Julie Barth: The House Supervisor At Pekin Hospital

“What is your most memorable experience from your job?”, I asked Julie Barth, hoping to a hear a strange, intriguing story. “Well”, she says, “My most memorable experience was when I delivered a baby in the elevator, while we were transferring the mother to another room.” (Barth). Julie has had many memorable experiences helping patients, some better than others, and will continue to have many more. During an interview she stated that delivering a baby in the elevator, was the most memorable experience from her job, which would be very memorable for anyone. Julie Barth, the House Supervisor at Pekin Hospital, believes that her job is a hectic, but wonderful job, because she gets to help patients that are going through tough times, deals with
Now most hospitals require a bachelor’s degree in nursing, but at Pekin it only requires that you have an associative degree. But they are thinking about changing the requirement to be a bachelor’s degree. It also requires to be a certified RN and three to five years of related work, depending on the hospital. Julie received her associative degree in nursing at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Illinois. After gaining her associative degree, Julie went on to work at the Hopedale Medical Complex, for ten years. At Hopedale, Julie spent six years as a pharmacy tech, two years as a Certified Nursing Assistant, or CNA, and two years as a nurse. When she left Hopedale, she went to work at Pekin Hospital. At Pekin, Julie had many jobs within the hospital before she became the House Supervisor. During the interview, Julie stated “I was the medical/surgical nurse, and ER nurse, a labor and delivery nurse, and a postpartum nurse, all before becoming the House Supervisor.” This means that she assisted in surgeries and getting patients ready for surgery, worked in the ER treating patients, worked with mothers and babies during the deliveries, and worked with the mothers after giving birth. Julie had more than enough years in a related field, has her associates degree, and is a certified RN, or registered nurse. So when it was time for the Hospital to hire more House Supervisors, Julie was more than qualified. Julie has been the House Supervisor at Pekin Hospital for eighteen years, and is very content on where she is at. While Julie could move up higher into the Hospitals administrative duties, she does not want to. She likes helping patients, and the responsibility from her job, although it can be