First Day

Monday, January 10th marked a day full of many new, yet interesting occurring themes. I walked in on a meeting that my sponsor attended. It turned out that it was a just a daily meeting, starting at 11a.m., taking place in the staff lounge. Oblivious to the purpose of the gathering and participants, I quickly made observations. Those who had on scrubs, (including my sponsor) I assumed to be nurses. They were the only ones speaking, as there were others writing down what the nurses said, sometimes asking questions. These people were dressed in business casual, some wearing white jackets. I presumed they were doctors perhaps. Again it turned out that the people wearing scrubs were indeed the nurses, and the note-takers were case managers. In this daily meeting, the nurses discuss their patients health conditions primarily, and other important financial and health-related information needed to know about them. The case managers take note of this and make decisions based off of health concerns, decide when to release the patients, where to put new incoming patients etc.. I have attended three of these brief meetings so far. I find interest in the discussions being held, and look forward to attending more in the future!