Working Girl

Today was my first day of work. Everything went well and I think I am going to really enjoy what I am doing. I am getting to sit in an a bunch of different council meetings that are organized for different patient populations of the hospital such as the NICU Council Committee. This committee is made up of patients and staff who come together to address needs in the area, some being health education related. My office is in an office building about a mile from the UWMedical Center but it still takes me 15 minutes to drive between the two. I am going to be heading to the med. center on Wednesday to work in the Patient Resource Center. This is an area in the lobby of the hospital where patients can come to get more information about different health topics and issues. So I will act as a resource for them and add in little health tid bits when I can. The other project I am getting started on soon is working on a breast feeding video with a Perinatal Council. It sounds like I will also be able to do some shadowing in more specific areas being lactation consulting and child life specialists. Hopefully I will gain more direction in what I am interested in after all of this. Overall the first day went good and it turned to great when there was a huge vase of flowers waiting for me from my parents :)