Box 11 "Positioning Yourself"

I chose the subculture of a Health Center/Hospital because I hope to one day work in this area. Before I chose this path for my career choice I have always wondered what happens "behind the scenes" at a hospital that has so many things going on at once. I personally do not think that my gender, or race will effect my studies. My age might have a small effect on my studies because I am a young college student with plenty of question and not very much prior knowledge walking into a hospital. Walking into a hospital the majority of people have subjective positions. The stereotype of a the ER is that they are very slow, expensive, and grouchy. That all depends on the individuals experiences. Walking into the ER I do expect slow and terrible service because that is how I was treated my first and only time being taken to the ER. I have never been an actual patient in the hospital but I think asking a wide variety of patients about their experience will give me plenty of different responses. Some people really enjoy their time there, receiving great service from very friendly nurses. Others get the bad end of the deal and end of with complications, mix-ups, and very unfriendly nurses. Going into this field site I hope to get a wide variety of responses from patients, but a general feel from the nurse environment itself.