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HCA Florida Aventura Hospital

Typical workday when I was employed for Aventura Hospital and Medical Center is expecting to give comfort and care to all patients that comes through the Emergency room doors and then transfer to our floor on 6-North Stepdown/Telemetry. What I have learned working in this field that if your heart is into your job that it shows no matter what floor of the hospital they send you to work on. Your co-workers always ask you when will you be back to work with us.  The co-workers both nursing assistants and Registered Nurses, from ultrasound to Radiology always worked very professionally together.  The hardest part of my job is me watching patients react to their life altering changes when they are told of bad news in regards to their health. The most enjoyable part is to get those words "THANK YOU" for helping me through this difficult time in my life while I was hospitalized. To see a ventilated patient that could not do anything by themselves get out the bed and was able to leave the hospital walking. The same for the stroke patients that we took care of to see the care that we gave them and they are able to start speaking without a slur in their speech regain feeling on the damaged side of their bodies, In general, all the sick patients that get better and are able to leave the hospital gives me GREAT joy.

Day start at 6:30 am Monday thru Friday with rotating weekends. We receive scheduled and unscheduled patients for procedures to be done by there ordering physician. We registered, entered data and ordered exams. We retrieve needed healthcare information to do there imaging procedure. We answer phone calls and/or transfer calls to the approiate area  We fax reports to ordering physicians. Work directly with co-worker and management to make sure quality of work is comfortable to all patients. It is a very busy area and the confidential information on patients is extremely important. We handle all radiology legal affairs directly with lawyers and/or hospital representative.The most enjoyable part of my job was always helping and aiding people and families whom had questions or some concern. worked directly with doctors

I did not have a background working in any medical field. Is a good position to get your foot in the door and gain experience working for them. The doctors were welcoming and great to work with. Most nurses were welcoming but then had a couple that turn their nose up at you, my opinion. A few lazy co workers who loves to have conversation instead of register patients in a timely manner. I felt working as a PRN Patient Access Representative, you are the the bottom of the totem pole. Did not let that bother me. 30 min lunch, to get some food and get yourself together. Worked in the ER department. Some days were relax and easy, then times it can be stressful and nerve racking. You do spend alot of time on your feet registering patients with a mobile cart and laptop. Overall I would work here again, once you establish yourself with the team is a great work family environment.

I have learned a great deal from my co-workers and physicians. I was able to work closely with Dr Floyd Osterman to become the best technologist I can be and also with our Neuro Interventionalist Dr Edgard Pereira. I have cross-trained in cardiac catherization and did quite a bit of self study to get to the point I'm at with procedures.
 
I was given the opportunity to train at GE in Wisconsin to build the Mac Lab and DMS or data management system. I worked independently to build the system before it went live.The system was up in running in less than 1 weeks once the equipment was installed. We had to go liver in stages because we had 5 rooms to bring on line with each room doing different types of procedures from EP, cardiac catherization , neuro, vascular and body interventionals.

Supportive environment with ups and downs. I have learned to keep my wisdom and humility whatever the situation was. In terms of management, they are really focused on the well-being of the staff and make sure nothing is missing in providing care to our patients. The system encouraged staff to work as a team with the implementation of "No Passing Zone." I am not sure if there is a hardest part of the job. What I may consider the hardest part is sometimes dealing with difficult patients, but I believe addressing their issue promptly will make a big difference. The most enjoyable part of the job is when my patient told me, "I am feeling better because the way you treat me."

Working at Aventura was fun and a very Welcoming Atmosphere. I learned that working cohesively it gets things done. Having a Great working Environment made it easier to work with patients especially in Emergencies.We had diverse culture so much that we started a thing where we all brought dishes/food from every different cultures at work. That was amazing. Doing this we found out a lot of interesting things about one another. The hardest part for of this job for me is losing any patient because they ultimately give up! The most enjoyable part is to see the most the patient/s on their death bed fight for their life and walk out of their in better health!

Aventura Hospital and Medical Center was founded in 1965 as Golden Isles Hospital in Hallandale Beach. The hospital relocated to its present location in 1974and was renamed Aventura Hospital and Medical center in 1993. The fully accredited 407-bed acute care facility provides award-winning inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, medical, surgical and cancer services.

In order to meet the needs of our ever-growing community we have invested $130 million in expanding and renovating the hospital. The new North Patient Tower features 243 private rooms with private baths, the newest technologically advanced patient care equipment, a 28 bed-Emergency Department, 2 new ICU units, the Surgical Services Suite with 10 new oversized operating rooms, a new Main Entrance and much more.

I STARTED MY MORNINGS OUT AT 3AM DAILY GETTING TO WORK AT 4AM TO GET THE EARLY MORNING PICKUP. WAKING A PERSON UP THAT EARLY IM THE MORNING TO DRAW THEIR BLOOD IS SURLY NOT A GOOD THING I KNOW BECAUSE IVE BEEN ON THE RECIVING SIDE OF IT, BUT TO HEAR MY PATIENTS SAY TO ME I DIDNT FEEL A THING OR OPEN THEIR EYES AFTER IM DONE TO SEE ME SO THEY CAN REQUEST ME IS A GREAT FEELING. I ENJOY MY WORK AND OFTEN CALLED ON FOR HARD STICKS AND HEAVY PICKUPS. I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF MY COWORKERS IN FACT I WAS WELL LIKED BY ALL. THE HARDEST PART OF MY JOB IS SEEING PATIENTS IN PAIN AND REALLY CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I ENJOY MAKING THEM COMFATABLE IN EVERY WAY I CAN. 

The management staff is not supportive, willing to listen to issues that multiple nurses have voiced, or willing to increase and improve the orientation process. Their ratio is 1:6 including extremely high acuity patients and ventilator patients. When task are not done on time due to meeting patient’s needs, you are reprimanded for being late, although the patients report your excellent care to the supervisors. These positive reports or not passed on to you by management staff, only by the patients and their families. 

Worked with 24 patients, each nurse had 8, and I was in charge.  Learned a lot about time management, and priority of care.  Met so many life long friends who were my co-workers.  Working 3-11 shift was difficult at times because we received the post-op patients, or direct patients from the MD's office.  Most of the time we didn't have a secretary, or she was split, and we entered orders ourselves, plus did our nurse duties.
     My relationship with the physicians was excellent, they trusted me, and we almost knew what they wanted.  I worked orthopedics, urology, and telemetry.

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