Assignment
Student Jane walks into her clinical site for her first scheduled shift fifteen minutes after the start time, with her hair down, and street clothes on, stating, "I'm sorry I had to drop my son off at daycare. It took longer than expected and this office is forty five minutes away from my house."
In this discussion thread, discuss what first impression may have been made from these perspectives; discuss how you would react if you were the:
1. As a clinical manager, how do you view this student?
2. As a staff member at the site, would you be willing to work with student Jane and allow her to immediately start working with patients?
3. A patient in the waiting room: would you allow the student to perform entry-level MA tasks on you?
4. What could have Jane done differently to provide the site with a professional persona during her first interactions with the site?
The initial discussion board response should be around 200 words. Your responses to your peers should be at least 100 words and should enhance and further the posts in the discussion board.