The Supply Room

Taking inventory for both floors.

One of the biggest tasks my mentor entrusted me with was the organization of the supply room closets on both Intensive Care Unit floors. Each room was to be organized similarly so as to avoid any confusion that may hinder the doctors, nurses, and nursing aids from retrieving their desired items and other patient treatment necessities. I was told that I had the whole summer to complete such a task, but I didn’t have all summer and I managed to finish the job in less than two weeks. Organizing the supply room exposed me to the different types of IV solutions, needles, tubes, toiletries, gauzes, dressings, ointments, gowns, chemicals, containers, and many other items that are used in the hospital. It was an arduous as well as tedious task. I started by writing down the items and what order they were in on each floor and moved to make one floor similar to the other. Working in that supply closet allowed me to point out a lot of the items that the nurses, doctors and nursing aids were looking for. I’ve learned to tell the difference between many butterfly needles and IV packet solutions and proved to be of much use to the nurses. Completing this task would be, I would say, one of the greatest accomplishments I’ve ever completed.

Organizing the Supply Room.