
Felicia Rice
Microbiologist
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ USA
“Believe in yourself and know that you can do it...So what if you’re floundering? You’ll only be floundering for a little bit of time.”
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ USA
“Believe in yourself and know that you can do it...So what if you’re floundering? You’ll only be floundering for a little bit of time.”
Microbiologist
I study patient cultures to help solve patients' issues.
As a microbiologist, I work closely with infectious disease and study things that most people don’t like to talk about (wound cultures, sputum, urine, etc.). I receive specimens from the hospital and then I spend most of my day reading those cultures to help solve patients’ problems. I also spend time working with our instruments, including troubleshooting the machines when they start to fail.
Here's the first step for everyone
There are a lot of different areas of lab work that you can really get into. Microbiology is where I felt the best, but I recommend trying out the different areas to see what works the best for you. You can be a generalist as a lab worker, so you'll get to touch a bunch of different fields which is great!
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