Kaiser Volunteering / Nurse Shadowing: The Third Session (#2)

On our last two hours of volunteering Christina and I were shown one last thing which was located on the same floor as recovery room. It was where all the patients waste are disposed after the patient is let go:) This is not surprising to me because as a nurse there is a lot of "dirty" "gross" work involved. But, just like everything else you just have to get used to it and do your job. After that we went back to the recovery room and chatted with the PACU nurses about their experiences while in college and there first years as a nurse. They told us that the First year is always the hardest because they were just not adjusted to the job yet. She even said that she thought she didn't want to be a nurse anymore because of the horrible patients ect.. but, she fought through it and now loves her job! This talk and my experiences of volunteering at Kaiser made me realize that this is the career path that I 100% want to take on in my future! I loved volunteering for kaiser and i will definitely visit my mentor again and especially to eat their yummy food that they bring!