Internship Final Reflection - Advertisement Assignment #4

My internship goals were not to get nervous during arguments, have good presentation skills, be a leader and get more into adult world. When I first worked, I was melting when the phone was ringing. I was afraid to pick up because somebody could ask me something I can't do it. I was nervous. I had no skills at presentation at all because simply I hated it. Presentation for me was taking shots. I just forced my self to like it because I hated it in the past. I was a kind of shy. I saw a friend of mine very interested in presentation and loved it as going to Disney Land. For me presentation was death. Also being a leader for me was a great headache and a pain in the butt. I didn't like to lead people. However, I found that the leader is more respected and I always wanted to be special. Being a leader and presentation skills is very related. Their success keys is to have an eye contact and give the audience your point however it looked like. Just don't get nervous or think they want to bother you. It is like somebody asking you for more information and he wants to get more from your experiance and skills.

In the last 12 weeks, I learnt that people don't act the same in work as they act in home. Every body in work have a different face. I grew a lot as a young adult as I knew how to be serious in cases I laughed out loud in before. The highlights is that the Russian speakers had a very Egyptian accent that every time I look around I think that a country mate behind me but then I knew it's not. I was so sad when I found a girl from Cairo has cancer in the hospital and the disease ruined her face and body. Her sister was like a greek goddess and I felt she felt jealous and broken that she is sick. Every time I arrived to the hosptial I checked her bed saying Good morning and I make jokes with her. Sometimes she was not able to replay just staring at the window but I knew that It made difference.

I knew how to defend myself more in talk language not with muscles. In professional world, there is no place for rudeness otherwise, you will be kicked out. If I am going to start next week my internship, I would be more serious in meeting the people I will be working with instead of making jokes. My advice for students interning in Coney Island hospital next year is that don't let somebody boss you badly and also don't hesitate fast. Just think well before you react and know that you won't be loved from everybody. One thing I will miss from my internship is my belarusian volunteer coworker who I adored her too much.

The Interview - Advertisement Assignment #6

What is your full name? Judy, Rohr

Where are you from? Bk, NY

Where did you go to college? For how long? Would you like to go back to school?

I went to Staten Island and Saint Joseph for 5 years but I quit. I wish I could go back.

Why did you choose your professional field? I don't know! My friend made me in here.

Why did you choose this particular job at this particular company? It was convenient, It offered a lot of support because I have one year experiance.

How long have you worked here? 28 years

What is your job title? Head nurse

What do your duties include? I manage 28 nurses to provide excellent job to patients.

What are some challenges you have faced working here? Dealing with people of different culture and stuff

What is your best part of your job? When I say get well to a patient, it makes a difference.

Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/ different? Not as a nurse, I worked an administrative assistance for 20 years. It similar that its all office work.

What do you see as your future with this company? Retiring in a year and a half.

Do you plan to open your own business one day? Yes May be but not nursing, like children candy something fun!

What advice would you give to teenage interns getting ready to find a career in real word? Don't become your parents want, do what you want. Reach for stars - follow your dreams.

What advice would you give to teenage interns getting ready for college?

I don't believe all people go to college after high school!

What is something you would like to change about your job? To get more respect :)

Internship words P2

Word: Diagnosis

Meaning: To determine the root cause of disease

Context: The new patient usually goes to the Diagnosis room before he has any operation.

Word: Clinic

Meaning: health care facility

Context: Juliana asked me to go to the doctor clinic when I was sick.

Word: Admitting office

Meaning: a place where is the grant entrance of the patients to the hospitals.

Context: My boss once told me to pick up a patient chart from the admitting office.

Word: Pharmacy

Meaning: a drug store

Context: George wanted to pick up her medicine from the pharmacy.

Word: Cardiac monitor

Meaning: a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart

Context: The nurse needed the cardiac monitor to check the patient heart beating.

Internship Vocabulary

Word: Advisor

Egyptian: Morshed

Definition: The person who advices you and always helps when asked for help giving a right opinion.

Sentence: The advisor office is right next to Stair L.

Word: Appropriate

Egyptian: Monasib

Def: Correct.

Sentence: Chewing gum in class is not appropriate.

Word: Attitude

Egyptian: Selouuk

Def: Behavior

Sen: His bad attitude led him to be beaten by his dad.

Word: Colleague\ Co-worker

Egy: Zamil fel shoghl

Def: A friend in work.

Sen: I always ask my colleagues for help if the boss was busy.

Word: Cover Letter

Egy: Gawab

Def: a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information

Sen: My cover letter was with my resume in one bag during the interview.

Word: Criticism

Egy: Naqdd

Def: Pointing out faults

Sen: When somebody criticise me I automatically go mad.

Word: Discrimination

Egy: Ounsoreyya

Def: Giving somebody hard time because you don't like his origin, race or religion.

Sen: Discrimination is made of ignorance and darkness too!

Word: Duty

Egy: Wagib

Def: Assigned task.

Sen: Her duty at job was to clean bathrooms.

Word: Employee

Egy: Aameel

Def: Worker

Sen: Johnny is an employee at Mcdonalds.

Word: Employer

Egy: El manager

Def: Boss

Sen: The Employer hired my friend yesterday.

Word: Evaluate/ Evaluation

Egy: Taqyeem

Def: Give a grade.

Sen: The teacher evaluated Levente as a professional student.

Word: Flexible

Egy: Marrin

Def: Elastic

Sen: Flexibility is a result of fitness.

