Wednesday, March 6, 2013
CHOP Orientation and free parking in the city?!
CHOP
Children's hospital of philadelphia.
Day 1
Today was my first day of orientation. It went good. Alot of information about policy and procedures, as well as benefits and discounts. I was able to hear two stories about pt families that made me really be thankful for my career in oncology, but also learn to listen to family and put them more into my nursing care. I also met couple of people who were very friendly and nice. I was able to speak up on some occasions because the 66 new employees were very quiet.
Day 2
More relaxed environment. Did a funny skit on drug free zone which i enjoyed. i also drove around town and saw an apartment. i was able to to hangout with someone i met during orientation and he showed me around town in the car and where to park and how to get around. that was really cool. We did see an apartment, but it was too much money. I must find something under $500. It the only way that I can come up on top with this job pay increase and pay off my student loan.
Day 3
General orientation finished and it went great! Now we are in the nursing orientation. I am becoming more financially savvy and made a great financial decision today. I FOUND FREE PARKING!! I was able to find parking near the hospital and walk. It was a ten minute walk, but it was free parking. I would not be spending $10 for one day parking anymore. I can now only worry about ez pass and maybe a trolly which will be $2 one way. Total before was $15. total now is $5 (toll only) but if i have to catch a trolly is would be $9. Im saving more than $6! and Im not buying food from the cafe! saving me more money!! yesss dave ramsey would be proud!(even if I know I have to sell my car eventually)
in other news.
I got to meet my floor managers(who hired me) and orientation manager and that was great. Off course I thanked them for hiring me and showed them how happy I was to be part of their floor. Im so happy to be at CHOP. They gave us a free shirt and a bag of goodies about Philadelphia which was good for me. I met tons of people and learned so much about the hospital.
Day 3 was much better than day 1 when everyone was quiet and shy. Now everyone knows each other and able to really maybe hangout. I went to check out another apartment today that was under $500. This place was great(inside), but the outside needed some help. Its not in the location i want to be, BUT it has other positives. I will write a review about my apartment shopping and how that will help me with my student loans.
Tonight i will go over my budget to check out where is my money going to go for the rest of this month and next month.
My goal is to find an apartment by the end of the month and pay off the rest of the collection agency. Just one more agency and I will be done with them.
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