothes in the washer, I made sure there was no big stains that needed to be sprayed with oxiclean. I’d turn the washer on and when it was finished, do the same thing again. Another thing I did was go to the