Blog entry #1:
My workplace is at St. Rose Hospital where they help cure and aid people. It is a large corporation field with a diversity of doctors, nurses, secretaries and much more. St. Rose is located on 27200 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward CA 94545. It consists of four floors divided by departments that are filled with lots of different rooms with many generous people and lots of nurses/doctors walking throughout the white bare hallways in eager determination.  At St. Rose their is very many people who work their, at all times their are always many doctors and nurses doing their job. Not only do they offer jobs but volunteer opportunities as well, many people of all ages volunteer at the hospital even the elders who locate in the main lobby. This work place only and strictly employs people who are responsible, hardworking, manage problems effectively, and most importantly caring and loving people. Most people who work at the hospital have a technical certificate or a major in their job. My workplace serves people of all ages, all races, and all conditions. Strengths of my workplace I feel is the environment and connection between co-workers. Every single employee is very kind and is always willing to help others, even if they do not know the person they always offer a smile and greeting. A weakness to my workplace I would have to say is the lack of organization in some departments that are always very busy and have not much time to organize documents neatly where they are easy and able to reach fast the next time needed. All in all, so far I am really excited for what awaits me and the new experience I am gaining at St. Rose Hospital.

Blog entry #2:
My mentors name is L. Douglas Davis and he is director of X-ray department at St. Rose hospital. His typical day involves going to different offices affiliated with the X-ray department and make sure everything is fine and flowing correctly, if not all questions and concerns are directed to him. He also works in his office looking at different X-ray cases of which he speaks about with other doctors and the determine what the next procedure with the patient will be. On a regular week Dr. Doug is at the hospital from 9am to 5pm, his favorite part of the day he says is seeing patients satisfied and looking at final products. His interest in the health field came from the desire to help others. He is very satisfied and happy with his profession, although he speaks about him not being done yet given the fact that education to him still continues. An interesting topic we spoke about in the interview I made, he told me that during sophomore and junior year he barely passed high school with Cs and senior year decided to pick things up and passed with all As. He attended the University of Minnesota and graduated as PM tech of which he was for thirteen years. Later on with the experience he realized that his job was something he found interesting and after applying to St. Rose he was with no hesitation accepted. With much pride in his accomplishments and all his hard work now made it easy to get accepted into a hospital of his choice.

Blog post #3:
At my internship I work in two departments, x-ray and Women's Imaging Center. For the first half of my day, before lunch I attend x-ray department where I am in charge of answering the busy phone calls from patients with different questions of which my job is to try and answer. In addition, I get to go in with Dr. Doug and observe different recent x-ray's that are posted up in his office and I get to hear from his opinions on what the next step for this patient to recover would be. Lastly, I get to distribute very important x-ray information to each of all 4 floors. In the Women's Imaging Center, I get the opportunity to see how a mammogram and bone densities are done and what the procedure is. I also get to take the patients out back to the dressing room before their mammogram. For example, one of the two wonderful ladies at registration gives me a packet with the patients information and name, so therefore I walk out to the waiting room call their name and pass them into the designated room. I feel like a total nurse while doing this, I actually get the feeling of being someone important and the satisfaction of patients smiles when I lead them into their room and explain what they must do. I even get to wear an ID with my picture on it saying I volunteer at St. Rose and even wear a lab coat. Every day to me goes by very fast because I enjoy and love the community that the hospital upholds throughout its workers. In my every day here at St. Rose I have learned that working there is not as calm or soothing as it looks, backstage their is lots of chaos and commotion. For example, today I was taking to a nurse who had just witnessed a woman's stomach surgery go bad. The doctor had stapled her before they would stitch her up and right before that happened the woman coughed and her laungs came dashing out of her stomach! Yes she still lives, they put them all back in place so everything was fine. Although some of these stories may sound very gross to be a part of, I find it very intriguing and interesting in many ways. St. Rose can be filled with much tension as well, today I saw a doctor wearing a lab coat and underneath shorts a T-shirt and sandals! For Emergency department was blowing off with so many patients right around 11 AM that they even rushed doctors who were on their vacation to come help. Their was people injured and sick in the waiting room because all of ER rooms were full! This to me was a very interesting day at St. Rose filled with many events I will always carry with me in the future. 

