After a short delay, I finally got to attend new employee orientation at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. In many ways, the day went exactly like I thought it would:
- Out of 60 new employees, ~50 of them were nurses, many of whom were fresh graduates. I was one of 5 guys there.
- No other new employees were from administration
- We talked about good hand hygiene
- We talked about values
- We got a $4 lunch voucher
- I was overwhelmed with all the benefits information

What I didn't expect (and was pleasantly surprised with):
- Mark Neaman, ENH's CEO/President made a personal appearance to welcome us and pump us up a little.
- We had a great presentation from the performance improvement department. They challenged us to look at our jobs & our organization with our precious "newbie" eyes and to take the initiative to provide feedback.
- The session was designed for some good interaction amongst us new employees - a few games, contests, etc. I didn't think they would bother as almost none of us will be working together. But you never know.

Now it's time again to select medical/ dental/ pharma/ vision/ 403b/ insurance plans.