Packets containing the four attachments should be made for each student. It was begun by an order of French nuns, whose dedication to health care became the basis of what has become one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country. Christus health Care Systems hires more than 1000 employees every year. They have 70 openings for RN's and 150 openings for LVN's at an given time. Employees need skills in math, science, English, and computer literacy.
Computerized machines do the chemical analyses, such as blood work.
The lab technicians, however, check the results of all analyses, and determine if the results are what was expected, or if the sample seems to have been compromised and needs rechecking. The technicians use written criteria and patient history to make the determination of whether to recheck or not. As you will notice when we review the Criteria for Rechecking Results, that technicians at Christus Spohn use, certain factors in the patient's history can explain the reason for various results in blood work, so that the labor and expense of rechecking is not necessary. Explain to the students that they will be role-playing the part of hospital lab technicians in the hemotology department of Christus Spohn Hospital. They will be checking results of blood work done by the computer, and determining if the results are expected or if they should be rechecked.