Blog Post #4:
For my WLE project at St. Rose I am planning to do something that will help patients in some way. Since Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up I was planning on coming up with some sort of plan to help patients of all ages who have been sick for a long time or that are close to dying and are at the hospital get a smile on their face. It may involve going to talk with them or bringing a get well card. I also plan to help The Women's Imaging Center by promoting the bone density check up of which determines how strong and healthy your bones are. These ideas I came up with by observing everything that goes on in the hospital. From this, I noticed that many patients don't have many visitors or none at all, this made me realize that maybe I can make a change in a persons life or a motivation or maybe a simple a smile. Whatever it be, will make me happy to know I am helping others and also forming a part of my project required for WLE. Secondly, for the Women's Imaging Center I spoke to the manager of X-ray department and he elaborated on how much he wished bone densities would be performed more often. Next I went off to discover why it was that people don't schedule appointments for bone densities and it turned out that very few patience even know what it is or why it is important to do bone densities therefore I decided to promote them in a flyer that informs patients what it is and why it is important. I am very excited to do my WLE projects at St. Rose because I love talking to people, listening to their cases and helping them feel like someone is truly interested and get a smile on their face. To accomplish my projects I must talk to my mentor about my ideas and approve of my WLE project. I also need to inform myself on what I can do with patents for example maybe I can bake a cookie for those who can, or maybe I can get them donated from the cafeteria. I also need to do further research on the bone density machine to be able to create my informative flyer for the Women's Imaging Center.  

Blog #5:
Today at my WLE today I completed my normal routine. I checked in with my mentor then headed to the X-ray department where I helped deliver mail, answer phone calls, and organize papers. After lunch, I went to The women's Imaging Center where I worked in directing patients and calling them in for their mammogram. Today was a nice calm regular day. I talked to my mentor about my project plan and she was very happy with the creativity and thought settled into the project. She talked about the importance of this project meaning that St. Rose is all about helping the patients and how this project was a perfect example and would serve good for patients, guests, and workers. Workers at St. Rose are all stressing due to the amount of people they have laid of and fired, they are all nervous and worried as though no one wants to lose their job. My mentor did give me more information on how to accomplish and carry on my project at St. Rose. The final project I am doing is gathering many cards made from different elementary schools now that the holidays approach to give one to each patient here at St. Rose also attached with a cookie. I will also try and get someone to play holiday songs on a piano that is not in use and play it in the main lobby for guests and staff to enjoy, and maybe even get a choir of kids to come sing as well. So far I have completed the letter that I will send the elementary teachers asking permission to make the cards during class. I hope to successfully carry on this project and be able to put a smile on many people here at St. Rose Hospital. 

Blog #6:
The leadership skills I use the most at my internship are thinking critically, complete projects effectively, and communicate powerfully. At times I am thinking critically by answering the phone calls in the office. I speak to the patient to analyze his/her situation to then identify weather I can help them out or must I set the person on hold for assistance of a receptionist. In addition, I also practice completing projects effectively at St. Rose by establishing goals, creating a plan, and using al resources available. For example, on my project I came up with a plan to organize my project ideas to then choosing what my goal would be, and using all resources to accomplish it. Lastly, communicating powerfully is one of the leadership skills I feel I use the most when working in the office. I constantly ask questions and clarity to my advisor, mentor, and schools forming a part of my project. In addition, I seek to understand and listen in order to come to agreement on dates, I also motivate little kids when I speak to them about valuing their health because their is many people who are ill and spend the holiday season in the hospital. I think I am using these leadership skills to the best of my ability. These leadership skills help me do my work by directing and guiding me on the right path to accomplishing my goals. The leadership skill I think my mentor Vecepia Robinson uses the most is communicating powerfully given the fact she is a part of human resources at St. Rose Hospital, therefore she is organized and clarifies, listens, informs, instructs, motivates, and persuades patients.  

