MikeJones

These numbers look about right. I'm a GN in the med center so I know.

Who puts in those central lines and intubates?

Robots are not doing the surgery "on their own". Surgeons behind a window are still controlling the robotic movements, etc. For example: the DaVinci. ATM, these type of surgeries last forever from what I hear because it is fairly new. In the near future, who knows?:thankya:

I feel that yes, you are worrying too much. Basically if you don't show them your records, it raises suspicion because they told you specifically to bring them. = no job for u. FYI medical records will be confidential, no coworker/manager will or should know this info unless they needed to know. If you do show them and go through with this test, the worst that can happen is you won't be physically fit for the job? (which I doubt). They can't simply judge you because of your disability therefore it seems this long process is to prove that 1) you are still able to do the job. (by making you walk on a treadmill or lift weights or something? idk lol) 2) they are not discriminating but due to disability laws, etc. they have to know for their own sake that you can do the job since you already have a legit Rx for whatever drug and it won't affect normal duties. That's it. Quite a dilemma but gl

congrats to you guys. I am in the club now also! GL to us all. to benm93: to snag such a job as a gn, look for externships now if it still isn't too late, and request for the cvicu or any icu. very hard to come by, but GL

Iceman! How many years of ICU did you have before you applied? And how do you get recommendation letters from managers or directors if they hate having GN's get 2 or less years experience and just bounce? I'm about to start working soon and I would feel guilty not staying longer than 2-3 years...

Have you ever had a clinical instructor evaluate you? If so, you should have come across some weaknesses that they should have pointed out to you right there, unless you're perfect :) Those weaknesses can be turned into positives because hopefully you were aware and took steps to improve those weaknesses.

wearing a suit is fine, just make sure it is not too loose/big and not too small but looks "fitted." To solve the "boring" funeral look, just wear a colorful shirt under the suit jacket.

hahahaha, this is funny. "no biggie". poor guy...

thanks so much for sharing your story. I am a new grad also, hopefully that won't happen to me GL

its never too early in my opinion. The worst that can happen is HR will tell you to apply a little later, in which case you continue to bother them until they begin taking applications, and then you'll be at the top of the application stack, which helps a lot more than people who apply last minute.

yea i got one from the volunteering lady at Brack, a Microbio professor, and I think my SHINE lady. I may be wrong, it's been a while. your GPA is not bad, but if u can, turn in ur completed app SOON AS YOU CAN b/c if your at the top of the stack, u always have an advantage.

Yeah my gpa was a 3.8 the 1st time i applied but with 0 hospital volunteering. The 2nd time i applied, it was around 3.6 but with 40 hrs volunteering. Weird, huh. I would keep it above 3.5 if I were u. I got into the spring class instead of the fall class, so who knows, fall class may be more competitive. Pharm is taught by one guy, in a huge auditorium in jester, it usually weeds out a lot of people. He goes over a crapload of drugs/day, so the # of drugs to memorize is crazy. You will find mnemonics to be very helpful. I barely made a B, but i remember after tests, he showed us a bell curve where a lot of people made C's, less B's, and very few A's. I would suggest find a partner and study drugs with them. You could also do the S.H.I.N.E. volunteering in the SoN on top of the hospital volunteering to get a good letter of rec from faculty.

i just graduated and got a job (although some ppl still haven't, due to the economy and competition). I think that 7 months should be enough, it sounds more then what mine was (like 40 hrs in ER), hehe. I started off in the gift shop, they let me have some of the snacks + popcorn, it was awesome. GL! The SoN is awesome!

a motorcycle!