Special Delivery!

Retrieving our order from the Dietary Department.

Other than the same old file work I have to do, I’ve been sent around the hospital for numerous errands. One trip was to the Dietary Department in which the meals for the patients are prepared and delivered. In other words, the Dietary Department was the hospital’s very own Publix. My co-workers and I were sent down there with a cart to retrieve the ICU’s order of juices. We were to restock the refrigerators for both the 6 and 7 Greene Intensive Care Units. Going to the Dietary Department was unnerving because we found that it was located directly in front of the morgue which raised a lot of unanswered questions as to why such an arrangement was made.

Getting ready to sort out the juices.

After retrieving our order we assisted the nursing aides in organizing the juices and prepared for our next errand. Our second trip was to retrieve the unit’s orders of patient gowns and restock each patient room with an ample amount.

Retrieving our order from the Supply Chain Services Department.

For the gowns, we ventured to the distribution center located in the Supply Chain Services Department which is where orders for medical supplies are delivered to stock each unit’s supply room closet. In other rooms, the Supply Chain Services Department was the hospital’s very own Office Max. After retrieving the order, we helped the nursing aides restock patient gowns in each patient’s room. Though these errands were simple tasks, they gave us the liberty to explore the hospital and learn more about the other departments as well as how everything in the hospital is a well organized system.