portland medic

Hi everybody! Senior nursing student here. I'm just finishing up my last quarter before my integrated practicum begins in the winter, at a large university-based level 1 cardiovascular ICU. There are the most critical patients here, with open hearts,...

OHSU always seems to have at least 10 ICU positions available.

Greetings fellow future nurses! I just mailed my application packets for Mt. Hood CC, Clackamas CC, and Portland CC today and excited to be done with them. I have my proctored essay for OHSU this Wednesday and am a little worried because I have NO id...

Greetings to you too! I too am a paramedic (with about fourteen years experience) transitioning to nursing with sights eventually set on nurse anesthesia. I'm in my second year of a BSN program and am loving nursing so far. My advice to you when you ...

Paramedic here. It depends on the state and local protocols and medical director. When we have a patient in cardiopulmonary arrest in my system, we require proof to be with the patient in order to withhold resuscitation.

Once again, it is shocking, amazing, and disappointing to me that nurses are not aware of, or refuse to recognize and instill in their practice the overwhelming body of evidence that the flu vaccine is a safe and effective way to mitigate morbidity a...

This is becoming standard practice for a reason. I work for a nationwide ambulance company that employs thousands and since we have started mandating vaccines our flu related sick days have been dramatically reduced. The evidence is overwhelming that...

I don't know if you have a 401k but my plan allowed me to apply for a school hardship which would have freed a ton of funds from it. The guy at Charles Schwab said that school hardships are common and one of the only ways to dip into your 401k early ...

My instructors swear another nurse shortage is coming, and I know OHSU grads are having good success finding jobs. From what I hear the market is getting better lately. granted I'm not looking yet though, so I don't know for sure.

Not an RN yet. Just finishing up the first year of a BSN program, but the job market in Portland was pretty rough a few years ago. It seems like it is picking up again. I know many of the nurses I have been doing clinicals with are relatively new hir...

Thought I would chime in here. I am in my second quarter of a BSN program, and have been a paramedic for thirteen years. I've probably done about 150-200 intubations in my career. Nurses can intubate. I live in Portland, and our flight nurses who wor...

Not a CRNA, in a BSN program but have been a paramedic for 13 years and probably done around 150-200 intubations in that time. You probably already have much more airway experience than I do, and I realize that intubating in the field and the OR are ...

I don't know that OHSU Portland is any better a nursing program than all the others. I think the main reason it holds the prestige is that it's a foot in the door to a level 1 tertiary teaching hospital with vast opportunities for a variety of acute ...

Congratulations buttercup and Reid!

@claire- Don't sweat the OHSU proctored essay too much. PCC will provide the proctor and testing site for a nominal fee in a very painless process. They make it very easy for you. Just go to the OHSU admissions page and create an online application a...

@nursesarak- Well cost IS a big concern, especially since I didn't get my Fafsa done before the OHSU deadline of march 31, but I feel like I have to take this opportunity. Luckily I have a wonderful fiancé who is willing to sacrifice and take over t...

Thanks osuchris! I'm excited! See you there!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I was offered a spot for the BSN program at OHSU Portland campus today and am accepting, so that is one more spot at PCC that will open up. Good luck to those still waiting to hear! Hang in there!

Thanks everyone! I got the call around 1215 today.

So Im sitting down to watch Prometheus at the theatre today, a movie I've been waiting for for over 3 years, as i am a huge fan of rhe alien films. And just as I'm about to turn my phone off, I get a call from a 503 number I don't recognize. I decide...

@katinthehat - Glad to hear they were able to interview more people. I hope my declination allowed someone else a chance to be interviewed.

@ katinthehat8914 - I was one of the people that did not show up for the interview at CCC, but I did let them know. I got accepted to PCC and was waitlisted at OHSU, which were my top 2 choices. I thought I would try and give other people a chance to...

Eh... we're all battling to try and get accepted into programs. We should try not to battle eachother. When I created this post I was hoping to create a forum where people could share their experiences with applying and perhaps glean some insight fro...

I got accepted to PCC!!!!! Woohooooooo!!!!! Congratulations to everyone who got in! And to those who got alternate spots, there's two people on this page already that are opening up spots for you so you still have a great chance at getting in! Also I...

Ohhhhh man I just got a little sick to my stomach. PCC was by and large my best chance to get in somewhere as I took all my prereqs there AND their foreign language points were so easy to get. If I don't get in there it'll be a sign I think. Sucks, w...