CHP 468: Internship
Fall semester of 2022, I had the opportunity to do my internship with the Sentara healthcare system. Sentara Careplex Hospital was my intern site. Sentara Careplex hospital is part of a not-for-profit healthcare organization serving Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Specifically, Sentara Careplex Hospital is located at 3000 coliseum drive, Hampton Va 23666! its Mission is to improve health every day. The vision of Sentara Careplex is to be the health care choice of the community we serve.
Sentara is commited to
- always keeping you safe,
- always treat you with dignity and Respect
- Always listen and respond to you
- Always keep you informed And Involved
- always Work together as a team to provide Quality healthcare!
During this internship, I had the pleasure of working under Doris Henderson MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC at Sentara Careplex Hospital! She has Over 30 years of dedicated service to Sentara Healthcare, Over 10 years of experience as a staff development educator, and a little Over 8 years of experience in a managerial role. She has led a successful journey to Magnet designation as Magnet Program Director and helped Sentara Careplex become recognized as a Magnet Hospital. She’s currently registered with the Virginias State board of nursing and certified as a Nurse Executive- Board through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She joined the Sentara healthcare system in the year 1986 after graduating from the University of Maryland with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She started at Sentara Hampton general hospital as a critical care nurse and Team leader. While working at Hampton general she attended Old Dominion University where she received her Master of Business Administration in 1994. She continued working at Hampton general until 2002 when she decided to become a staff development Educator at Sentara Careplex Hospital. She is very knowledgeable about healthcare management and administration and this is the reason I choose to do my internship with her!