Word: Harasment

Egy: Tahharoushh

Def: Annoy continually

Sen: This man harasses his female co-workers.

Word: Initiative

Egy: Bedaya

Def: Beginning

Sen: Initiative steps were taken to stop manufacture of the drug.

Word: Novice

EGy: Beginner

Def: Beginner

Sen: That novice got a trick in himself. He is acting like a boss.

Word: Proactive

Egy: Estibakkeya

Def: Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

Sen: A proactive person would buy a dictionary, rather than ask people to write sentences for him using certain words

Word: Qualifications

Egy: Moahilaat

Def: Things make you fits.

Sen: Getting 90% of the votes is one of qualifications to be in student government.

Word: Recommendation

Egy: Tawseya

Def: Something that recommends a person or thing as worthy or desirable

Sen: I once asked my mentor for letter of Recommendation

Word: Reference

Egy: Reference

Def: mention

Sen: I needed a reference from my teachers that I am a good person.

Word: Reliable

Egy: Hakikiii

Def: Real

Sen: You have to be reliable. She doesn't love you.

Word: Salary

EGy: Ratib

Def: method of payment provides professionals with a fixed payment or salary (usually monthly or yearly).

Sen: My salary is like 500$/ week.

Word: Task

Egy: Mohima

Def: Job

Sen: Stay on task please mohamed!

Word: Wage

Egy: Mortb

Def: Money paid for workers according to their quantity of work.

Midpoint Reflection

My internship is different than my expectations as all I thought was giving shots to old people. The similar culture of Coney Island Hospital to IHSL is that people are kind, calm, friendly and try to help you as soon as possible. I have a pretty nice relationship with any person I work with. They are all like my older brothers and sisters. When I worked with professional adults, I learned how to remain calm because getting angry gets you no where. I communicate with people through the phone, and face to face and that made my English get improved. My friends are curious to make me get improved. They ask me to repeat the word but in the American accent when they hear me say it in a weird way. I learned the skill of being responsible, and doing the thing in a perfect way. When I had to fix some files, I have to do it right. Because I don't want anybody to come and say "Hey, Mohamed! why this one in the wrong place?". I get mad so fast so that time If anybody complained I had the right to defend myself, argue and be rude if it's needed. The challenge at internship was not to get nervous. Now, my mentor made me cold as ice now by assigning me on things that forces you to be calm. I am not facing too much pressure on time but it is not going like the past. I handled the change easily, I finish my internship at three then go to gym then go to my work. When I know certain day is going to be filled, I make the activities on another day. My goals in my internship is to improve my presentation skills, and meeting new people. There is a lot of things I learned about New York City especially Brooklyn. I learned that you could hide your identity and origin fast. You can't say that is Indian, and this is Chinese. BK is exactly the melting pot. I knew there is not any much racism because people here came from all over the world and there is no certain race that holds the control of everything.

P3- Extra Credit!

The third and fourth weeks in internship have been a lot different than the first two. I became more familiar with the places. I knew more people and gained more friends. I really knew what I should do. I don't have to ask my manger to get the instructions. Everyday I am getting more experiance. I began to know what's going on. The place become more interesting and I liked it. The first two weeks I was kind of lost. It was mad boring. I was walking in the hallway like a mad person trying to kill time. I tried to run away trying to chill out anywhere far from my manger eyes. But now, things are going better.

Four weeks into internship - P2

Ocean parkway is the name of neighborhood which Coney Island Hospital is located in. Every day I leave school at 11:45 am. I takes me like ten minutes to reach. I always arrive at 12:00 or 12:08 my maximum. I don't have a constant schedule but I have to make twelve hours a week. Regularly, I do three hours a day for four days. Any operator in the volunteer office can sign my time card.

Four weeks into internship

Coney Island hospital is the full name of my internship site. My main job is filing. My site provide health care for sick people. There are three tasks I always do there. I check the documents of the patients if there's something wrong in it. I bring medicine from the pharmacy. I also pick up the phone while my mentor is on lunch. I have noticed a lot of skills in my mentor. She is calm, respectful, funny and know how to deal with troubles. She knows a lot about etiquette, as she always greets me and didn't make me feel I am a stranger from the first day. The most memorable moment that I can't forget when an Italian woman asked me for Russian translation. Also, I can't forget when I saw a man who look like those egyptian "mommies" walking in the hall. He looked as he was rolled in toilet paper. That two situations made me burst out laughing. I enjoy my internship because the people are friendly. The most challenging part of internship is that you make the people understand you one the phone while you get only little informarion. You don't know what to say but you have to make that call.

Part 2

So Three questions I have about internship is that:

1- What do you do once your mentor has a break and you don't know what to do?

2- How to always keep yourself busy and kill the time?

3- What do you do If you don't like somebody there?

My first Two Weeks (Feb. 22 - March

I am working in Coney Island Hospital. I working with people with many different races. That's what is called diversity. The environment I am working in really make you like to give. My colleagues are kind and friendly to me. My mentor is a great woman that speaks in a gentle way and know the etiquette well. My first thoughts When I arrived to my internship, I I felt I will be a doctor in a minute. I thought they would ask me to give shots to patients and this medical things. But That didn't happen because I am not eighteen yet. It really made me happy. My goals for internship is pretty obvious. I don't have any kind of wishes for gaining knowledge because since I am working, I will learn. I just need to improve in my practical life and get more in adults world.