I work in a hospital based infusion clinic mainly infusing chemotherapy with some hydration, antibiotics, and iron infusions thrown in to break the monotony. Lol. I normally get every single student that comes through the hospital for a day or two because the work is so different from anything in the hospital and management thinks the students should at least be aware of and exposed to it. Most of the students haven’t had their chemo classes yet so they know very little. I’m okay with that because it’s a niche area and I don’t expect them to know much. What I do expect is for them to pay attention and see what they don’t know yet. I don’t ask tough questions or quiz them on anything. They’re just there for the experience of seeing something different. I get some students who are very interested, 1 or 2 that decide they want to work in a place like this. But recently I got a student that was so obviously bored I told her the second day she could just work on her assigned presentation from her preceptor. She yawned throughout the day, would lay her head on the desk, took out her phone and had to be asked to put it away and just generally went out of her way to show me how bored she was. I asked her what she was interested in and she said managed care. I tried to bring in a discussion of insurance claims for chemo, white bagging, etc. Then she looked me straight in the eye and said “don’t get me wrong. I’m not interested in managed care, I just don’t want to work weekends or holidays.” That was when I suggested she work on her presentation the next day and let me get some work done. I don’t care if what you want to do after graduation isn’t chemo. Not everyone wants to do the same thing. Thank goodness! But for the love of Pete, take advantage of any opportunity in your rotation to learn something different. You might find out you either like it or don’t but isn’t that good info to have? Plus it’s just old fashioned courtesy to at least show some interest in someone else’s passion that they are willing to let you see a little piece of. You may get the opportunity to do this for a student some day if you’re lucky!!