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Hospital is a very old facility with limited resources, and very outdated equipment. There is no work flow identified. Nurses are required to do phlebotomy, case management, and are the only mediator between all physicians on case. It can be exhausting keeping all doctors informed of everything, they do not communicate to one another. I would not recommend the facility of there is something else available.

Be sure that your phlebotomy skills are top notch, you will get the hardest assignment without much help, and YOU are the denominator in communication between admitting physician to consults, you are the primary team member and you carry 99.9% of the load (case manager, tech, lab tech, nurse, dietary, ect).