Blog #7:
Throughout my work learning experience at St. Rose Hospital I have learned that I truly want to major in the health care field in the future. I have also learned that there are many departments within a hospital of which are very interesting to take a look at. I learned that either position one holds in the hospital is not easy as it may seem because behind stage their is a lot of stressing work and chaos. During my internship I have  noticed that everyone working there is very kind and smiles to each other even if they do not know one another. During my experience my creativity was put to use when walking through the halls and realizing how many patients are seriously sick and must spend the holidays there, or those who are at border of death and must remain in the hospital as well. Instead of going with my original project of organization in the X-ray department I realized that It was not a serious issue and I could focus on something else that can affect and involve more people. Some basic skills I learned while interning at St. Rose is how to answer the phones on my own, how to send mail out, and how to pull out a patients records on the computer. These things are some basic skills required to know when working in Radiology and The Women's Imaging Center. All in all, throughout my internship i've learned that in the future I definitely want to major as MD because as receptionist carry a lot more phone and paper activities I feel for my personality I would fit in on a more hands on profession.   

Blog #8:
Looking back to the beginning of when I was in search for my WLE I had many complications getting my internship at a hospital. First I called other hospitals and clinics near my house yet like Kaiser, either they do not give internships or only during the summer. Once I came across St. Rose Hospital, I was able to get a hold of someone who told me it was possible so we soon had the interview and he was very pleased to tell me I would be able to start soon. Although, soon after I e-mailed him many times and called but he never replied, I became worried because the deadline approached and I was  afraid of having to get an internship not of my choice. I kept calling until someone directed me to a new person whom would now be in charge and I must proceed all process over. Delightedly I met with her and we were finally able to assure my internship at St. Rose. From my experience, the most effective way of looking for a job and getting hired is by not giving up, in my case I kept calling and did not give up until I was assisted, and lastly use all resources like E-mails to set more time on what to say. As a result of my WLE, I think being a professional or a responsible adult in the work world means, to hold respect, commitment, and communicative skills. At St. Rose these qualities are held among all workers and are imperative to forming a part of a big hospital.   

Blog #9:
Today at my intern I started of by meeting with my mentor about my project and future dates we are meeting on. Then I took some pictures of the hospital while I headed to Radiology department, there I prepared envelopes and delivered all mail to floors and mail room. I also helped answer phone calls if all receptionist were busy. I then took my lunch and directed to the Women's Imaging Center where I passed patients to the rooms and also helped call patients to remind them of their mammogram and bone density appointment. As an intern I have improved by knowing how the system works and knowing where each department is located in the hospital. This makes me a better intern because I am now able to complete more difficult tasks I am asked to do. Something that makes my internship a great place to work at is that everyone is very friendly to each other which produces a nice, safe, comfortable environment to gladly work at. Something that makes my internship not so great to work at is that there is no silence in departments like X-ray and WIC as the phones are constantly ringing and people are always walking in and out or asking questions, this sometimes can be quite exhausting for workers.   

Blog #10:
Some final thoughts I have about my WLE is that I will definitely miss everyone who I got the chance to work with although I leave really happy knowing that I had a great time there while at the same time I got the chance to  learn many new things revolving around the health care of which I did not know about before. With this experience I am still decided that I want to major in the health care as my opinions now that I have actually experienced their jobs has not changed. This experience has shown me many new things in x-ray and Women's Imaging Center and it has impacted me on my WLE next year to be at the same place. I would like to intern at the hospital again for my senior year and joining a different department like ER where their is a different environment of workers and situations. Overall, I really enjoyed my WLE at St. Rose hospital and really hope to join them again next year's WLE.