Did anyone ever feel at home when they first went to the hospital?

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I have always kind of felt like a hospital as homey. I know that sounds kind of weird. The first time I really remember going to the hospital was when my family found out my dad had a brain tumor and was rushed to have emergency surgery that same day at the hospital. We stayed at the hospital all night because it was a really long surgery. After that, he was in ICU for awhile, and it felt like we were always there. We took him to chemotherapy treatments and radiation. We were always in doctors offices.

After my dad passed away, I changed what I wanted to be from a meteorologist to a nurse or a doctor. I just felt at "home" in a hospital setting. When I got to high school, I was fortunate enough to be in a high school that had medical classes, with a "lab" of sorts with a few hospital beds. I took all the classes they offered and then I had knee surgery, and then again, and again, and again. My doctor told me that I would be better in a sit down job, so I decided to do medical transcription instead. It's just not the same. Then I had more knee surgery, and then a final 6th time. Now I am back in school and should be in the nursing program in the fall. I might have to have knee surgery again, because I'm having a lot of pain. Screw this meniscal allograft (2nd try). It has already ripped once!! Dare it rip again???? Anyway, I don't care. I really, really want to work as a nurse!

Anyway, that was kind of a rant, but just wanted to write for a minute:P Wish me luck:)

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I have always kind of felt like a hospital as homey. I know that sounds kind of weird. The first time I really remember going to the hospital was when my family found out my dad had a brain tumor and was rushed to have emergency surgery that same day at the hospital. We stayed at the hospital all night because it was a really long surgery. After that, he was in ICU for awhile, and it felt like we were always there. We took him to chemotherapy treatments and radiation. We were always in doctors offices.

After my dad passed away, I changed what I wanted to be from a meteorologist to a nurse or a doctor. I just felt at "home" in a hospital setting. When I got to high school, I was fortunate enough to be in a high school that had medical classes, with a "lab" of sorts with a few hospital beds. I took all the classes they offered and then I had knee surgery, and then again, and again, and again. My doctor told me that I would be better in a sit down job, so I decided to do medical transcription instead. It's just not the same. Then I had more knee surgery, and then a final 6th time. Now I am back in school and should be in the nursing program in the fall. I might have to have knee surgery again, because I'm having a lot of pain. Screw this meniscal allograft (2nd try). It has already ripped once!! Dare it rip again???? Anyway, I don't care. I really, really want to work as a nurse!

Anyway, that was kind of a rant, but just wanted to write for a minute:P Wish me luck:)

Good luck, hardhead! :yeah::lol2: You're obviously stubborn and ready to meet the challenge!

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I have always kind of felt like a hospital as homey. I know that sounds kind of weird.

ha, yes that's weird, no job/work is "homey" to me. it might be a good thing for you though, but...

anyways, different strokes for different folks.

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I have always kind of felt like a hospital as homey.

My doctor told me that I would be better in a sit down job, so I decided to do medical transcription instead.

Wish me luck:)

I've been doing medical transcription (remotely from home) for 15 years and I am now in nursing school. Knowing the medical terminology/drugs and being familiar with electronic records helps a lot. It seems like a natural progression for us "paper" folks in the hospital to move toward direct patient care. The only thing I will miss is being able to work at home in my PJs :D. Good luck to you!

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The only thing I will miss is being able to work at home in my PJs :D. Good luck to you!

scrubs are basically pj's and you think a hospital is homey, doesn't sound like you'll misss anything, ha.

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I know what you're trying to say.

After I finished my army service as a medic, I went to the local hospital to interview and when I walked in, I knew right away whatever my career would be, it would be in a hospital. that job was for a phlebotomist position, then I became a respiratory therapist and now also RN. All because of that first civilian hospital.

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Specializes in pulm/cardiology pcu, surgical onc.

Whenever I go in to my docs office for a check up or what not my bp and heartrate are always at their lowest. I don't have whitecoat syndrome but just the opposite because I'm so relaxed.

I have been wearing scrubs in some capacity or other for 20 years and I don't think I'd feel comfortable in any other job.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I wouldn't say the hospital felt "homey" when I started to work there, but because my mom was an ER nurse and I used to visit her at work a lot, the hospital wasn't intimidating to me. I felt comfortable in that environment because I'd been there so much already.

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Yeah, I guess I should have replaced homey with comfortable.

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

Yeah, I felt it. My first time in an OR as a tech student, even among the chaos of the OR there was a moment when I felt like I was where I was meant to be. Now years later, even on my worst days as an OR nurse, I still can't imagine being anywhere else or doing any other kind of nursing.

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Specializes in Progressive, Intermediate Care, and Stepdown.

YES YES and YES :) I'm not a nurse yet, but I do volunteer in the ER quite regularly. I'm starting the nursing program in the fall. I knew that this is where I wanted to be for my career nearly the first hour I had my first shift. Amongst all the chaos, I was soaking everything up like a sponge and enjoying every bit of it. At first I didn't know much, but as I helped more, and worked more often, my love for the environment, the nurses, the doctors, the patients, the job has grown beyond what I would've expected. It's an amazing feeling, because as you do, I feel at home at the ER.

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YES YES and YES :) I'm not a nurse yet, but I do volunteer in the ER quite regularly. I'm starting the nursing program in the fall. I knew that this is where I wanted to be for my career nearly the first hour I had my first shift. Amongst all the chaos, I was soaking everything up like a sponge and enjoying every bit of it. At first I didn't know much, but as I helped more, and worked more often, my love for the environment, the nurses, the doctors, the patients, the job has grown beyond what I would've expected. It's an amazing feeling, because as you do, I feel at home at the ER.

How did you get into volunteering in the ER and what do you do?

I was thinking about volunteering at a hospital this summer.:rolleyes:

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