I work at the Hospital....well..sort of, and not quite yet. :)

So I joined this group called Medical Explorers. It's for young people between the ages of 14-20 to explore the different areas of health care. Basically what you do is sign up for clinical rotations, only lasting 2 hours, in the hospital. You shadow someone (usually a nurse) around during that time. You can sign up for rotations in the ER, surgery, Burn Unit, ICU, Oncology...just about everything except for pediatrics and labor/delievery. Tuesday evening we had our orientation meeting. We have to be informed about all the HIPAA rules and all the different hospital ins and outs. We did "Gloving 101" where we learned how to put on and take off gloves properly. Thank God for Camp Barnabas. I knew how to do that really well, since I had to put on gloves about 3-4 times a day during term 9. We learned about all the different emergency situations, and what to do in those situations.
It was a 3 hour orientation. I hate sitting in a chair for that long. The cool thing about ME's is that once you frequent an area of the hospital enough, the people start to recognize you, and you start being able to do things. We are basically errand runners, but we don't get paid or anything. We'll have a business meeting the 2nd week in October, and we can sign up for rotations then. I've got scrubs, and at the business meeting, I'll get my official name badge and everything. I'm soooo excited! If you are interested in this program, tell me, and I'll give you more info.