I have been fortunate enough to experience multiple different areas
of the medical field. I have worked on a Neurology Unit, Orthopedic
Unit, Heart Unit, Primary Care and now in the Occupational Health
field. Majority of these were done in a hospital setting but it really
showed me how different it is from each industry and how the
technology is used. While in a hospital setting everything is fast
paced and usually that is where critical care is done. In a hospital you
utilize IV monitors, heart monitors, call bells the list could go on and
on but in a primary care office these are things you do not find. As a
nurse in a hospital you could be required to do blood transfusions, or
give controlled medications, this is something a nurse in a primary
care would not do. One common factor is that the all do have an
AED and they can easily be accessed in each facility. So while a nurse
is the same occupation the role is completely different its more
intense and fast paced in a hospital a primary care setting is less
invasive and is in my opinion easier than a hospital setting.
When it comes to management a hospital will have multiple
managers for each unit as well as multiple managers above them. My
old unit had 2 managers just for the unit and then a pyramid of other
managers above them. In primary care it is a little different the
organizational structure is different and smaller. There is still the
administration duties and managing aspects it is just on a smaller
scale then in a hospital. For instance you could have only 15
employees in a primary care facility and that is easier to manage then
a hospital unit of over 50 because its day and night shift. That can
make the managing styles different and cause the need for more
managers.
