Acc321 Final Portfolio

The final section of my Philadelphia University portfolio represents the specialized skills and knowledge that I have gained during my time here as a student. When I began my journey at Philadelphia University in Health Service management I was unaware of the major problems that impacted the healthcare field and my goals first were to apply for the states Administrator-In-Training program after graduation. Thereafter I wanted to complete the Administrator-In-Training program hours at my current job Elkins Crest Nursing Home. In the final analysis, I hoped to become an Administrator or an Assistant Administrator for Extendicare Health Services within the next two years. Working at Pennsylvania Hospital has altered my views slightly. I would like to stay within the Pennsylvania Hospital network and be an administrator.
After many long talks and interviews with my supervisor strongly advises me to stay in the hospital. They are also in pursuit of linking me up with the right people to possibly get an internship at Pennsylvania Hospital. I feel like I would make an exceptional Administrator because I can relate to the employees. Though out my studies I now know their issues and I know that though some things are black and white with no in between. I
I currently work in Food Services at long term care facility named Elkins Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation and at the Pennsylvania Hospital. The assignment that I covered in HIST321: Business, Industry and Work in American History with Professor Nealon showed me how the business environment that I currently work in has changed and developed over time. That is something I never realized preceding to taking his class. I was able to identify how age requirements, certification requirement, union and unionized facilities operations and what employers are looking for in the 21st century in my