My first job was in my community hospital... a hospital that was originally built in a cornfield. There was much talk at the time that we did not need a hospital in our town.
Some seemed to feel that it was OK to have our closest hospital 25 miles away but some forward looking citizens were responsible for the building and growth of this hospital and it's reputation.

My mother had major surgery in this hospital, my father died in this hospital and my children were born in this hospital.
It has grown by leaps and bounds and has become a well-respected teaching hospital.

I was part of the staff when we opened our first intensive care unit.
It was a transition period.
No longer would critically ill patients be cared for by private duty nurses but rather be placed in intensive care where monitoring was just becoming available.
I cannot tell you how exciting it was and I was sent to a program to learn the new technology and how to apply this new knowledge to the care of my patients.
It was the beginning of a life-long career.