2018 REHPS Shannon Backer
I chose to participate in the REHPS program because I wanted to experience working in a rural healthcare center. My time in Britton, South Dakota has given me that and so much more. I am a medical laboratory science student so the lab was my main focus. The staff from the lab as well as the whole hospital made me feel at home which was great because I was going into a situation where I knew exactly zero people in Britton before arriving. The healthcare center has a policy called WOW which translates into ‘Warmest of Welcomes’. That means that…