Work experience - Crumlin Hospital :)

This was by farrr my favourite work experience that i have done! It was sooo good :) There is a special program there for ty students from all diffrent schools. One or two people from all the departments came in to talk to us (there were 45 in my class) in the lecture hall. Sounds boring but it realy wasnt at all! We didnt get to go to many diffrent places in the hosiptal for privicy reasons for the patiences. But we did get to go to the Pathology labs for a tour at the end our first day. I saw a tumer in a kidney and a lung. I also saw how they would test blood for diffrent allergies like if they allergic to dogs or cats or if they had hay fever ... things like that. That lab i found realy intresting. On the first day we had regisration then an introduction to the hospital like when the diffrent parts were built and what is due to happen in the future. Then we had a talk on Pharmacy occupational therapy a break for then minutens a fire safty lecture (totaly un-nessery) then a break for an hour then two nurses came in and talked then a ten minute break then the labs tour then home. The second day we got a talk from they emergency department this was intresting and a job i would like to do. I would like to do it because it changes everyday because you dont specialise in any area like you get to see it all and its the most exciting job with diffrent cases everyday and your always buzy (the pay and the hours are good to!). We then got a social work talk which was intresting to but I wouldnt like it as much as opposed to a nurse in the emergincy dept or just a normal childrens nurse because I have a very soft heart and I would be crying all the time haha but it was very intresting. We then had a dietetics talk which was ok not great but thats because I have no intrest in studing to becoming a dietiton after school. Then during our ten minute break the clowen doctoers came in, there were great and they have a very important job beause they joke and have a laugh with the children making them forget about there illness and just have fun with them! Sounds lik a great job doesnt it?! haha. Then a Bio Medical engineers, CMRF and Endorinology this is to do with growth and hormones that was intresting and sounded like a good job. I realy liked oncology this is the doctors and nurses that help cancer patients granted it would be very very hard to take emotionaly but I would realy like to become it! On Wednesday we had a talk on the psychiatry department which was intresting and many people liked it in my class! Next was Audiology and then Basic life support so if anyone just drops and stops breathing call me! haha. Infection control was quite boring! I know if any of my friends read this they will be like I would of thought you realy liked that because im like a clean freak :/ but yeh that was very boring. The NCHD's was intresting and so was they NCMG this is like an on call doctor but it gives you the chance to work abroad like the man that gaves me the talk on NCMG and NCHD's worked in africa treating familys there for a year they worked in alot of other places but they only had the pitures from africa with them. On Thursday we had cardiology, Physiotherpy, surgary nurses, Burns and plastics and then speech and language. The last two were the best from that day. The burns was extreamly intresting she showed us pictures and told us what to do if you get a majour burn or scald. The speech and language was intresting and i thought it wouldnt be very buzy but it is very buzy mostly with cancer pationts becasue sometimes the treatments they go through impares there speech for a wile. Friday we had Dermatology, Occupational health, Rdiology, St. Louises and Haemophillia then we got our certificits and class photo (I will post it up when I get the picture) all in all it was an unreal week and even if your not intrested in doing anything in a hospital you should still do it, its sooo good and was a great experience!