The New Road

..My interview was really unique. It was held in a Victorian house behind Harper Hospital’s Civil War Hospital which was truly authentic, and still being used. The home I was in was used by the surgeons whose demand was facilitated by the soldiers returning from the war needing amputations. Many soldiers did not survive the trip back to the hospital. Those that did, would still need to recover from the loss of blood, and their appendages needing to be removed. Infection and gangrene would be the leading cause of death. I was told all this by the Facility Administrator who sat across from me at a round table. The Administrator for the Central Processing Supply Department filled me in on what it took to support the surgeries then, and how they were currently using robotic cars to supply the hospital now.

..The Personnel manager introduced herself, and asked the administrators to leave thanking them for their input. She could tell I looked confused, and she informed me they had hoped I would become very interested in working here. Everyone at the medical center thought highly of Gwendolyn and I had her endorsement. Wow, how fortunate for me. The manager began to tell me about the opportunities they had at the hospital and how their plans to expand and become a major provider of health care was at the top of their list. She was inviting me to come and experience all that I could become working here. They provided their employees good benefits, which included tuition reimbursement, and a flexible work schedule. The salary was only half of what I was making at UPS, but the opportunity to advance a career was taking precedent in my current thought process.

..She saw that I only needed four more classes to obtain my associate’s degree, and would need to make plans for what university I would be attending to obtain a bachelor’s degree. She smiled and said, “you are going to continue aren’t you?” I had informed her I planned on continuing but I hadn’t picked the university. She laughed, and said,” honey you are only nineteen years old. You’ll have plenty of time to figure that out.” She pointed out that working in this teaching hospital will definitely widen my choices.

… There were two schools of Nursing here, and the Detroit Medical Center was affiliated with Wayne State University’s School of Medicine. In addition. the hospital offered full tuition reimbursement on all classes passed towards a degree requirement. She left it up to me to decide which department I wanted to start working in, and also informed me to let her know by the end of the week. If I was still interested? I let her know I was very interested and would call her by the end of the week. I thanked her for her time and the opportunity. She smiled and wished me well as we parted. >>>My Life’s Journey To Be Continued<<<<<<