JohnnyTrauma

Thank you so much for the advice!

I have an interview at Hopkins on June 18th for their new grad ER position. I would be relocating from Chicago and wanted to know if anyone has interviewed recently here, especially new grads. If so, what was the interview like (types of questions, anything off the wall?). Also does the hospital pay for your flight and/or hotel if you are coming in to interview from out of state? If you don't know how would you go about asking for them too? Finally, what is Baltimore like and would it be worth the change of scenery? I am interviewing in the ER and have 6 years of paramedic and 1 year of Flight medic experience. Thank you so much for the help and info!!!!! :bowingpur

any info you can give me will help a lot! how did you decide which hospital you were going to work at after graduation? there are so many choices but i don't know where to start, how did you decide and what was the outcome? what hospital would you want to work at right now if you were a new grad?.... and why? thing's that are important to me: fun, new facility.. younger co-workers and the best chance to complete and have the hospital pay for school to become a nurse anesthetist. places i am considering and why... glenbrook northwestern ($8k sign-on/tuition reiburnment, good location)... st. james olympia fields (will start me at the base salary of a nurse with 4 years experience because i was a paramedic for 6yrs and its a level 1).... i have an interview with loyola next week(any tips?), which along with u of c are my top two choices (anyone know a nurse recruiter email for university of chicago!?!?).......... any personal opinions / experiences @ the above hospitals would be awesome!!! also, would it be a poor decisions to go out of state to finish school and work as an rn? i have no significant other and am only 23, but would prefer to stay in chicago if i could but have visited john hopkins, ucla, and university of washington for interviews. but like i said this would be last choice and only for 2-3 years to finish my degree. lastly, and i'm sorry this is so long, i will be working in the e.r. at whichever hospital i pick. please any information to any of the above 50 questions i asked would help!! (i copied/pasted an edited version of my resume below and critques or advice i am extremely grateful!!!) :bowingpur objective: seeking a challenging position in a busy hospital where my extensive medical, professional, and practical experience will be fully utilized. education: moraine valley community college, palos, il graduated: may 14, 2008 summa cum laude major: associates in nursing ingalls paramedic program, harvey, il 2003-2004 received/maintained certifications: paramedic license (il.), cpr, acls, bls, pals, phtls work history: trace ambulance service {9-11 ems response division} tinley park, il lead paramedic 2002 - present expressed excellent judgment being able to prioritize decisions and act quickly in the best interest of the patient. recognize and utilize communication unique to diverse multicultural groups and ages within various groups. ability to function independently at optimum level in a non-structured environment that is constantly changing. assess patient status and notify physicians and e.r. charge nurse of clinical status via telemetry radio. administer oxygen, intravenous access, ekg cardiac monitoring, medication and cpr. responsible for performing: intraosseous access, et intubation, needle decompression (for tension pneumothorax) and cricothyrotomy. chicago bears paramedic chicago, il field paramedic 2005 - present assigned to provide emergency care for professional sports teams. worked as a part of a small team consisting of 1 doctor, 1 r.n. and two paramedics. assigned to provide emergency care to the professional athletes which included, but not limited to: stabilization of fractures, acute spinal cord injuries, trauma, acute dysthrythmias and treatment of dehydration. hurricane katrina emergency responseteam new orleans, la volunteer paramedic august 2005 assist with emergency medical treatment at mass casualty incidents, including chemical, biological, and radiological incidents performed search and rescue. deployed the day after hurricane katrina made landfall, putting school on temporary hold, in order to use my skills to help the astonishing amount of people that were in need. stationed at the airport field hospital which treated more than 8,100 patients, handled over 20,000 evacuees, and administrated vaccinations to 1500 members of the u.s. armed forces and louisiana state police. {name edited} oak forest, il inventory control / management april 1997-2003 managed and forecasted the input and output of inventory levels. supervised multiple employee positions improving the productivity of each shift. established a solid, positive, and productive work environment. license: state of illinois paramedic license, cpr, acls, pals, phtls, bls, scheduled to take the nclex-rn june 2008 accomplishments: øvaledictorian of ingalls hospital school of paramedicine øreceived the golden stethoscope by bernard heilicser d.o. (south cook county medical director) øvaledictorian of moraine valley college emt-b program øcommendation-city of tinley park øcommendation-palos hospital øsumma cum laudemoraine valley college: school of nursing øcompleted two years of volunteer work for elim school for the mentally disabled clinical experience: student paramedic (2003-2004) ingalls hospital and olympia fields level 1trauma e.r. emergency department hours: triage: 16 immediate care (fast track): 16 main room: 300 total emergency hours: 332 total operating room hours: 24 intensive care unit hours: -burn icu: 8 pediatric icu: 16 ccu: 16 medical icu: 32 surgical icu: 16 total intensive care hours: 88 miscellaneous learning hours -phlebotomy (satellite location): 16 labor & delivery: 24 cardiac cath. lab: 8 psychiatric dept.: 16 total clinical program hours: 508 student nurse (2006-2008) palos, loyola, little company of mary, and ingalls hospital -worked under the supervision of an rn; providing bedside care, treatment and clinical documentation for patients on cardiac, oncology, psychiatric, pediatric, icu, ccu, l&d, or, er and medical-surgical floors. -handled medication administration, dressing changes, ivs and all other aspects of nursing care. -facilitated admissions, discharges and transfers; prepared chart notes and participated on interdisciplinary team.

Hey I'm actually graduating from moraine right now so if you have any questions PM me especially on teachers and what the program is like.