One week down, more to come. This week I had the “pleasure” of getting to participate in new hire orientation. Unlike many of my friends who are also working or shadowing in different places of the hospital, I was the only one gifted this experience. If the sarcasm isn’t coming right off the page then I’d like to take the time to explicitly state it. While I can see why I may need to go to it, with my task taking me to all parts of the hospital, more than 90% was useless information to me. I sat in the orientation room from 8 am – 4pm and then 8 am – 12pm the following day…. It was brutal. I listened as people from all departments came to talk about retirement savings through the hospital, clocking in and out of your floor, and all the ins
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First off, being that I will be interviewing new nurses on the floors while they work, I got to participate in the correct protocol of gowning oneself when entering a disease ridden area. This activity had me putting on a shield mask, gown, and double gloves. After all the attire was one, I was then dowsed in chocolate syrup to see if I had put everything on tightly enough that the syrup wouldn’t seep through… I passed with flying colors. At the end we had to take everything off without getting the disease/virus (chocolate syrup on us) having prior experience with this I did quite well. After the exciting activity, I got to learn all about Ephraim McDowell, the father of abdominal surgery, along with history about the hospital itself. Ephraim McDowell is credited with one big story that the hospital is very proud of, the story of a woman who had such a large stomach that everyone thought she was pregnant with twins but had not delivered yet. Upon McDowell examining her he discovered it was actually an ovarian tumor. McDowell agreed to perform the surgery every other physician at the time believed was impossible if she came to Danville. McDowell performed the surgery in house, the white one behind the parking garage now, without any antiseptic or anesthesia. The lady made it through the surgery and actually lived into her 70’s, longer than Ephraim himself
First off, being that I will be interviewing new nurses on the floors while they work, I got to participate in the correct protocol of gowning oneself when entering a disease ridden area. This activity had me putting on a shield mask, gown, and double gloves. After all the attire was one, I was then dowsed in chocolate syrup to see if I had put everything on tightly enough that the syrup wouldn’t seep through… I passed with flying colors. At the end we had to take everything off without getting the disease/virus (chocolate syrup on us) having prior experience with this I did quite well. After the exciting activity, I got to learn all about Ephraim McDowell, the father of abdominal surgery, along with history about the hospital itself. Ephraim McDowell is credited with one big story that the hospital is very proud of, the story of a woman who had such a large stomach that everyone thought she was pregnant with twins but had not delivered yet. Upon McDowell examining her he discovered it was actually an ovarian tumor. McDowell agreed to perform the surgery every other physician at the time believed was impossible if she came to Danville. McDowell performed the surgery in house, the white one behind the parking garage now, without any antiseptic or anesthesia. The lady made it through the surgery and actually lived into her 70’s, longer than Ephraim himself