UMass Memorial Health

Patient Advocate

June 2018 • Worcester, MA

What I liked

I love the opportunity to learn more about patient-centered care. This job offers me incredible experience as to what it will be like to become a nurse.

What I wish was different

I wish that I had the opportunity to work more and save up more money.

Advice

My advice would be for other nursing students to try to experience a job within a clinical setting before becoming a nurse because this kind of experience is invaluable and can really determine if this is a career for you.

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Pca

May 2017 • Worcester, MA

What I liked

Interaction with patients

What I wish was different

Worked less

Advice

If you are going ti be a nurse you should be a pca first!

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Managed Care Intern

June - August 2018 • Worcester, MA

What I liked

What I wish was different

I would have wanted to do more inferential statistics.

Advice

When in doubt, ask questions. You need not direct the questions to your boss; often times, co-workers can answer questions for you, and they're far more willing to do so than they seem. Health care is full of confusing acronyms and what-not, and occasionally the answers to your questions will surprise you. For example, I initially assumed that "DRG" was an abbreviation for "drug," but in reality it is something completely different.

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