Week 2

This week was completely different from last. I have definitely realized how hard to it to get in contact with managers at Florida Hospital. I had an interesting week because I found out after I got to my internship on Monday that they had "too many volunteers" in case management and that they did not need me there. I am not going to be working solely with Eden Spa helping market to the doctors an event they plan to do in October for Cancer awareness. Once again, things happen for a reason and I'm very excited to be putting all my attention and effort on working for Eden. I liked Case Management, but I hope to gain more experience with Eden. My plan for this next week is make raffle card to take to the doctors offices to give a free service to the card I pick the following week. My intentions are to enlighten the offices about what Eden is and what they do for their patients.

My first week interning!

My first week of interning was hectic to say the least. I had several problems having clear communication between the volunteer/intern staff at Florida Hosptial. It took a lot of persistant calling and e-mailing for me to finally get put in a department. Even though Case Management was not what I had requested, it is where I got assigned. When I showed up the first day, they did not even know I was coming. They did not know what I was going to be doing, or why I was even there. We had to sit down in the conference room and talk about what I expected from this internship and what I wanted to contribute. I layed out that I wanted to walk away from the internship having a better crasp of how a administrator or manager deals and solves every day problems they are faced with. They told me being in case management I would get a feeling for that, and I have. I have been able to make the medicare runs through the entire hospital for the patients that are to be released within the next 24 hours. Doing this I have been able to meet ALL the Case Managers in the entire hospital that I now see everyday. I was also invited to the Case Manager meeting on my second day and got to see the different companies/ or health facilities that try to sell themselves in hopes that the case managers might use them in the future when they release a patient. Overall, my first week has been very enlightening and I am excited to see what this semester will bring.