Thursday, June 10, 2010

Rounding with Christine in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). This was one of the aspects of this internship that most excited me. At one time, I worked for 4 years as a unit secretary (Bayview uses this same title) at Milwaukee Children's Hospital. Now I'm volunteering at the children's hospital in Madison (in the in-patient library). What a combination -- children, medicine, and books -- couldn't get better for me. The rounding took place in the units (intensive care and intermediate care) which are basically one large room each. The center of the rooms have a long computer station with a number of computers on each side. The team consisted of the attending, a nurse practitioner (who reported), the resident, medical student, clinical dietition, and the librarian (and me). Why a librarian you may wonder. I'll get to that...