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Woo Finance: Working for Free Edition
Jul. 19th, 2011 07:12 pmOkay so this is not actually impressive, I'm just really happy with how it went.
I have a volunteer position at Evergreen hospital now! NOT JUST ANY VOLUNTEER POSITION. I'm a level two. Uh huh. Bet you're jealous. ...No one is jealous because 'level two' just means that if anyone is going to get bled on it's gonna be me, but I'm THRILLED with this because the reason they're labeling me level two is because I GET TO WORK IN THE ER!
Awesome Things About This Hospital
• There's a cafe on the campus that serves five varieties of Red Bull smoothie. RED BULL SMOOTHIE. RED. BULL. SMOOTHIE! When I figured this out I had one of those '\o/ Perks for Turks!' moments, except I'm not a video game character and this isn't a perk. I do have to pay for it. I have to pay $5-6 per smoothie but who cares? It's amazing.
• DID I MENTION THE PART WHERE I WORK IN THE ER? I looked at a fuck ton of hospitals and tried to find one that seemed alright with letting volunteers get closer to the medical aspects of the hospital than the clerical aspects of the hospital, but I wasn't expecting to actually get that close. Pretty much my job will be to keep everything organized, stocked, and working so that doctors and people on stretchers screaming will have one less thing to think of. They also require you to know why everything is where it is and what everything is for, which may not sound that exciting, but goddamnit this is a field of interest for me and I want to leeeeaaaaaaaaarn. I also have the stomach of a surgeon and I don't mind having unpleasant things spilled on me all that much.
• This hospital has a concert pianist. It's ridiculous and wonderful.
• On my way out after step 1 of my TB test, I passed a HOT doctor. That has nothing to do with anything, I just liked it. And had a hard time not saying 'DAyum, that lab coat fit you niiiiiiiice.'
• Not to mention, the lady who interviewed me all but guaranteed me a phlebotomy internship once I got to the point of being ready for one (in a couple months).
• The lady who gave me the tuberculin injection was crazy. I like crazy.
• I also like crazy architecture and huge buildings, and this hospital is built like an ant colony. I swear, no two hallways run parallel and everything you could put in a room has its own tiny room. The tiny room for the copy machine was really cute. The tiny room full of crazy ladies that had spent too many hours in a tiny room administering injections charmed me.
• Did you know hospitals have free tampons? At least, this one does.
• There's a place to get coffee every two feet.
I have a volunteer position at Evergreen hospital now! NOT JUST ANY VOLUNTEER POSITION. I'm a level two. Uh huh. Bet you're jealous. ...No one is jealous because 'level two' just means that if anyone is going to get bled on it's gonna be me, but I'm THRILLED with this because the reason they're labeling me level two is because I GET TO WORK IN THE ER!
Awesome Things About This Hospital
• There's a cafe on the campus that serves five varieties of Red Bull smoothie. RED BULL SMOOTHIE. RED. BULL. SMOOTHIE! When I figured this out I had one of those '\o/ Perks for Turks!' moments, except I'm not a video game character and this isn't a perk. I do have to pay for it. I have to pay $5-6 per smoothie but who cares? It's amazing.
• DID I MENTION THE PART WHERE I WORK IN THE ER? I looked at a fuck ton of hospitals and tried to find one that seemed alright with letting volunteers get closer to the medical aspects of the hospital than the clerical aspects of the hospital, but I wasn't expecting to actually get that close. Pretty much my job will be to keep everything organized, stocked, and working so that doctors and people on stretchers screaming will have one less thing to think of. They also require you to know why everything is where it is and what everything is for, which may not sound that exciting, but goddamnit this is a field of interest for me and I want to leeeeaaaaaaaaarn. I also have the stomach of a surgeon and I don't mind having unpleasant things spilled on me all that much.
• This hospital has a concert pianist. It's ridiculous and wonderful.
• On my way out after step 1 of my TB test, I passed a HOT doctor. That has nothing to do with anything, I just liked it. And had a hard time not saying 'DAyum, that lab coat fit you niiiiiiiice.'
• Not to mention, the lady who interviewed me all but guaranteed me a phlebotomy internship once I got to the point of being ready for one (in a couple months).
• The lady who gave me the tuberculin injection was crazy. I like crazy.
• I also like crazy architecture and huge buildings, and this hospital is built like an ant colony. I swear, no two hallways run parallel and everything you could put in a room has its own tiny room. The tiny room for the copy machine was really cute. The tiny room full of crazy ladies that had spent too many hours in a tiny room administering injections charmed me.
• Did you know hospitals have free tampons? At least, this one does.
• There's a place to get coffee every two feet.
