Week 12

This was my last real week at FHCA. It was a great experience and I am happy that I decided to take it. Nothing really exciting happened at work. I just helped out with a few random projects. I finished my hours on Wednesday. I will go in on Monday and should be offered a part-time job for spring.

Week 11

I am working on yet another impossible project. It is a little frustrating but I will do what I have to. They are still not sure if I will get hired part time for the spring while I get my Masters. I really hope they do but they don't seem to be having a lot for me to do so i will understand if they don't. I just wish there were more things I could do there. I am currently trying to find any stimulus money available for plant repairs or generator improvements. I have looked every where but they keep giving me things that are not possible so it makes me look like a bad worker and that is a little disappointing. I wish they would give me a project that I could accomplish. Next week is my last week, unless I work on Monday the week of thanksgiving. We will see how things end. It was still a good experience if nothing more comes out of it.

10th Week

I spent most of my time at work just listening and learning this week, not doing any work. I sat through a committee meeting at the capitol and we had a long meeting about our strategic plan. My boss left the office for meetings all week on Tuesday. I have been in contact with her via email and I have been working on finding information about available stimulus money and information about the Health Reform Bill pertaining to LTC.

9th week

Well this week I did not have to do anything with my sexual predator project so that was nice. We had a meeting almost all morning Monday and then I helped someone with a project they were doing. Then on Tuesday we had a training/ information seminar for nursing homes with like 5 speakers which lasted 7hrs. It was a little boring and I think most people just came for the CNA hours. Good news was I got all my hours in with just working 2 days, this helped because I have a lot of school work to catch up on. Just 3 more weeks!

8th Week

This week I continued to do my almost impossible assignment about sexual predators and offenders in nursing homes. I seem to have hit a wall and cannot find any more information about it, and even if I find a little more I will still not be able to have a well documented map of Florida containing every different ordnance regarding this. I am thinking of other ways to use the information I obtained without it just going to waist and giving up. I also don't want my boss to think I am a quitter because they are probably going to offer me a part time job for while I am getting my Masters.

As always I did a few other things to help out. I also attended meetings and a memorial service for Budd Bell. I will try to decide what I am going to do with my research and find a way to make it into a decent presentation.

7th Week

This ended up being a good week. I did a lot of work on finding about the different laws and ordinances regarding sexual predators/offenders in nursing homes. Even though I did a lot of work, I was not able to find much information about it. There are maybe 300 different city ordinances in Florida about sexual predators/offenders. I have still not found one that has anything nursing home specific in it. I have been told by my boss and co-workers that there are specialized laws out there but I still have not found any. I even contacted the cities and counties that they told me they were sure had special laws and came up with nothing. So I will try harder next week.

The good thing about this week was getting my GRE and LSAT scores. I got a 1100 and 154 respectively. Both are above average so that's always good. I think I will just get my masters in Public Health. It seems a lot more like something I will enjoy and its a lot easier then Law School.

6th Week

I did not go into work this week. Half of our office was away at the AHCA convention. This was very helpful to me though because I am trying to get ready to take the GRE next Friday. I just decided that Law School might not be for me and that I would like to get a Masters in Public Health. I am going to apply to FSU and hopefully get in for Spring. It has been a little overwhelming for me though because I am taking 18 credits and I had been spending the earlier part of the year studying for the LSAT and now I have the GRE. I can't wait to catch up after I am finally done. I think I am doing sufficient in my classes, just not as good as I have in the past.